Energy bill relief, increased rent assistance and tax cuts for all - it's a Federal Budget aimed at easing cost-of-living pressures but the big question for economists is whether it's going to help the Reserve Bank curb inflation?

Budget spends big to ease cost-of-living pressures

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Former US President, Donald Trump found guilty of falsifying business records in criminal 'hush money' trial.

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The Immigration Minister Andrew Giles scrambles to stop rapists and murderers being allowed to stay in the country - he's also trying to save his job

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Israel says its weapons alone could not have ignited a deadly fire which killed 45 at a tent camp in Rafah - drawing widespread international condemnation.

Israel blames militants for deadly blaze

International condemnation as Benjamin Netanyahu orders an investigation into an airstrike on a tent camp in Gaza which killed 45 people.

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Political instability hits Papua New Guinea as a deadly landslide kills hundreds of people in the country's highlands - survivors are in a desperate search for food, water, and shelter.

Budget spends big to ease cost-of-living pressures

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