We recognise that people are still under pressure and petrol prices are still too high, but by halving the fuel excise we can take some of the sting out of prices and help with the cost of living. For more info about Labor's fuel excise cut, visit www.pm.gov.au/media/fuel-excise-halved-three-months

Labor’s fuel tax cut has kicked in. We’re helping motorists with the cost of living at the petrol pump.

Happy Easter from me and my loved ones to you and yours.

If you're working this Easter weekend, you deserve your penalty rates. Labor has protected them by law.

This deal brings our total fuel excise relief to 32c per litre every time you fill up.

BREAKING: We've secured a deal that will deliver an extra 6c a litre of petrol price relief for Australians, to add to the 26c we delivered earlier this week.

Thank you Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, for the opportunity to meet and discuss more investment in Australia and ways to maximise the economic benefits of AI while minimising the risks to people, creators and communities.

Today we announced support for Australian small businesses by increasing flexibility in our tax system, helping businesses access credit and welcoming support from the finance sector and peak bodies.

BREAKING: Labor is banning unfair trading practices like subscription traps and drip pricing. The Albanese Government will introduce new legislation today to ease the cost of living and stop businesses ripping off Australians. Some of the unfair trading practices being targeted include:

The Reserve Bank is ending surcharges on credit and debit cards from October, getting rid of fees which annoy a lot of Australians.

BREAKING: Australians will no longer pay $1.6bn in card surcharges from October 1. People shouldn’t be punished for using a credit or debit card.

Labor is halving the fuel excise which will cut 26.3c a litre off the cost of petrol and diesel, and dropping the heavy vehicle road user charge to zero.

BREAKING: Labor is halving the fuel excise which will reduce the cost of petrol and diesel by 26.3c per litre. The Albanese Government will halve the fuel excise for three months from April and cut the Heavy Vehicle Road User Charge to zero to help with the cost of living.

Real pleasure to sit down with Alan Kohler for the first episode of his new podcast That’s Business. We covered a lot of ground: consequences for our economy and our budget from the war in the Middle East, the energy transformation as a matter of national security, and the technological revolution

Our laws to help consumers get a fair go at the petrol pump with bigger penalties for misleading conduct just passed the Parliament.

BREAKING: Labor is backing another pay rise for 2.7M minimum wage and award workers. Today we've made a submission to the Annual Wage Review recommending the Fair Work Commission award an economically sustainable real wage increase to Australia’s award workers.

BREAKING: New figures show that annual inflation moderated in February. Headline inflation moderated to be 3.7% through the year. This is down from 3.8% through the year to January.

We’ve just introduced new legislation into Parliament to help consumers get a fair go at the petrol pump with bigger penalties for false and misleading conduct and cartel behaviour. We’re putting petrol companies on notice. We won’t cop big corporates treating Australian motorists like mugs.

1 year ago today the Liberals confirmed they‘d vote against Labor’s tax cuts for every taxpayer. Australians would be $50 a week worse off if Angus Taylor had his way on repealing Labor's tax cuts and cost of living relief.

Our new laws will double the penalties for false or misleading conduct and cartel behaviour to a maximum of $100 million per offence.⁩

We’re also empowering the ACCC to help ensure motorists and businesses are paying fair prices at the bowser.

We're not immune from global instability but we’re confronting these challenges from a position of genuine relative economic strength - with faster growth, stronger jobs growth and lower debt than every major advanced economy.

We understand Australians are under pressure and that’s why we are working hard to address issues in fuel markets, rolling out cost of living relief including two more tax cuts, and managing the budget in a responsible way.

Fuel suppliers and retailers have been put on notice by the ACCC. If they do the wrong thing, we expect the ACCC to throw the book at them.

Today, the ACCC is hauling the petrol suppliers and retailers in for an explanation. Some of the steep increases in petrol prices we saw shortly after the outbreak of this conflict have really raised concerns at the ACCC.

