Morning, everyone. The treasurer, Jim Chalmers, is being offered a chance today to have his cake and eat it: by curtailing the most generous Coalition-era tax stage-three cuts due to kick in next year and still delivering more take-home pay for 80% of taxpayers. That’s our top story today, and we’re also reporting on calls for closer regulation of e-bike batteries, a cryptocurrency star’s “empire of lies” – and the 2030 World Cup will be played on three continents, to the dismay of climate groups.
