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The Albanese government responded to the distress that young Australians have expressed over a political and economic system in which it feels impossible to get ahead. By making it worse.

AMPLIFY Chief Policy and Research officer Dr Rory Gallagher spoke with Damien Fisher on Loving Life FM about Australians' response to the Federal Budget.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has defended the 2026 budget as a necessary move to rebalance taxes on income from work compared to earnings from assets.

David Speers is joined by Phil Coorey, Alan Kohler and Samantha Maiden to discuss the washup from the Budget and the Opposition's Reply including housing and tax reform, migration, aged care, the NDIS and gambling reforms.

Australians back housing tax reforms outlined in the Budget but according to a new poll, they doubt they'll work.

The Prime Minister has been forced to defend the government's changes to property and wealth taxes as new polling shows Australians feel unsure about the reforms.

Aspiration and fairness are at the centre of a new political fight in Australia after the audacious federal budget handed down by Treasurer Jim Chalmers on Tuesday.

Australians of all generations are undecided about whether Labor’s watershed changes to capital gains tax and negative gearing will solve the housing crisis, benefit renters, or give first home buyers a leg up the property ladder.

Disturbing new data shows that Victoria is leading the nation in housing stress, with voters also reporting a widespread lack of faith in the Allan government's ability to make a difference.