ABC NewsMail - Budget Special Edition

Top Stories Budget 2017: Winners and losers Find out who scores and who misses out in Treasurer Scott Morrison's second budget. Australians to pay more tax, banks slugged with billions in fees Almost all Australians will pay more tax in a surprise budget hit, while thousands of Centrelink clients will be drug tested and the big banks will cop a $6 billion blow. Budget reflects radical overhaul in Coalition thinking Scott Morrison has seen the future. It's a future where the Government will drive economic growth, austerity has been replaced by spending and taxpayers will help foot the bill, writes Ian Verrender. Live: Budget reaction and analysis as it happens Scott Morrison's tax-raising budget raises eyebrows, with the Treasurer fending off suggestions it's effectively a Labor budget at heart. Get all the news and reaction from Canberra in our live blog. It turns out Turnbull is really quite good at tidying up old messes You can tell a lot about a budget by looking at who it punishes. This one basically targets anyone who's ever appeared on A Current Affair accompanied by a low, menacing soundtrack, writes Annabel Crabb. Budget sliced and diced: Where every dollar comes from, and how it's spent Explore an interactive breakdown of where the Government gets its money, how it's being spent, and what's changed since last year. Big banks bear the brunt of budget balancing act Australia's big four banks plus Macquarie will wear the lion's share of budget repair, with a new tax on much of their funding that could trigger an interest rate rise. Budget lacks the silver bullet needed to slay Australia's housing vampire Scott Morrison's budget takes a scattergun approach to tackling the problem of housing affordability, and lacks a silver bullet to finally lay the problem to rest, writes Michael Janda. Your budget cheat sheet (so you know why everyone's paying more tax) From housing affordability to Medicare and drug-testing for welfare recipients, we've dug through the budget papers and found all the important bits so you don't have to. Morrison embraces 'good debt' with strangely Labor budget Spend up big on "nation-building" public works, raise new taxes, and slug the big banks. Scott Morrison is burying the ghosts of past fiscal thinking and embracing policies that would traditionally be delivered by Labor treasurers, writes Stephen Long. Qantas chief Alan Joyce gets pie in face in Perth A man in his 60s launches a lemon meringue pie at Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce, hitting him in the face as he delivers an address at a business breakfast in Perth. Australian of the Year finalist 'can't remember' lying, ICAC told Australian of the Year finalist Eman Sharobeem breaks down while giving evidence at a corruption inquiry over accusations she defrauded NSW taxpayers and faked her professional qualifications. Jakarta's outgoing governor Ahok found guilty in blasphemy trial Jakarta's Christian governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, also known as Ahok, is found guilty of blasphemy and sentenced to a two-year jail term, in a tense trial widely seen as a test of religious tolerance in the world's largest Muslim-majority nation. Ancient fossil 'chipped out of rock with tools' at Hallett Cove Conservation Park A fossil believed to be between 500 and 870 million years old is reported missing after it was chipped out of rock in "a selfish act" at South Australia's Hallett Cove Conservation Park. 'Our people need it': Man blind after nuclear tests welcomes improved health care An Aboriginal man who lost his eyesight after a British nuclear test applauds the Federal Government's decision to improve medical care for people exposed to radiation. Terminally ill Indigenous man freed from custody after Minister intervenes Marshall Wallace, who has been given six to nine months live, is freed from custody in Queensland following pressure from the public, media and Federal Indigenous Affairs Minister. Man evicted from taxpayer-funded harbour-side house has job, owns property The first forced evictee from Sydney's harbour-side social-housing enclave is man who works as an electrician and part owns land in regional New South Wales. Faecal transplants could cause recipients to take on donors' traits: expert Faecal transplants could be causing some patients to take on the physical and mental characteristics of their donors, including body shape and even symptoms of depression, an expert in infectious diseases says. Secretive US space plane returns from classified mission The US military's experimental X-37B space plane returns to NASA's Kennedy Space Centre in Florida after completing a classified mission during more than 700 days in orbit. Barcelona cracks down on short-term tourist rentals How do you make housing more affordable? One city thinks part of the answer is cutting down on short-term tourist rentals, something Australian governments have been loath to do. Analysis and Opinion: The Drum Challenges ahead for victorious Emmanuel Macron By Europe correspondent Steve Cannane Budget reflects radical overhaul in Coalition thinking We need to change our conversation about sexual consent By Kathleen Calderwood Why Kiwis axing stars over drugs controversy is the right move By Jen Browning Just In It turns out Turnbull is really quite good at tidying up old messes May 9, 2017 - 8:21 pm Independent review ordered into all SA-run care facilities May 9, 2017 - 8:19 pm Your budget cheat sheet (so you know why everyone's paying more tax) May 9, 2017 - 8:16 pm World • PNG anti-corruption fight on hold as judge waits for visa • Macron tells Trump he'll defend 'important' Paris climate deal • Pepe cartoonist kills off character that became hate symbol Business • Budget reflects radical overhaul in Coalition thinking • Big banks bear the brunt of budget balancing act • Adani's Carmichael mine will cause global coal price drop: report Politics • It turns out Turnbull is really quite good at tidying up old messes • Your budget cheat sheet (so you know why everyone's paying more tax) • Budget lacks the silver bullet needed to slay Australia's housing vampire Sport • Titans coach urges club to be protective of Proctor amid NRL drug cloud • Why Kiwis axing stars over drugs controversy is the right move • Sydney FC hang on to Ninkovic with new marquee deal Science and Tech • The future of flying cars: science fact or science fiction? • Ten years since the colony collapse crisis began, what is happening to the world's bees? • Kipchoge falls 26 seconds short of first sub two-hour marathon Environment • Macron tells Trump he'll defend 'important' Paris climate deal • Irish beach reappears 33 years after vanishing into Atlantic Ocean • Major illegal logging operation prompts demand for crackdown on imports Follow ABC News About this email You received this email because you are subscribed to ABC News email alerts. 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