This report provides an overall examination of the budget ? including initiatives in media and communications and in the arts ? and detailed analysis in selected areas. The briefs are organised according to the subject matter discussed and the perspective adopted in the analysis. The opening feature article in the economic issues section provides a...

The Rudd Government came to power promising an 'Education Revolution'. For public education it offered the promise of redressing eleven years of underfunding and chronic and systematic neglect of public education and training by the Howard Government. The crucial thing for the AEU in this Budget was how far the Rudd Government would go to...

Time is running out for the government to reverse the profligacy of the last four budgets, argues Stephen Anthony.

The Coalition's tax cuts will entrench private affluence and deepen public squalor, argues Geoffrey Barker.

This report is a summary of the 2007 Defence budget. It covers strategic resource allocation, defence spending, 2007-08 Defence budget initiatives, capital investment, personnel, defence management, international comparison.