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Will The 26/27 Budget Increase Your Rent? Finance Experts Break Down The Changes

The 26/27 budget shakes up negative gearing and capital gains tax. We asked experts what it actually means for renters.

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The budget in seven graphs: no big surprises but this may be one of the most ambitious moves to fix Australia’s finances

With some long-awaited sanity on housing and taxes, including CGT and negative gearing changes, it’s one of the most important for good – but will still leave some out in the cold

The Guardian - AU

Labour Day sees clashes as French unions demand pay rise and bakery row continues

Labour Day marches across France on Friday focused on wages, workers’ rights and the future of the 1 May public holiday, as unions pushed for higher pay, bakers and florists opened despite legal uncertainty and clashes broke out in Lyon and Nantes.

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Tax breaks for investors are likely to be scaled back in Albanese’s May budget. But will it make housing cheaper?

The top 10% of Australia’s earners get 90% of the benefit of the CGT, while young Australians are struggling to get into the housing market

The Guardian - AU

Argentine workers mark May Day with protests over Milei's labor-law overhaul

Argentine workers were protesting in the capital of Buenos Aires as annual May Day demonstrations in the South American nation coincided with smoldering anger over President Javier Milei’s recent overhaul of long-robust labor protections and increased unemployment

The Independent UK

Massive profits already earned by property investors to be shielded from Chalmers’ CGT changes

Treasurer tells Commonwealth Bank podcast that he aims to ‘recognise the decisions that people have taken in the past’

The Guardian - AU

Supercharged inequality: rich investors stifle budget

Almost a quarter of the benefit of the capital gains tax discount goes to just five of Australia's wealthiest electorates, entrenching inequality, critics say.

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Société Générale shares rise after announcement of 1,800 job cuts

Société Générale is planning 1,800 job cuts in France through "natural attrition", a move unions say was presented after key employment safeguards were dismantled.

Euronews

Louvre partially reopens despite staff vote to carry on strike

The Louvre partially reopened on Wednesday despite staff voting unanimously to extend a strike over pay and working conditions, union representatives said.

Radio France Internationale

Louvre closed as staff strike over working conditions, weeks after €88m jewel heist

Labour leaders said the strike vote was unanimous and it was not immediately clear whether the work stoppage will last longer than one day.

Euronews

Louvre museum closed as staff continue strike over working conditions

The Louvre Museum closed its doors to thousands of disappointed visitors on Monday as staff launched a strike to protest working conditions and security failures at the Paris landmark, two months after a jewel heist.

Radio France Internationale

‘The last bastion before collapse’ – Louvre museum closed as workers begin strike

Crisis-hit Paris institution still reeling from jewel heist is in dispute over staffing, renovations and ticket price rises

The Guardian - UK

Louvre workers announce strike over work conditions and security after €88m heist

The robbers took less than eight minutes to force their way into the museum using a freight lift to reach one of the building’s windows and angle grinders to cut into jewellery display cases.

Euronews

French unions stage new strikes against budget plan as nationwide turnout dwindles

The call for strike action by three trade unions (the CGT, FSU and Solidaires) saw a significantly lower turnout compared to previous occasions in September and October.

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French unions call for day of strike action as draft budget enters crucial stage

French unions have called for a national day of strike action and widespread protests on Tuesday to pile pressure on the government and MPs ahead of a big day of discussions on the government's 2026 budget proposal.

International Business Times

'Shut Your Mouth': Low-paid Women Still Waiting For Their #MeToo

"You need the work," one woman said, "so you shut your mouth." "We have no choice but to keep working."

The Guardian - UK

Strike action across France as hundreds of thousands join protests

Disruption seen across country as PM Sébastien Lecornu urged to rethink budget cuts

Radio France Internationale

France roiled by anti-austerity protests as unions demand budget rethink

More than one million people took part in demonstrations across France on Thursday, according to the hardline CGT union. Union leaders hailed the strike as "already a success" and issued a warning to Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu, demanding fiscal, social and environmental justice in his upcoming budget.

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Why is France facing its biggest strikes in years?

France is bracing on Thursday for its biggest strikes and demonstrations in two years as unions rally workers across all sectors to protest what they call "brutal" cuts looming in the 2026 budget. RFI explains what's behind the day of disruption.

Euronews

France braces for more widespread strike and protest action on Thursday

All major unions have called for strikes and demonstrations against the government's budget measures. Major disruptions to transportation, schools, hospitals and public services are expected across the country.

Euronews

Flights, trains, metros: Here’s how France’s nationwide strike will impact travel today

Despite air traffic control unions delaying their 18 September strikes, air travel could be affected as well.

Radio France Internationale

Lecornu sworn in as prime minister as clashes erupt across France

Nearly 300 people were arrested in France on Wednesday as “Block Everything” demonstrations disrupted transport and public services in cities across the country, authorities said. The unrest coincided with the inauguration of Sébastien Lecornu, the country’s fifth prime minister in under two years.

The Conversation

The history of strikes in union and political movements in France

The “bloquons tout” (“block everything”) movement has called for a nationwide shutdown on September 10 to protest the French government’s policies, and Jean-Luc Mélénchon, the leader of the hard-left France Unbowed party, is calling for a “general strike”. This concept played a major role in the revolutionary rhetoric of the early…

The Independent UK

Homeowners could be hit with new tax as Chancellor aims to fill ‘£41 billion shortfall’

Rachel Reeves could end capital gains tax relief for people selling high-value homes

Evening Standard

Treasury minister fails to rule out hitting homeowners with capital gains tax

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is reportedly considering ending capital gains tax relief for people selling high-value homes

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