All eyes on Canberra for the Federal Budget

As Labor puts the final touches on its first budget in almost a decade, Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers is issuing a new economic forecast. Domestic growth is expected to fall in the next financial year as a result of high inflation and rising interest rates.

Minister for Finance Katy Gallagher at a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Wednesday, September 28, 2022. Source: AAP / MICK TSIKAS/AAPIMAGE