Paul Keating

Paul Keating urges Labor to stick with capital gains tax overhaul and avoid exemptions that would hurt economy

Two questions still hang above the now decaying federal budget

analysis Is this the tax reform hill Albanese and Chalmers want to die on? Jun 2026 at 5:00am Two questions hang in the air above the now decaying federal budget, like condors waiting for carrion. First, why is Labor spending the political capital of a 50-seat majority on a minor change to capital gains tax on businesses?

'Broken promise' or not, Albanese's tax decision helps One Nation

analysis 'Broken promise' or not, Anthony Albanese's tax decision has helped One Nation Fri 12 Jun 2026 at 5:06am After Labor targeted the threat of One Nation in a recent appeal to supporters for donations, the insurgents played tit for tat. One Nation on Wednesday launched its own fundraising campaign around the slogan "Fire the Liar". By evening, it claimed to have raised more than $1 million, rising fast.

Met Office says UK faces 29C this weekend as 31 counties set for 26C or above

Met Office says UK faces 29C this weekend as 31 counties set for 26C or above Brits are set to bake in temperatures of 29C or even higher weekend with many places seeing the mercury top 26C as the hot weather looks set to make a return into next week and beyond, forecasters say The Great British Summertime is set to make a return this weekend with the wet and chilly weather of the past few days behind us, as many parts of the UK face scorching temperatures. Met Office maps show Brits face...

'One of a kind' former senator, Catholic priest Michael Tate dies aged 80

Former Tasmanian senator and Catholic priest Michael Tate dies aged 80 Sat 6 Jun 2026 at 8:08am Former Tasmanian senator and Catholic priest Michael Tate is being remembered as a compassionate and generous man. The South Hobart parish priest died in Hobart yesterday aged 80. His friend and colleague Fr Mike Delaney said Fr Tate was loved.

Gleam v1.17.0 Released

Gleam is a type safe and scalable language for the Erlang virtual machine and JavaScript runtimes. Today Gleam v1.17.0 has been published. But first: the first videos from the first ever all-Gleam conference have been released!