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More young Aussies will be encouraged to become tradies as part of a billion-dollar push in Tuesday’s federal budget.Treasurer Jim Chalmers said Labor was seeking to address a long-term decline in trade apprenticeship numbers, adding skills…

Millions of Australians will see the cost of their prescriptions fall from January as the budget seeks to ease cost-of-living pressures through access to cheaper medicines.Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ first budget handed down on Tuesday will see…

Payouts for Covid-19 vaccine injuries are set to explode more than 80-fold to nearly $77 million by July next year, Tuesday’s budget papers reveal.The figure was quietly buried in the Services Australia portfolio budget statement, in a…