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Australia’s economy is poised for strong growth given the nation’s high vaccination coverage and support policies for households and small businesses. 

Josh Frydenberg said Australia has experienced a ‘health and economic crisis like nothing we have seen in the last 100 years’, and it would take many years to pay back the hefty debt.

There is good reason to try to keep public discourse around Indigenous affairs policy balanced, rather than always focusing on the negatives, as the federal government tried to do when it presented the Closing The Gap report on Tuesday.

The Mr Fluffy asbestos saga has blown a large hole in the ACT budget, but apart from that, Treasurer and Chief Minister Andrew Barr is staying on track.