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The US president has been weakened by the war with Iran, but China needs a stable global economy so it can keep exporting its goods and boosting growth at home. Queensland’s only pumped hydro project under construction is delayed, adding further pressure to the state government’s energy plans. Almost three years later, the government has finally responded. Our three tax cuts, instant deduction and the new offset are the equivalent of up to $54 back in the average earner’s pocket each week.

• A discussion around emissions is heating up across the State this month, with several local government’s weighing in on how best to manage WA’s greenhouse contributions.
• If a business can’t return money to its owner, they must send it to the Victorian Unclaimed Money Register.
• “The Salvos have made a tremendous difference in my life — the food assistance I received as well as the emotional support has lifted my spirits.
• The US president accused Tehran of reneging on a promise to drop its nuclear ambitions as part of a deal to end the war, which threatens his meeting with Xi Jinping.
• Workers and first homebuyers are among the winners of the Federal Budget while the Government has broken its promise to keep property investor taxes unchanged.

Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue has been ordered to pay $150 million to WA traditional owners after mining their land without permission. As WA’s farmers face ongoing uncertainty, a RuralAid counsellor is encouraging producers to look after their mental health, take time out to talk through any issues, and keep an eye on their mates. Last month, several local governments reviewed the WA Local Government Association’s new draft climate change advocacy position including the shires of Waroona and Harvey. As workplaces across Western Australia continue to evolve at pace, the need for practical, people-focused leadership has never been greater.

So when you get it right, it makes the pay-off so much sweeter. But a new survey released just hours before Treasurer Jim Chalmers stands up in Parliament has revealed what voters really want. Capital gains tax and negative gearing have dominated the pre-Budget headlines. The driver of an electric scooter has opened fire with a pistol near a drug hotspot in the French city of Nice, killing two people and injuring several more. Led by two internationally award-winning filmmakers, a new dedicated environmental film festival is set to debut in Margaret River next year. Investors are largely being kept in the dark about the financial impact of climate threats and little is being done to shield companies from looming risks.

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Walyalup (Fremantle) coach Justin Longmuir says he’s conducting his own search to find the mystery Wharfie Time operator as he praised it for helping the Dockers get over the line against Hawthorn. It provides researchers with some explanation as to why breast cancer can return many years after successful treatment. Issy McNab was only seven when she started getting bullied on the school bus. A top WA university is among institutions and bodies expressing dismay at funding cuts to Australia’s research and development sector ahead of Tuesday’s Federal Budget. Curtin University was transformed into a glowing wildlife wonderland over the weekend as thousands of visitors descended on campus for the immersive Creatures on Campus experience.

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But shadow treasurer Tim Wilson flags support for $250 tax offset; Chalmers says voters care more about ‘substantive change’ than broken promises. The City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder continues pushing the State Government for more money in hopes the 2017 election commitment to upgrade Kalgoorlie International Speedway can come to fruition. What’s changed since 2019 to make a move on tax breaks for property investors more politically palatable?

The treasurer is relying on taking from investment owners to help first home buyers. Changes to negative gearing and tax increases on trusts and capital gains have heralded the end of preferential treatment of asset wealth. Access and manage your vacant residential land tax information.

UWA researchers have helped to unearth more about how ancient continents formed on Earth 3.5 billion years ago. Ben Harvey’s tongue-in-cheek assessment of Rita Saffioti’s third big spending budget covers the key highlights from hospitals to housing, including resorting to Lego. Disgraced WA author Craig Silvey published novels that included scenes of a teenager being sexually assaulted by her father, and an underage boy trying to arouse elderly men before he was arrested. Australia’s peak business lobby says the Federal Budget was a ‘missed opportunity’ to reform Australia’s economic settings to ‘shake off economic decline’. Outback Wrangler Matt Wright has walked from prison after serving five months behind bars for attempting to pervert the course of justice. The Australian Defence Force said the 50-year-old veteran of the Afghanistan war died after his parachute became entangled with another parachute.

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There was a time — in the days when the internet was still a force for fun — when Chuck Norris jokes roamed our screens. Flying high on another resounding election result, Pauline Hanson is putting the pieces in place to kick Labor out in two years’ time. Reported proposals to lift capital gains tax on share market investments could ultimately cost younger investors more than older investors, according to economists. What this Budget actually amounts to is nothing much other than the official documentation of the most egregious election broken promise we have seen in quite some time. Jim Chalmers says Australia will avoid a recession but must pursue reform, announcing an expected overhaul of housing taxes and a $250 tax handout for workers.

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Anthony Albanese has forced to defend a furore over broken election promises as he and Treasurer Jim Chalmers scramble to fix the housing crisis by cutting back property investor tax lurks. A controversial measure reportedly included in Labor’s fifth federal budget has sparked outrage from the Coalition, which has accused it of breaching voter trust. Police have shed new details on the scale of their search for a man wanted over the alleged murders of three people in aussie payid casino NSW, after his remains were found.

The Yindjibarndi people have been awarded the largest-ever payout for economic and spiritual loss after more than a decade of Fortescue mining iron ore on native title land in the Pilbara. Workers and first homebuyers are among the winners of the Federal Budget while the Government has broken its promise to keep property investor taxes unchanged. Markets run on information, but in the age of artificial intelligence, fake news and social media, investors must always question it or risk catastrophic results. Brisbane City Council has abandoned plans to rein in short-stay rentals saying more red tape on property owners is not warranted. The annual wages and salaries bill for government sector workers are forecast to plateau at about $32.6 billion in 2030. A government with a massive parliamentary majority, an opposition in disarray and no election imminent.

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