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The Federal Government will spend $85.2 million fast-tracking migrant tradespeople in hopes it will ease a dire shortage of skilled construction workers. The expansion of a Perth public hospital won’t be complete until after 2030, with the Federal Government falling $40 million short of what was promised. Confused about the tax changes revealed in Tuesday night’s Federal Budget?
Waalitj Marawar (West Coast) have placed Harry Edwards into concussion protocols as the key defender enters a career defining recovery from a third head knock this season. Mums across Kalgoorlie-Boulder began their Mother’s Day with purpose by running alongside family and friends to support breast and ovarian cancer research. Perth’s health, beauty and creative communities came together at the Youth Lab and Pancare charity dinner to raise money for pancreatic cancer research and patient care. Issy McNab was only seven when she started getting bullied on the school bus. The US State Department will host a second round of talks between Israel and Lebanon on Thursday, as it tries to broker a deal that would remove a major stumbling block in peace talks with Iran. 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.
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. A 10-minute set-up for automated deposits and sustainable spending buffers prevent minor financial lapses from derailing long-term prosperity. 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. Opposition Leader Jess Wilson concedes it would take time to reduce debt and interest repayments. Major investors are increasingly worried about the hype around artificial intelligence stocks driving US markets to repeated records as war boosts inflation. The $59.3 million valuation of the copyright was based on Deloitte estimates, but tax authorities have claimed it should have been closer to just $4 million.
It seems the archdiocese is on a selling spree, putting at least its fifth property on the market in the past 12 months. As many as 600 workers have sold their ChatGPT developer shares, highlighting the huge payouts the AI boom is bringing to a select few. 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. France’s consumer body is warning that the platforms are selling unsafe items including overheating hairdryers and exploding batteries. 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.
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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. There was a time — in the days when the internet was still a force for fun — when Chuck Norris jokes roamed our screens. Aussies will be paying more at the bowser, checkout and building site but the Treasurer is optimistic the Middle East war won’t significantly damage the economy. 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. Reported proposals to lift capital gains tax on share market investments could ultimately cost younger investors more than older investors, according to economists.
Westpac cuts jobs in wealth arm amid long-running simplification push
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. More than $1 billion of Federal funding earmarked for green hydrogen has been yanked in a major policy U-turn. Flying high on another resounding election result, Pauline Hanson is putting the pieces in place to kick Labor out in two years’ time. With stops planned for Perth, NSW and Queensland, four Aussies who are still being kept on a rat virus-infested cruise ship will soon be back within Australia’s borders. Outback Wrangler Matt Wright has walked from prison after serving five months behind bars for attempting to pervert the course of justice. Businesses are bracing for more price rises in input costs in the coming months, a senior economist says, at a time when there’s little room to pass it on to already-crunched consumers.
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The Western Australian government is now spending more per head of population than debt-ridden Victoria. The party’s overwhelming victory in Farrer shatters the Coalition’s ability to sell itself and to condemn Labor’s tax increases. DGR Global shareholders hit the jackpot when a Chinese suitor bought SolGold, but will they ever see the money? Fortescue’s $150.1m native title obligation is chump change compared with the wealth Andrew Forrest has made on Yindjibarndi lands.
Reducing the tax benefits of owning investment property could reduce the availability of rental homes, pushing rents up, according to the property industry. Queensland’s only pumped hydro project under construction is delayed, adding further pressure to the state government’s energy plans. The Dutch trading giant’s local offshoot grew profits by 50 per cent in 2025 as high volatility across financial markets offered ample trading opportunities. 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. Pay land tax and vacant residential land tax by instalments.
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.
Police have shed new details on the scale of their search for a man wanted over the alleged murders of three people in NSW, after his remains were found. 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. The Salvation Army Australia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land on which we meet and work and pay our respect to Elders past, present and future. We share the love of Jesus by caring for people, creating faith pathways, building healthy communities and working for justice.
South of the border, this luxury jungle property thrums with mysterious spirits – and we’re not talking about the 3500-bottle tequila collection. Now some are shifting focus and teaching people how to feel good. Psychologists have long focused on treating depression, on making people feel less bad. Planning to wear your best timepiece on that trip to Europe? Meet the accidental hoteliers who are responsible for some of the most beautiful new places to stay on the island of Menorca and the Balearics. Lenders are preparing to bolster the card payment system with ‘post quantum cryptography’ by 2030 to protect customers from further danger.