Morning Mail: Budget 2017 full coverage – winners and losers, analysis, by the numbers, Trump fires FBI director

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Guardian Australia's Morning Mail Wednesday 10 May 2017 g Trump fires FBI director Good morning, and welcome to the Morning Mail. Among the stories leading our website this morning: it's all budget, all the time in the rest of this email, so we're kicking off with the breaking news that Donald Trump has fired FBI director James Comey.  The White House released a statement saying Comey "had been terminated and removed from office", and that it was "based on the clear recommendations" of both the attorney general and deputy attorney general. Keep reading for the rest of the top stories this morning, with more news from around Australia and the world.

Headlines Australian budget 2017: Malcolm Turnbull says banks hugely profitable – politics live The prime minister says Australia's big banks will still be the most lucrative in the world after $6bn tax slug. Follow all the federal budget reaction live... Budget 2017 summary: the winners and losers at a glance Pain for businesses – especially banks – foreign property investors and smokers who roll their own. Winners include NDIS recipients and bitcoin users Warm words in Morrison's budget barely disguise a story of fiscal failure Judged by the promise set out in 2014 to balance the books, the Coalition has been a disaster. Australia's triple-A rating must be in jeopardy Budget 2017: Coalition 2.0 reboots in bid to jolt a political recovery Scott Morrison's statement is meant to draw a line under the disaster of 2014 and give the government a conversation to take to voters. But they may not be listening First Dog on the Moon's big day at the 2017 budget Is it mean and tricky? Yes it is. It gives Scomo a lot of smoke and mirrors to work with – and drug-testing welfare recipients is pretty cold Australian news and politics Higher education: Australian budget 2017 in 60 seconds – video Paul Karp lays out the main measures in this year's budget relating to higher education Housing affordability: Australia's 2017 budget measures in 60 seconds – video Political reporter Gareth Hutchens gives a 60-second rundown the 2017 budget's multimillion dollar package to address housing affordability Infrastructure: Australian budget 2017 in 60 seconds – video Guardian Australia's chief political correspondent Gabrielle Chan discusses the infrastructure projects outlined in the 2017 budget Coalition buries the legacy of Tony Abbott in 2017 budget– Australian politics live podcast Lenore Taylor, Greg Jericho and Katharine Murphy examine the contradictions in the budget. Are the other spending promises enough to bring voters back to the Coalition? Drug testing and other welfare measures: Australian budget 2017 in 60 seconds – video Guardian Australia's Paul Karp looks at the 2017 budget's new social security and welfare measures Greg Jericho looks at the numbers: Australian budget 2017 in 60 seconds – video Greg Jericho gives his 60-second run-down on the 2017 budget: "It was quite a Labor budget, but a good impression of one". Katharine Murphy's verdict: Australian budget 2017 in 60 seconds – video explainer Guardian Australia's political editor, Katharine Murphy, gives a 60-second assessment of the 2017 budget. Around the world Marine Le Pen's niece abandons politics after Front National's heavy defeat Marion Maréchal-Le Pen, one of FN's two MPs, will not stand for re-election, as ex-PM Manuel Valls seeks candidacy with Macron's En Marche Nearly 250 refugees dead or missing after shipwrecks off Libyan coast Authorities raise alarm at increased risks of Mediterranean voyages, as people smugglers crowd refugees on to vessels meant for far fewer people Chelsea Manning envisions life after prison: 'I can see a future for myself' The army whistleblower, who is set for release 17 May after seven years, thanked supporters in statement and looked forward to living as a transgender woman Irish police halt prosecution of Stephen Fry for blasphemy Police could not find enough people outraged at actor's anti-God remarks on TV after only one viewer complained Trump claims Obamacare 'essentially dead' after House vote. What's next? Republican healthcare plan still faces legislative hurdles and public opposition as Senate plans to perform major surgery to original bill with no set deadline

One last thing New haul of Homo naledi bones sheds surprising light on human evolutionWhen fossil hunters unveiled the remains of a mysterious and archaic new species of human found deep inside a cave in South Africa two years ago, the scientific community was stunned. Since then, bodies of the long-lost family members have piled up. They now have the remnants of at least 18 Homo naledi, as the species is named. Now scientists suggest the early human relative lived at the same time as Homo sapiens and could have made stone tools. Have an excellent day and if you spot something I've missed, let me know on Twitter at @earleyedition.

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