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Treasurer Jim Chalmers has handed down his third budget, with a back-to-back surplus of $9.3 billion for the first time in almost two decades. Find out what is in the budget and what it means for you at news.com.au

“The win today highlights the importance of journalism and our ability to build a better Australia for all Australians. We are all here to make a difference, push boundaries and have the courage to challenge the way things are done,” news.com.au editor-in-chief Lisa Muxworthy

The Sydney Opera House has lit up with a solemn black ribbon to reflect the country’s heartbreak following Saturday’s Bondi massacre. The knife rampage at Bondi Junction Westfield in Sydney’s eastern suburbs left six innocent people dead and more in hospital. As night fell on Monday, the Opera House, the central marker of Sydney’s global city status and Australia’s most beloved piece of architecture, transformed with a black ribbon projected onto its legendary curved white sails. 📸: NSW Government

news.com.au remains the number one #digital #news brand in Australia, according to Ipsos rankings released today. There were 12.423 million Australians that visited news.com.au in February, with an average time spent on the site of 28 minutes per person. We also had the largest video audience for news consumption at 1.114 million, with 18 million video views for the month. Editor Kerry Warren said February was all about Taylor Swift, with the frenzy around her Aussie tour dates driving the site’s second biggest entertainment number since Ipsos iris launched in January last year. "We went all-in on Taylor Swift mania, running coverage of every concert, launching a dedicated vertical video carousel and even changing our logo to a news.com.au friendship bracelet. The Tay Tay effect also saw news.com.au enjoy millions of video views, particularly on mobile with our vertical video platform." Read more here: https://lnkd.in/g4EhNezb

Flexible working is about to be taken to a whole new level, with Gen Zers pushing to completely overhaul the regular 9-5 work day. ‘Chronoworking’ is expected to be the next big work trend. It essentially refers to employees being allowed to work to their own circadian rhythms and the time they are most productive, rather than strict working hours, writes Ally Foster

news.com.au launched a petition on Friday, calling for longer, Medicare-funded consultations for the one million sufferers of endometiosis. In less than 30 hours we reached our target of 20,000 signatures. Thank you for getting behind this important issue.  Now, in an unprecedented show of unity, health ministers for New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, Northern Territory, Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory have backed the campaign’s initiative.

“I used up all my sick leave, I was constantly having to have days off, or go to doctor’s appointments. And I just felt like I wasn’t contributing the way I wanted. And I wasn’t enjoying it the way I once did, because I just wasn’t well. "It was a really hard decision. I loved my job and my newsroom, but unfortunately, the work that I was doing at the time was taking too much of a toll on me mentally and emotionally. I couldn’t battle the health side with the pressure. “To me, that was breaking point and I chose to step away. I needed to for my health and my future.” Julie Snook opens up to news.com.au's Lexie Cartwright about her battle with endometriosis which saw her quit her dream job at Channel 9. Read her story here, but also get across news.com.au's campaign to improve the level of care for those with the chronic disease.

The decision to uninvite police from marching in the Sydney Mardi Gras parade has delivered a blow to queer cops who are caught in the middle of it all, writes Shannon Molloy

news.com.au, Australia’s number one digital news brand, has started the year with an audience of more than 13 million according to Ipsos iris January 2024 rankings released today. news.com.au delivered an audience of 13.008 million in January, up 3.1 per cent per cent month-on-month. With a margin of 1.657 million ahead of the closest competitor, news.com.au’s highly engaged audience reached one in two online Australians with average time spent on the site of 28 minutes per person. Read more 👉 https://bitly.ws/3dPg7

The Reserve Bank of Australia has made its first interest rate call of the year, keeping the cash rate on hold at 4.35 per cent and delivering relief to millions of Australians, with one big four economist declaring the battle with inflation is over.