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Income tax
End bracket creep and move to the bush: Westpac’s productivity plan
Australia’s second-biggest bank wants workers to pay less tax by increasing thresholds to keep up with inflation.
- by Shane Wright and Millie Muroi
YouTube Kids to escape social media ban for children under 16
The move could provide a path for other social sites eager to keep offering their products, and ads, to children.
- by Olivia Ireland
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Political leadership
Go big on climate plans, Labor MPs tell Albanese, as net zero fight rages
The MPs demanded ambition as leading economist Ross Garnaut said Australia’s renewable energy transition was “sick”.
- by Nick O'Malley, Paul Sakkal and Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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Property development
Coalition picks its first fight with Labor – on housing ‘nightmare’
After a federal election dominated by housing policy, the Coalition’s first move is to try to reverse a tax incentive that the building industry believes will ease the rental squeeze.
- by Shane Wright
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Trade wars
Government scrambling for details after Trump threatens higher tariffs
Australian officials do not know how high a tariff Donald Trump will place on the country’s exports to the US and there are no signs a deal is imminent.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos, Matthew Knott and David Crowe
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Trump diplomacy
Albanese risks becoming a bystander to Trump’s trade whims
Australia has taken comfort in the fact it had the lowest tariff for exports to the United States, but the risk of that changing leaves the Prime Minister exposed.
- by Matthew Knott
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Israeli-Palestinian conflict
PM brands Israel’s denial of starvation reports in Gaza ‘beyond comprehension’
Anthony Albanese has rubbished claims from the Israeli embassy on Monday that there was no starvation in Gaza.
- by Paul Sakkal
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