Today I met with NT Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro MLA and Treasurer Bill Yan about the extreme flooding in the Territory, and working together to help people in affected communities. #auspol #ausecon #ntpol

We know Australians are concerned about petrol and diesel prices and supply and that’s why we are working with industry and regulators to make sure there’s enough fuel and that the suppliers and retailers aren’t doing the wrong thing by people.

This will be an ambitious budget framed by an ambitious government, in difficult and uncertain times.

Really pleased to be delivering more CCTV to help keep our local community safe. The Albanese Labor Government’s latest $800,000 investment in surveillance and safety cameras across Logan City is already making a meaningful difference to the efforts of police and emergency services.

A real highlight to meet this year’s Treasury Graduates and chat about everything from the global economy to the energy transformation and AI. Thanks for your time, and welcome to the team.

We're doubling penalties, ramping up surveillance of suspicious fuel price spikes, and helping industry and regulators coordinate supply to regional areas.

Labor won’t cop big fuel corporates and servos treating Australians like mugs.

BREAKING: Labor is putting petrol companies on notice with bigger penalties for misconduct and more scrutiny and surveillance, and shoring up fuel supply. Labor won’t cop big fuel corporates and servos treating Australians like mugs.

BREAKING: Labor’s laws to boost the super savings of 1.3M low-income workers have passed the Senate. Labor’s new reforms to the Low-Income Superannuation Tax Offset will help deliver a secure retirement for more than 1.3M Australians, mainly women and young people.

Really important day as Labor's reforms that boost the superannuation savings of 1.3M low-income workers are likely to pass the Parliament tonight. These changes will help make the super system fairer from top to bottom.

Big thanks to everyone who joined our full day of discussions with private sector economists, as we work towards our fifth Budget in May.

Always a privilege meeting with Canadian Finance Minister and my good friend François-Philippe Champagne, this time here in our Parliament. We agreed to prioritise modernising our Australia–Canada Tax Treaty to support investment, including for our superannuation and pension funds.

Australia and Canada see the world in similar ways. We’re both middle powers that believe in working with others. That means closer cooperation on investment and economic security, in a world of global instability. Great to have you in Parliament today, Mark Carney.

Joined Sally Sara on ABC Radio National to discuss yesterday's positive National Accounts which show the strong position we are in as a country as we confront more global economic uncertainty together.

For all those celebrating Holi, wishing you a joyful and colourful festival.

Really encouraging numbers out today showing ongoing recovery in the private sector, with our economy having the strongest annual growth in almost three years.

BREAKING: New numbers show the strongest growth in our economy in almost three years. The Australian economy grew 0.8% in the December quarter, to be 2.6% higher through the year - this growth is much stronger, broader and very welcome. This is faster growth than any major advanced economy.

I've written to ask the ACCC to help ensure fuel retailers don't use events in the Middle East to price gouge Australians.

Labor is rolling out cost-of-living help including two more tax cuts for 14 million workers, which Angus Taylor and the Liberals said they’d repeal.

BREAKING: Australians have now installed 250,000 cheaper home batteries with Labor's 30% discount. This is all about helping locals like Keith and Coral get cheaper and more reliable energy in their home.

New jobs numbers show unemployment remained very low at 4.1 per cent in January. This continues Australia's streak of historically low unemployment - the lowest on average for any government in the last 50 years.

New data shows annual wages have now grown above 3% for 14 quarters in a row. This is the longest streak of growth above 3% in over a decade and a half.

Labor’s Cheaper Home Batteries Program is all about helping locals like Keith and Coral to get cheaper and more reliable energy. Thanks for having me over for a chat and to check out your new batteries, Keith and Coral.

This is the new leader of the Liberal Party. He went to the election promising higher taxes for every taxpayer as well as bigger deficits and more debt.

New data out today shows that there are now more than 3400 bulk billing practices across the country – more than ever before. That includes 30 fully bulk billed clinics in our community, up from 17.