Morning, everyone. Jim Chalmers fires the latest salvo in the government’s war of words over its tax reforms today by saying the Coalition would “smash the budget” by up to $40bn if it tried to restore the cuts for higher earners. Plus the Victorian MP Georgie Purcell speaks out about her fight for justice for animals and women. And Mark Zuckerberg is facing a congressional hearing on online child exploitation as one state attorney general calls Meta’s social media network is a “global marketplace for paedophiles”.
