The Australian | Resources slide buffets budget The Australian TARGETS for resources exports have been slashed by $100 billion over the next two years, with growing stresses in the global economy casting a shadow over Tony Abbott's plan of crafting a “dull and routine” budget. Commodity prices are lurching lower in ... Journalists' union labels Tony Abbott's defence of metadata protections 'ludicrous' Tony Abbott says steep cuts to public service unlikely, as recruitment firm ... Prime Minister Tony Abbott canvasses prospect of double dissolution election |