Australia politics live: NSW to lower road toll cap and Queensland to promise infrastructure in today’s state budgets

Weekly toll cap in NSW to fall from $60 to $50 for one year. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastQueensland treasurer David Janetzki will hand down his second budget today, tipped to be a cautious rather than reformist plan for the state’s future.There have been few major announcements in the lead-up to the budget, though the premier David Crisafulli and Janetzki promised at the weekend to introduce “no new or increased taxes” and vowed to continue funding the state’s 50c public transport fare scheme introduced under Labor premier Steven Miles. Continue reading...