The treasurer and prime minister insist the budget will provide opportunity and aspiration to ordinary Australians. Most of them don’t agree.

The government’s tax overhaul promises to level the playing field between wealth and wages. We ran the numbers to find out who actually wins.

A day before Labor puts forward its tax changes in parliament, Chalmers has defended a policy that has opened up a political brawl on wealth creation and economic growth.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers introduced what he called a "bill for workers, first home buyers and future generations" to parliament.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers introduced the bill to parliament today, which the government hopes to pass before the winter recess.

The chorus of detractors hasn’t faded since budget night, but has risen to a full-throated roar just as the treasurer introduced the tax legislation to federal parliament.

The treasurer and prime minister insist the budget will provide opportunity and aspiration to ordinary Australians. Most of them don’t agree.