A Zara dress, the Jim Reaper and a communist state: how Australia’s media interpreted the budget pred 6 urami in 13 minutami The Murdoch papers sharpened their sickles and hammered Jim Chalmers’ budget for ‘the most radical redistribution of wealth since the Whitlam era’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesSign up for Guardian Australia’s free weekly media newsletter hereThe voters of New South Wales woke up in a communist state on Wednesday – at least according to the Daily Telegraph, which claimed that “Lying Jim” Chalmers was cackling like the devil as he gouged them with big taxes in the federal budget.To underline this apparent sharp turn to the left, the Tele added a red hammer and sickle and used a red background.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free weekly media newsletter here Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Crisis of First Nations children in care will worsen under NT child protection reforms, advocates warn pred 6 urami in 41 minutami Legal and child advocates have criticised the changes, which include eroding the Aboriginal child placement principle, as ‘dangerous, ignorant and wrong’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Northern Territory government is removing a protection introduced to avoid a repeat of the Stolen Generation as part of sweeping reforms to the child protection system.The draft legislation was revealed alongside details of a major review into the Territory’s child protection system, announced in the wake of the high-profile death of five-year-old Kumanjayi Little Baby in Alice Springs. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Coalition vows to repeal Labor’s ‘toxic’ negative gearing and capital gains tax budget changes pred 6 urami in 58 minutami Opposition leader Angus Taylor and shadow treasurer Tim Wilson say future Coalition government would reinstate generous rules for property investorsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesExplore all of our 2026 Australia federal budget coverageGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Coalition has vowed to repeal Labor’s proposed changes to negative gearing and capital gains tax if they win power, setting up a major fight before the next election over key tax reform measures from the budget.The shadow treasurer, Tim Wilson, and the opposition leader, Angus Taylor, said a future Coalition government would reinstate more generous rules for property investors, as well as for Australians minimising their tax through trusts, pledging to fight the proposals in parliament in coming weeks. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Is Big Brother watching you shop? – podcast pred 7 urami in 34 minutami From supermarkets to corner shops, live facial recognition could be coming to retailers near you. Jessica Murray on the AI systems increasingly used by the police and storesLive facial recognition is being hailed as a powerful new frontier in the fight against crime, not only by police but by private companies too. Retailers from supermarkets to corner shops hope it will help them fight back against shoplifting.But the Guardian’s social affairs correspondent, Jessica Murray, points out that it will also expand surveillance into more and more public spaces. And the technology doesn’t always get it right. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
‘I’m afraid if she gets out’: US author’s sons say they want mother to stay in jail pred 8 urami in 46 minutami Kouri Richins, 35, faces up to life in prison for killing her husband, and her three sons say they are ‘afraid’ of herThe young sons of Kouri Richins, a Utah author, said ahead of her sentencing hearing Wednesday that they would feel unsafe if their mother was ever released from prison after she was found guilty in March of killing their father.Richins, 35, faces several decades to life in prison on five felony convictions, including aggravated murder. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Capital gains tax and negative gearing benefit the 1% and this chart shows it pred 9 urami in 34 minutami More than half of the benefit of the CGT concession went to the top 1% of income earners, the most recent data showsWant to get more charts in your inbox every fortnight? Sign up for The Crunch hereThis year’s federal budget includes changes to negative gearing and capital gains (CGT) and discretionary trust tax concessions – policies that some blame for fuelling housing speculation and that disproportionately benefit the richest.The top 1% of lifetime earners alone have received more than $700,000 in tax concessions over their working life from capital gains tax, negative gearing and discretionary trusts, according to figures in the budget. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Louisiana police to pay $4.85m to daughter of Black motorist who died at officers’ hands in 2019 pred 9 urami in 35 minutami Police and sheriff’s office agree to settlement after Ronald Greene was fatally shocked and punched during 2019 arrestLouisiana’s state police and a local sheriff’s office have agreed to pay $4.85m to the daughter of Ronald Greene, a Black motorist who was fatally shocked with a stun gun, punched and dragged during a 2019 arrest.The settlement agreement was reached during a mediation that concluded on Tuesday evening, according to a source with direct knowledge of the talks. It is one of the more substantial legal outcomes for a death that otherwise yielded only misdemeanor convictions for two of the officers involved. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Kash Patel denies excessive drinking allegations as ‘total farce’ in Senate hearing pred 10 urami in 6 minutami FBI director also dismisses allegations of unexplained absences as Democrats challenge him over Atlantic reportUS politics live – latest updatesEmbattled FBI director Kash Patel has denied under oath recent allegations of excessive drinking and unexplained absences on the job, dismissing them as “baseless” during a fiery congressional hearing.Democrats challenged him over the “extremely alarming” reports, first reported in the Atlantic mid-April, which they argued would a mount to a “gross dereliction” of duty. The FBI director has sued the magazine, and the author of a story it published, filing a defamation lawsuit in US district court for the District of Columbia that seeks $250m in damages. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Labour must fulfil promise to introduce clean air act, charities urge pred 10 urami in 32 minutami Party held out prospect of act while in opposition but plan did not make it into election manifestoMinisters should bring forward a new clean air act that would ban wood burning, clear diesel vehicles from the roads and force councils to cut pollution, a group of more than 60 charities have urged before the king’s speech on Wednesday.Labour held out the prospect of a clean air act while in opposition in 2023, but this was dropped from the final election manifesto, and the government has made no move to reinstate it. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Three-quarters of UK millionaires would be happy to pay more tax, research finds pred 10 urami in 33 minutami Despite concerns super-rich are leaving due to tax burdens, 88% of those surveyed were proud to live in UK and would pay more to fund public servicesNine in 10 UK millionaires are proud to live in Britain and three-quarters would be willing to pay more tax to ensure public assets get the funding they need, according to research.Despite widely reported concerns that the wealthy are choosing to leave the country owing to higher taxes, the survey found millionaires were much more concerned about medical workers moving away than wealthy people emigrating. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
