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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.

Pedestrian.tv · May 13

Finally fixing capital gains tax is good – but linking it to another tax cut for Australia’s rich is bollocks

Undoing bad policy does not require rewarding those who have benefited from it

The Guardian - AU · Feb 25

US urges Australia to increase defence spending to 3.5% of GDP

PM Albanese says government already increasing spending and decisions will be based on defence capability needs.

Al Jazeera · Jun 2, 2025

We Figured Out How Coles And Qantas Made Record Profits This Year & Honestly We Hate It

Making this much money during a cost of living crisis honestly feels like chomping on a sour lemon.

Pedestrian.tv · Aug 24, 2023

Cost of stage-three tax cuts balloons to $313 billion

The cost of the stage-three tax cuts has blown out to $313 billion over 10 years, with more than half of the benefit set to flow to rich.

The New Daily · May 17, 2023

Stage 3 tax cuts to benefit rural Australia the least, analysis shows

Country Australians will benefit the least from the stage 3 tax cuts, a new analysis based on tax data shows.

ABC News · Apr 18, 2023

Flights of fancy: why wealthy Australians are spending big on private jets

The chartered plane market is booming post Covid, offering speed and convenience to a privileged few – and generating tonnes of CO2

The Guardian - AU · Apr 15, 2023

Income inequality surges as richest group gets more than 90 per cent of the gains, Australia Institute finds

A new report suggests Australia is becoming more inequitable, with 93 per cent of pre-tax gains in the economy going to the top 10 per cent of earners.

ABC News · Apr 11, 2023

Australia’s richest captured 93% of economic growth between 2009 financial crisis and Covid, paper shows

Wealthiest 10% captured growth in company profits while most Australians watched their real wages shrink, Australia Institute finds

The Guardian - AU · Apr 11, 2023

Economic benefit going to rich ‘inequality on steroids’

A new report by the Australia Institute shows more than 90 per cent of economic benefits are going to the top 10 per cent of Australians.

The New Daily · Apr 10, 2023