The Coalition initiative – an Australian first – will allow tax deductions on interest repayments on the first $650,000 of a mortgage for first home buyers and those that have been out of the housing market for 10 years

Whether it’s the crumbling roads and their undulations and potholes, or the lack of investment in regional health services, the 3 May election is crucial for regional Australia.

A Coalition Government will direct 80 per cent of commodity revenue windfalls into two new Future Funds to pay down Labor’s $1.2 trillion debt bill and fund investments in regional Australia. 

“The Coalition will back our farming and resources sectors by investing $600 million nationwide in agricultural and mining roads critical to getting product to domestic and export markets,” Dr Webster said.

“I am horrified to hear from businesses in unison at a forum I organised yesterday that none of them have received Labor’s $5,000 Business Bushfire Recovery Grants

As the US applies global tariffs on goods entering the USA, US trade officials appear to forget that the USA has a trade surplus with Australia. Australia’s exports to the US stand at $16.7 billion US dollars, but the US sends more than double.

The Albanese Government’s cruel approach to cost-of-living relief was on display in Canberra last week in an ugly and unexpected final sitting week.

So, we have a vastly different approach than the Labor governments, both at federal and state level.

A household with one vehicle filling up once a week will save around $14 a week – an average benefit of around $700-750 over 12 months (based on a 55-litre tank).