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Stage-three tax cuts: what are they, how do they work and why do they exist?

They’re the biggest debating point ahead of the Labor government’s October budget, but what actually are the stage-three tax cuts?

The Guardian - AU

NSW govt defends transport assets body

The entity set up to hold the state's transport assets has attracted much criticism but the government says it just needs time to deliver its promised benefits.

AAP

Childcare subsidy increase welcomed by Bendigo family to help household budget

Tough decisions about returning to work after welcoming a second child have been made a little easier for a family set to benefit from childcare subsidy changes.

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PM doubles down on tax cut continuity

Debate rages over whether Labor is considering amending legislated tax cuts but Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says there are no plans to change course.

AAP

Growing number of Australians want the stage-three tax cuts scrapped, poll shows

Public opinion for repealing the package now sits at 48% as people become better informed about the consequences

The Guardian - AU

'Not now, not ever': 10 years on from the misogyny speech

Much has been said about the speech in the decade since Julia Gillard rose to her feet to deliver it, but what does it mean to those now inside the building? To those who've watched the political world change around them, and those just entering it for the first time?

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Bricks 'inspired' Built for CBR logo, but govt warned on politicising ACT PS

The government was warned the design potentially politicises its public service.

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NSW Labor to give rights to gig workers

A Labor plan would see the introduction of a workers compensation benefits scheme for NSW gig workers similar to one other employees can already access.

AAP

Liberals vow tax cut fight at 'every step'

Despite the Prime Minister's assertions the government has not changed its position on tax cuts, the Deputy Liberal Leader says Australians can't be confident.

AAP

Labor's Stage 3 tax cut kite-fly pits budget economics against election promises

Doing the sums on Coalition tax cuts

Newcastle Herald

Wedged between the CPAC circus and the teals, will Peter Dutton wither or find a new way to live?

Could the Liberal party be co-opted by the rightwing fringe? It is structurally and institutionally weak after the May election loss

The Guardian - AU

Michael Pascoe: Morrison heeded the Tooth Fairy when Treasury warned against tax cuts

In 2018, when Scott Morrison announced his tax-cut package, Treasury laid out in black and white the grounds for scrapping Stage Three

The New Daily

Anthony Albanese leaves open possibility of changes to stage-three tax cuts

Prime minister says government ‘hasn’t changed our position’ but does not rule out doing so in future

The Guardian - AU

Peter Dutton says Labor’s renewable energy overhaul plan ‘never going to be realised’

Opposition leader tells Andrew Bolt Australia needs to consider nuclear reactors and calls on Tim Flannery to apologise

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One Nation's Mark Latham said just 0.17 per cent of Australians are transgender. Here's what we found.

The One Nation MP used the latest census data to claim transgender people are over-represented in public debate. But a lack of "meaningful data" means the size of Australia's transgender population remains unknown.

The Guardian - AU

Flood warnings for eastern states as Melbourne receives half a month’s rainfall in one hour – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Morning mail: Zelenskiy appeals to Australia, 37 dead in Thailand attack, Annie Ernaux’s Nobel win

Friday: Ukraine’s president has urged world leaders not to give in to Russia’s ‘nuclear blackmail’. Plus: should Labor scrap the stage-three tax cuts?

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Legal opinions split on whether Andrew Thorburn could argue discrimination over Essendon resignation

One lawyer says the matter contrasts with Israel Folau’s sacking, as views weren’t actually expressed

AAP

Health system dire under Vic Labor: AMA

The Australian Medical Association has taken the Victorian Labor government to task over the state's "dire" health crisis in its election statement.

The Conversation

Grattan on Friday: Jim Chalmers plays the tease as he pushes to change Stage 3 tax cuts

When Scott Morrison was treasurer he flew the kite for an increase in the GST. The debate ran a while, before then prime minister Malcolm Turnbull shut it down. It was all too hard.

ABC News

Victim tells NT Supreme Court of impact of ex-Labor staffer Kent Rowe's rapes

Prosecutors say former Territory Labor secretary and senior staffer Kent Rowe should serve significant jail time over the rapes.

AAP

Tas govt 'confident' of AFL club support

Tasmania's minister for sport Nic Street expects AFL club presidents to provide the league with a very positive view of the island state's bid for a licence.

The Guardian - AU

Labor attacked by former RBA governor Bernie Fraser for sticking to ‘dodgy’ stage-three tax cuts

Fraser says Albanese government should repeal stage three as the tax cuts are ‘even more unfair’ due to falling real wages

AAP

IBAC should explain hearings: Vic inquiry

A Victorian parliamentary inquiry says the state's corruption watchdog should be required to set out its reasons for public hearings.

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