Woolworths and Coles.

There’s no proof big supermarkets are price gouging,but Labor will ban it anyway

Labor would target supermarkets price gouging customers but has stopped short of Peter Dutton’s populist plan to give regulators power to break up big chains.

  • Millie Muroi andJames Massola

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Australian food consumption habits data released.

More meat and chips,less chocolate:here’s how our eating habits have changed

Australians bought more than 15 million tonnes of food and non-alcoholic drinks last financial year – but the things we reached for have shifted.

  • Millie Muroi
Chalmers

Labor’s deficits aren’t that bad. But don’t let tax cuts distract you

The budget sweetener has doubled as a distraction from something the government would rather not talk about.

  • Millie Muroi
Treasurer Dr Jim Chalmers is applauded by colleagues after delivering the Budget speech.

Government spending takes $35 billion chunk out of the budget

Despite a $4 billion fall in one of its biggest expenses,new tax cuts and higher spending on healthcare have eaten into the government’s progress in cutting back on deficits.

  • Millie Muroi
Treasurer Dr Jim Chalmers and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Tuesday.

Everything you need to know about the new tax cuts

Two 1 per cent tax cuts will form the core of the Albanese government’s offer to voters as it chases a second term in office. Here’s how they will work.

  • Millie Muroi andJames Massola
e61 research manager Nick Garvin said wages and inflation data,while helpful,fails to show the full picture of how households are coping.

How failed payments reveal the true pain in our economy

One in five households faced financial stress last year. Here’s how we know.

  • Millie Muroi
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One thing that has kept Australia in Trump’s good books,at least until recently,has been the fact we have a trade deficit with the US.

Trump is making a huge blunder. Here’s how we seize the moment

The tariffs war ignited by Donald Trump will eventually run out of steam,but it’s what we do before then that really matters.

  • Millie Muroi
The ACCC found the price of food,including cheese,milk and eggs,had increased far more than wages since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Checkout pain:Australia’s supermarkets among most profitable in the world

Shoppers’ complaints that they are being burnt at the nation’s checkouts has been vindicated by a damning report by the consumer watchdog.

  • Shane Wright,Jessica Yun andMillie Muroi
Luxury cars,cigarettes and beer purchases are helping to prop up the budget.

Sin taxes prop up the budget,but the most important one is fading

From fuel to fancy cars and a cold one at the pub,there are some vices – and necessities – that are carrying an extra cost.

  • Millie Muroi
Treasurer Jim Chalmers said there would be “meaningful and substantial” cost of living relief in the upcoming budget but remained coy on the details.

Budget will have ‘substantial’ cost-of-living relief – but don’t expect a spending spree,says Chalmers

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has killed speculation of a windfall in government revenue in the upcoming budget but left room for some election-trail announcements.

  • Shane Wright andMillie Muroi