The pressure’s on Treasurer Chalmers to play Scrooge with wage rises to KO what he says is our biggest enemy – inflation. Can he do it?

Early signs of super being used to make mortgage payments is an anecdotal reminder that the RBA must be careful about future rate rises.

It took 45 minutes for us to flick the ABC that night. Propagandists like Grant, Reid and Foster seem to think of crowns as being like swastikas. Only a tiny minority of Australians think that way.

Some economists think this Budget will mean the RBA will keep raising rates because Dr Jim Chalmers has added to inflation with his $20.6 billion worth of spending. How true is this?

While Treasurer Dr Jim Chalmers can boast about the fastest return to surplus since World War II, those super members with big balances are going to have to duck for cover.

Last October it was thought this Budget surplus of $4 billion would be a $37 billion deficit! That’s a big miss! Can these guys count? Or does it show that ‘guessing’ what economies do is so hard?

Top fund manager likes Xero, CSL, Ramsay, Sonic, Rio and Macquarie

Standby for a good news leak from what will be in tomorrow night’s Budget speech.

Dr Jim naturally wants to tax the super rich but will average Aussies be caught up in this tax trap?