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• Clive Palmer: Deal done on mining tax - video

  Video (2min 16sec), 2 Sep 2014:

  Mining magnate MP Clive Palmer denies any conflict of interest in his party's decision to vote in support of killing off the mining tax

• Mining tax repeal deal – the full letter to Clive Palmer

  Interactive, 2 Sep 2014:

  The mining tax is set to be abolished after a deal with the Palmer United party (PUP) in which the government delayed $6.5bn of budget savings

• Mining tax repealed as legislation passes Senate after Palmer United deal

  2 Sep 2014: Mining tax scrapped after agreement with Palmer United party to delay abolition of schoolkids bonus and other savings

• Mining tax repeal: Coalition tries again, despite likely defeat in Senate

  1 Sep 2014: Decision to rush new bill through the lower house triggered complaints about ‘farcical’ parliamentary procedures

• ABC staff accuse management of secret review ahead of cuts

  29 Aug 2014: In open letter to board, staff say pre-emptive response to cuts foreshadowed in budget should not go on behind closed doors

• Labor senator criticised after branding terrorism focus a budget diversion ploy

  28 Aug 2014: Bill Shorten seeks to defuse comments by Sue Lines, saying national security ‘goes above day-to-day politics’

• Joe Hockey is Australia's least popular recent treasurer, poll suggests

  26 Aug 2014: Labor targets minister at question time, highlighting his disputed statements as he has tried to sell budget

• Liberals, Labor clash over 'budget crisis' as parliament resumes – video

  Video (1min 50sec), 26 Aug 2014:

  Shadow treasurer Chris Bowen has attacked finance minister Mathias Cormann over his claim of a 'budget crisis', saying the Liberal party's 'faceless man' Brian Loughnane asserts otherwise behind closed doors. Cormann says if Labor does not pass budget cuts, the only alternatives are more debt or more taxes

• First Dog on the Moon on ... Operation Budget Repair

  Cartoon, 25 Aug 2014:

  The government's budget strategy hasn't exactly worked... or has it? First Dog on the Moon reveals their nefarious plan

• Coalition open to combined cap on GP co-payment and script costs – senators

  25 Aug 2014: Senate crossbenchers say government suggested the idea amid round of detailed talks to push through budget measures

• Coalition’s budget pitch moves from charm offensive to passive aggression

  24 Aug 2014: The government promises courteous negotiations while at the same time threatens dire consequences should talks not go its way

• Christopher Pyne: no university reform could mean research funding cuts

  24 Aug 2014: Education minister mocks student protesters on fees: ‘We’re not exactly asking for their left kidney’

• Coalition ramps up tax increase threat if Senate keeps blocking budget savings

  24 Aug 2014: Finance minister Mathias Cormann declares that inevitably taxes will go up if spending cuts are not approved

• Tony Abbott rejects treasury view that budget cuts were not sold properly

  22 Aug 2014: It should have made clear that eventually ‘everybody is going to contribute’, says treasury secretary Martin Parkinson

• Abbott speech: Adelaide protesters confront police and tear down fence

  21 Aug 2014: Hundreds of protesters angry about the budget gather at Adelaide university to disrupt prime minister’s lecture

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