First order of business is swearing in of new Port Dickson MP.

Alternative budget would make M'sia unsafe, unsecure, and unstable, according to the PM.

Harapan claims 'sweeteners' lifted from their own shadow budget.

More maternity leave benefits mothers, newborns and fathers; thus, improving Malaysian society in general.

Salleh tells opposition coalition to quit playing games and return to reality.

COMMENT | 'Harapan is proposing many of BN's policies it had aggressively rejected in the past.'

The PM believes that the opposition’s alternative budget is untethered to reality.

COMMENT | Operating expenditure in opposition-controlled states has increased since 2008.

RM58.35b is earmarked for development expenditure with a focus on the poorest states.

COMMENT | 'Coalition's alternative budget falls short in substance.'

With many downsides linked to the GST, Pakatan Harapan can indeed replace it with a better plan.

One-year period for GST elimination to prevent systemic shock, says Wong Chen.

UPDATED 6.45PM | The coalition will revert to the sales and services tax. It will also slash the allocation for the PM's Dept.