This Regime
The 2026 Federal Budget has dominated the harshest government critiques in Australian media over the past 24 hours, with both mainstream outlets and independent voices savaging the Albanese Labor government's handling of taxes, housing, and economic management. Sky News commentators like Peta Credlin described the backlash as "the worst since the Keating era," accusing the government of ramming through broken election promises on negative gearing and capital gains tax changes that will "destroy Labor's image" and deter investment. Independent Australia pulled no punches in a scathing analysis titled "The glaring problems with Labor’s dreadful, appalling, terrible 2026 Budget," outlining six fundamental criticisms, including how the measures will drive house prices higher, fail to deliver meaningful housing supply, and betray younger generations while favouring existing property investors. Mainstream economic and political coverage amplified conc...