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The NSW budget is about the future of essential services and economic growth, Daniel Mookhey says.

Future focus and inflation blare a factor ahead of budget

Ahead of delivering his third budget, NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey says changes are required to ensure the state can ‘hold on to what we love’.

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Jim Chalmers is facing a real test of conviction with his productivity roundtable. Is he brave enough to break his election promises for the common good?

Is Jim Chalmers brave enough to be a hypocrite?

AARON PATRICK: The treasurer can prove his critics wrong and use a meeting of experts to make some tough-but-worthy decisions, rather than just raising taxes.

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Economists have recommended five ways to overhaul Australia’s tax system.

The Big 5 pillars of tax reform leading economists want

JACKSON HEWETT: Treasurer Jim Chalmers doesn’t want to rule anything in or out, apart from inheritance tax, the tax free family home and presumably the, GST, so what would transform the country?

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EXCLUSIVE: Former senior Pentagon official Ely Ratner believes the pact will go ahead but the review raises tough questions.

AUKUS is ‘too big to fail’, says ex-Pentagon official

Former senior Pentagon official Ely Ratner believes the pact will go ahead but the review raises tough questions.

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Donald Trump’s Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth has commented on the Pentagon’s review of the AUKUS submarine pact for the first time. Artwork by William Pearce

‘Do more, and quickly’: Hegseth’s AUKUS bombshell

‘As we shift toward the Indo-Pacific, we’re looking more to our allies and partners to be force multipliers alongside the United States.’

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A coalition meeting follows a Aboriginal man's death in custody that sparked protests nationwide. (James Ross/AAP PHOTOS)

Urgent push for youth justice reform as key body convenes

Tougher youth crime laws will be a focus when peak Indigenous groups meet to discuss Closing the Gap progress with government ministers.

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A baby is evacuated from the site of a direct hit from an Iranian missile strike in Ramat Gan, Israel, Thursday, June 19, 2025.

‘Red line crossed’: Israel vows revenge after Iran strikes

An Israeli hospital has been damaged and an Iranian heavy water reactor hit as the escalating Middle East crisis enters the seventh day with Donald Trump still weighing up US involvement.

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CBA chief executive Matt Comyn wants to keep corporate tax rate. The Nightly

A bank that goes into bat for Aussie workers: Which bank?

JACKSON HEWETT: The head of Australia’s largest bank says he welcomes tax reform but doesn’t believe a cut to the corporate tax rate is necessary to kick start lagging business investment. 

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A woman is evacuated from the site of a direct hit from an Iranian missile strike in Ramat Gan, Israel.

1500 Australians plea for help evacuating Israel, Iran

Another group of Australians are set to be evacuated from Israel in the coming hours, as the Government acknowledges it will be ‘complicated’ and ‘risky to get people out of Iran. 

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NICOLA SMITH: The Prime Minister should not miss chance to be heard by peers, regardless of whether Donald Trump attends.

Go NATO: Why PM should attend regardless of Donald Trump

NICOLA SMITH: The Prime Minister should not miss chance to be heard by peers, regardless of whether Donald Trump attends.

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US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has plenty of reasons to do nothing right now.

Powell and Fed stay staunch as Cliffhanger President rages

JACKSON HEWETT: On the brink of a Middle East conflagration about to impact the world’s energy supply, Donald Trump appears to have taken his eye off his attempt to completely remake the global trading system. 

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Australia’s chances of tariff exemptions remain uncertain as the Prime Minister returns from an overseas trip without having spoken to US President Donald Trump.

PM may play NATO trump card to score US President talks

The Prime Minister could soon have another chance to meet the US President, but first he will return to Australia without a clear solution to tariffs.

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Veruca Salt and her late baby son, Cash, who died in February.

Mum forced to defend decision to share photo of deceased son

The post sparked heated debate online, with some saying they found the photo too confronting to be shared to the internet. 

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA  - NewsWire Photos - June 16, 2025: Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers meets with new Secretary to the Treasury, Jenny Wilkinson at Parliament House in Canberra. NewsWire / Martin Ollman

National and economic security more closely linked than ever

National and economic security are “more closely intertwined than ever” as Australia grapples with a world of permanent “churn and change,” Treasurer Jim Chalmers warned on Wednesday. 

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Rushing to overthrow Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei could lead to chaos instead of peace.

Regime change with no alternative would risk road to ruin

Rushing to overthrow Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei could lead to chaos instead of peace.

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