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Australia politics live: budget funds to speed up environmental approvals; Coalition deals with Farrer loss

changes to Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act last year, and sluggish approval times have been identified as a key area of delays across the economy. The environment minister, **Murray Watt**, says: > double quotation markNow

Changing tax rules for investors won’t shrink housing supply or raise rents. Just look at Victoria

impacts on supply are largely moot. If anything, investors may be more enthused to support new builds than they were previously. Labor’s anticipated changes are not a panacea, and more supply is critical, however

States should tax windfall oil profits to fund their way out of crisis

impacts, but they are now suffering through increasingly frequent price crises where meals are skipped, jobs are lost, and lights are turned off. This public dip in conditions and cost of living runs parallel

Federal budget 2026 summary – winners and losers

impacting fuel supplies globally, including Australia. Inflation is still causing havoc on household budgets. Government programs are costing more than ever. We’ve read hundreds of budget paper pages so you don’t have