It comes after questions were raised after Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told Australian families that the budget surplus is more important than providing more cost of living relief.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers detailed a government economic blueprint for next year, which aims to ease financial hardships of the most needy without stoking stubbornly high inflation.

Australia posted a merchandise trade surplus of A$6.009 billion in July, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said on Thursday. That ...

However, Dr Chalmers says that Australia’s budget has returned to surplus faster than any other major advanced economy. Inflation is the budget’s primary focus in the near term, and he says ...

And with the price of Australia’s key export sinking rapidly ... threatening the government’s hopes of delivering a budget surplus in the same year as the election. The Albanese government ...

SYDNEY--Australia's trade surplus grew in June, supported by a solid jump in exports over the month. The trade surplus came in at 5.589 billion Australian dollars in June, equivalent to US$3.66 ...

Where the west goes now, so might Labor’s political fortunes. More important is what WA’s economic fortunes mean for Australia’s prosperity.

Adelaide Hills Council has revealed it has a surprise operating deficit of $4.863m – instead of its expected surplus of ...