Politics

Anthony Albanese has left the door open to further tweaks to the tax policies central to last week’s Federal Budget, as he and his Treasurer continue to struggle to sell their plan to a sceptical public. 

A week after the Budget, Labor is still scrambling to deal with the fallout over broken promises and confusing tax changes.

A tech boss developing Australia’s answer to WhatsApp and Slack is warning start-ups will leave Australia for New Zealand because of Labor’s new minimum 30 per cent capital gains tax. 

Anthony Albanese is facing a pile-on from domestic violence advocates over his remarks about better protecting female victims, including a claim that a Royal Commission would do nothing ‘besides fund lawyers’.

Defence has dramatically changed course as doubts grow over how long the 30-year-old Collins-class fleet can stay afloat.

The Prime Minister has responded to AI-generated memes mocking him for changes made to the capital gains tax in last week’s budget.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been smashed with memes made by small business owners across the country, who are slamming changes in the Federal Budget. 

An extra 100,000 litres of jet fuel will come through in three shipments from June, following negotiations with Beijing.

LATIKA M BOURKE: Donald Trump’s former Veterans Secretary has predicted that the Iranian regime could soon start to splinter because it will run out of money in three weeks time.

The Federal Government’s changes to capital gains taxes could see small businesses cop a double tax bill if they restructure to cope with the overhaul.

A Liberal senator has lashed his own party for using divisive language on the subject of migration, saying it risks alienating voters.

But it doesn’t rule out taking more dramatic steps to ensure domestic supply if Australia’s outlook worsens, amid ongoing disruptions from the Middle East conflict.

The details come as Jim Chalmers had cited the Iran war, which started after US-Israel led strikes on February 28, among a raft of issues for his broken promises Budget. 

Australia has been told to ‘earnestly respect the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese investors’ after the Albanese government forced the hand over several Beijing-linked companies.