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Small business owners say they're reassessing their financial plans as the potential impacts of the Federal Government's tax overhaul sink in.

Fewer than half the properties up for auction in Sydney this past weekend sold, in what analysts say is a further softening of the housing market.

The opposition leader has used his first Budget in Reply speech to outline a tougher stance on migration, and he's vowed to reverse Labor's investor tax changes and hand back tax "bracket creep" to workers if elected.

The Opposition prepares to hand down its budget reply, which will tie Australia's migrant intake to the number of new houses being built.

A long over due reform to a broken system or an attack on the wealthy? How taxpayers are feeling about last night's Federal Budget.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says he's going to throw everything at housing in tonight's Budget, with an overhaul of tax settings likely to headline what he's calling ambitious, but responsible reform.

This year's Federal Budget is shaping up to deliver some of the biggest changes in decades.

Some of the returned families of ISIS fighters to appear before court after arriving in Australia last night.

Australian families of ISIS fighters who went to Syria are due to touch down in Australia later today.

Some of the women who went to Syria with ISIS fighters will be arrested and charged when they return late tomorrow.