Your noon Briefing: Labor to back PM’s tax cuts
Welcome to your noon digest of what’s been making news and what to watch for.
Hello readers. Here is your noon digest of today’s top stories and some armchair travelling you can linger over during lunchtime.
Labor backs PM’s tax cuts
Labor will back a federal government move to bring forward tax cuts for companies with annual turnovers less than $50 million. Those companies will have their tax rate cut to 26 per cent in 2020/21, then 25 per cent the following year, under legislation that will be introduced to parliament next week.
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F-35s grounded in US
The Defence Department is yet to confirm if Australia’s new F-35 strike fighters have been grounded as part of a US ban on flights by the jets following investigations into a crash last month. The grounding was reported to be in response to concerns the aircraft may have a faulty part related to fuel supply.
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Battered and bruised
A Queensland woman has shared confronting pictures of her battered body which is covered in bruises after she tried to shield her baby from hailstones as supercell storms ripped across southern Queensland. A major clean-up operation is under way today after a tornado and severe storms swept across southern Queensland, tearing roofs from properties and destroying crops on the eve of harvest season.
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The light read: The resort report
Our writers share some of their favourite hideaways, from minimalist wonders to those favoured by kings.
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Comment of the day
“Good on Kanye for standing up for his President and his country and special congrats for rendering President Trump speechless, now that takes some doing!”
Terryd, in response to ‘Kanye West leaves President Donald Trump speechless in surreal White House scene’.
China’s great wall of silence
China deliberately concealed information about the coronavirus, and now it is fighting an inquiry. So what is Beijing hiding?
Your noon Briefing
Your 2-minute digest of the day’s top stories.