While households are feeling the bite of the cost-of-living crisis, a pollster expects the number of homeowners in stress to drop in the next few months.
This budget will see the end of the low and middle-income tax offset, while stage three tax cuts will be retained. Here's how much you will be better or worse off after the changes.
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has spruiked the billions in tax cuts already rolled out as the Federal Government prepares to end the JobKeeper wage subsidy this month.
Personal income and business tax cuts unveiled in this week's Budget have passed Parliament, with the money to start reaching millions of Australians within weeks.
WA Premier Mark McGowan has been criticised over a light-hearted move to not quarantine Santa on Christmas while keeping a hard border separating families.
The result of this is that Australians earning between $50,000 and $120,000 could be near-on instantly $20 a week richer and those earning over $120,000 could be $50 a week better off.