At a glance: the 2025 federal budget

What’s the theme?

Many budget measures are aimed at easing cost of living. The headline announcement is tax cuts: everyone will get one, but not until July 1 2026. Other major spends are on Medicare, medicines and energy bill rebates. If this seems familiar, it’s because the government has already announced most of these measures before budget day.

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At a glance: the 2025 federal budget

What’s the theme?

Your tax cut calculator

Key announcements:

Read the full analysis from our experts:

Australia’s superannuation regulator is worried about your fund’s spending. Should you be?

Hurricane forecasters are losing 3 key satellites ahead of peak storm season − a meteorologist explains why it matters

The Supreme Court upholds free preventive care, but its future now rests in RFK Jr.’s hands

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The rule of law is key to capitalism − eroding it is bad news for American business

Legal wrangling over estate of Jimmy Buffett turns his widow’s huge inheritance into a cautionary tale

Philadelphia’s $2B affordable housing plan relies heavily on municipal bonds, which can come with hidden costs for taxpayers

Despite claims they’d move overseas after the election, most Americans are staying put

AI is advancing even faster than sci-fi visionaries like Neal Stephenson imagined

New laws to make it harder for large Australian and foreign companies to avoid paying tax

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Mexican flags flown during immigration protests bother white people a lot more than other Americans

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Bill Moyers’ journalism strengthened democracy by connecting Americans to ideas and each other, in a long and extraordinary career

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