Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers speaks to the media during a press conference inside the Budget lockup (AAP Image/Lukas Coch)

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Your shorthand lesson in economics: Who gets what and, more importantly, who pays the rent?

The decision by the Federal Government to slash infrastructure spending and force States to meet the shortfall will be felt across all levels of government, as Greg Hallam explains

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Not watch-dog material yet, but police work all night to return stolen pups home safely

Four puppies allegedly stolen in a home invasion have been recovered after Queensland police worked through the night to reunite them with their mother.

 

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After a century of struggle, why has the Sunshine Coast rail link left the tracks again?

Just when it appeared that the lure of the Olympics would finally tip the scales in favour of a Sunshine Coast rail link, the funding gremlins are once again meddling with the project, writes Greg Hallam

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Heart of the country: Decade-long portrait project aims to capture the spirit of nation's outback

Two women perch on horseback, sun-drenched and dusty with steely, knowing gazes.

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Sizzling state: 35 bushfire warnings as 'true heatwave' heads for north, west

A heatwave could hit far north Queensland and the state’s south west where a fire has triggered warnings for residents.