Anthony Albanese is coming under increasing pressure from within his frontbench to wave through the government's entire $158 billion personal income tax package, as a post-election internal war looms over Labor's economic policy agenda.
The Australian
Anthony Albanese is coming under increasing pressure from within his frontbench to wave through the government's entire $158 billion personal income tax package, as a post-election internal war looms over Labor's economic policy agenda.
Former star footballer Chris Dawson was yesterday charged with a sex offence
against a 16- year-old girl when he was a teacher on Sydney's northern beaches,
within hours of pleading not guilty to murdering his wife.
Financial Review
The controversial Narrabri coal seam gas project in NSW is on track to be approved before the end of the year in a move gas company Santos says will take the heat off domestic gas prices.
The Age
Almost 1 million retirees are being short-changed by the Morrison government as it fails to increase their fortnightly payments to reflect the hit long-term savings are taking because of falling interest rates.
Herald Sun
A trio of fraudsters' lies have finally caught up with them. Hustlers Belle Gibson, Nelly Yoa and Hamish Earle McLaren all faced court yesterday over separate scams that set out to dupe a trail of victims.
The Daily Telegraph
Manly Sea Eagles star Dylan Walker's future was again hanging in the balance last night as police challenged his not-guilty finding on charges of assaulting his partner. The Daily Telegraph can reveal police prosecutors have asked the DPP to examine avenues of appeal against the decision by a magistrate to find Walker not guilty of attacking his fiancee Alexandra Ivkovic.
The Sydney Morning Herald
Almost a million retirees are being short-changed by the Morrison government as it fails to increase their fortnightly payments to reflect the hit that long-term savings are taking from falling interest rates.
The Courier-Mail
Critical public housing stock designed to ensure a roof over the heads of vulnerable Queenslanders is sitting vacant for years with the state holding properties aside, while tenants serve time in prison.
The Advertiser
Adelaide City Council's controversial gag rule is likely to be overturned next week, with Lord Mayor Sandy Verschoor supporting a push to revoke the policy. Ms Verschoor told The Advertiser that while she remained in favour of the rule's intent, the public backlash it had received was a distraction from the good work of the council.
The Canberra Times
The Human Services Department would record the computer screens of its public servants during customer phone conversations under an expansion of call monitoring resisted by staff. A plan to store the videos for up to 90 days has raised fears for customer privacy after the department revealed calls to its
Medicare, Centrelink and Child Support lines would trigger screen recordings.
The Mercury
Federal Housing Minister Michael Sukkar has promised to consider waiving or renegotiating Tasmania's housing debt. Doing so would free up $15 million a year spent on interest repayments, and Mr Sukkar said he was "happy to" consider proposals from the Tasmanian Government on the debt.
