Australia news live: Labor reports $20bn in savings in mid-year budget update; Queensland driver charged with eight attempted murders after pedestrians struck | Australia news

Australia news live: Labor reports $20bn in savings in mid-year budget update; Queensland driver charged with eight attempted murders after pedestrians struck | Australia news

Labor promotes $20bn in savings before mid-year budget update Tom McIlroy Ahead of Wednesday’s mid-year update to the federal budget, Labor is talking up $20bn in savings. This weekend, the government has also moved to stop huge blowouts in the cost of its home battery program, with changes due to come into force in May. […]