Your afternoon Briefing: Shorten’s gaffe on super tax

Good afternoon, readers. Scott Morrison has accused Bill Shorten of ‘lying’ about taxes and the Notre Dame blame game has begun.

Good afternoon, readers. It’s Campaign Day 6 and Scott Morrison has accused Bill Shorten of “lying” about vowing to not raise taxes on superannuation. In Paris, the blame game over the Notre Dame blaze has begun.

 

Shorten’s gaffe on super tax

Scott Morrison says Bill Shorten “must have forgotten” some of Labor’s extra taxes after the Opposition Leader matched a vow made by the Prime Minister of no new taxes on superannuation. Keep up with the latest from the campaign trail in our live blog, PoliticsNow.

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Now the blame game begins

Lovers of Notre Dame deplored the politics and bureaucracy that have held up the much-needed restoration of the most visited monument in Europe. They say decades of neglect by France’s leaders helped turn the cathedral into a rotting ruin behind its iconic facade.

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Better to rent than buy?

Renting a home should not be seen as “dead money”, with research from EY finding that in the country’s most unaffordable market — Sydney — renting was a better financial choice than buying 60 per cent of the time.

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Gender realignment for the Barry

Melbourne International Comedy Festival is rebranding the Barry Award — named after comedian Barry Humphries — to make the award gender neutral. What would Dame Edna think?