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Oppositieleider Angus Taylor en schaduwminister van Financiën Tim Wilson verklaren dat een toekomstige coalitieregering de genereuze regels voor vastgoedbeleggers zal herstellen. • De Coalition heeft beloofd de voorgestelde wijzigingen van Labor aan negative gearing en de belasting op vermogenswinst (capital gains tax) ongedaan te maken als zij aan de macht komen, wat leidt tot een grote strijd voorafgaand aan de volgende verkiezingen over cruciale belastinghervormingen uit de begroting. • De schaduwminister van Financiën, Tim Wilson, en de oppositieleider, Angus Taylor, zeiden dat een toekomstige coalitieregering ruimere regels voor vastgoedbeleggers zal herinvoeren, evenals voor Australiërs die hun belasting minimaliseren via trusts, en beloofden de voorstellen in de komende weken in het parlement te bestrijden. Lees verder...

Schaduwminister van Financiën Tim Wilson zegt dat zijn doel is om wijzigingen in vermogenswinstbelasting en 'negative gearing' te ‘verslaan’. Volg het nieuws van vandaag live Bekijk alle verslaggeving over de Australische begroting 2026 Ontvang onze breaking news e-mail, gratis app of dagelijkse nieuwspodcast De Coalitie verklaarde gisteravond dat zij de wijzigingen in de vermogenswinstbelasting en negative gearing ongedaan zou maken als zij gekozen zouden worden, in een poging om terug te slaan tegen de begrotingsmaatregelen van Labor. De schaduwminister van Financiën, Tim Wilson, vertelde Sky News dat de premier tijdens de verkiezingscampagne van vorig jaar had beloofd de stimuleringsmaatregelen niet aan te raken en dat Labor daarom geen mandaat had voor de hervormingen. We zullen deze maatregelen indien nodig intrekken, maar ons doel is om ze te verslaan en ervoor te zorgen dat ze nooit in wetgeving worden omgezet. Omdat deze regering geen toestemming heeft van de Australische gemeenschap om deze wijzigingen te ondersteunen. Lees verder...

De federale begroting van dinsdag zal 500 miljoen dollar bevatten om snellere goedkeuringen voor woningbouw-, energie- en mijnbouwprojecten te financieren. Volg het nieuws van vandaag live Ontvang onze breaking news e-mail, gratis app of dagelijkse nieuwspodcast Goedemorgen, Krishani Dhanji hier met u. Vrienden, het is begrotingsweek, en dat is wel heel snel gegaan als je het mij vraagt! We krijgen nog een paar laatste aankondigingen van de regering voordat Jim Chalmers morgen zijn begroting presenteert. Dat omvat onder andere geld om milieuvergunningen te versnellen om de productiviteit te verhogen (daar meer over over een moment). Natuurlijk zijn alle grote posten – inclusief hervormingen van de belasting op vermogenswinst, negative gearing en trusts – al weken bekend. Lees verder...

De koning van Denemarken vraagt Troels Lund Poulsen om een regering te vormen nadat de premier moeite had steun te vergaren

Exclusive: Taskforce to mull options to cut level to 150,000-200,000, higher than One Nation’s hard 130,000 cap and Howard-era’s 100,000 targetGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Coalition is planing to cut Australia’s annual net overseas immigration levels to 150,000-200,000, according to a confidential policy roadmap that reveals Angus Taylor is preparing to fight a possible early election.An internal document circulated to senior Coalition MPs details the key policies the opposition wants to build its election platform on, as it rebuilds from its catastrophic 2025 loss. Continue reading...

• Actor-turned-politician Vijay's newly formed AMMK Makkala Needhi Maiam (TVK) party has dramatically disrupted Tamil Nadu's traditional Dravidian political landscape, preventing any single party from securing an outright majority and leaving the state with a hung assembly requiring coalition negotiations. • The TVK's emergence represents a significant challenge to decades of DMK-AIADMK duopoly in one of India's most politically important southern states, forcing previously dominant parties to recalibrate their governance strategies. • Political analysts question whether Vijay, despite his mass appeal as a film star, can successfully navigate coalition politics and complex state governance with limited political experience.

• The Congress party is deliberating its political alliances in Tamil Nadu following the recent state elections, with reports of post-poll discussions with actor Vijay's TVK party. • The DMK has publicly criticized Congress over these negotiations, expressing concerns about potential shifts in the INDIA bloc coalition dynamics in the state. • Congress has directed its Tamil Nadu unit (TNCC) to make the final decision on support arrangements for government formation.

• Actor-turned-politician Vijay's Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) won 107 seats in the Tamil Nadu assembly elections, making it the single largest party but falling 11 seats short of the 234-member assembly's majority threshold. • TVK is likely to be invited by the governor to form the government as the largest party, with confidence among party insiders of securing outside support from Congress, CPI, CPIM, and VCK to reach the required numbers. • Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin lost his traditional Kolathur constituency to TVK candidate VS Babu, marking a significant personal setback for the DMK in what was expected to be a stronghold.

Exclusive: A Senate committee considering the illegal tobacco trade in Australia hears closed-session evidence from cigarette manufacturersGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAnti-smoking campaigners have accused the Coalition of secretly giving tobacco giants access to a parliamentary inquiry, a move they say undermines more than 15 years of precedent to protect public health.On Monday, representatives from tobacco company Philip Morris appeared before a Senate committee considering the illegal tobacco trade in Australia. Continue reading...

Some fear a fragmented field of hopefuls from Labour, the Conservatives, Greens, Reform and Independents could leave city ungovernablePaul Tilsley was 23 when he was first elected for the Liberal party in Birmingham’s 1968 council elections. At the time, the UK had an unpopular Labour government facing an economic crisis, tensions around immigration and US pressure to back military action abroad.Such a backdrop may seem familiar, but this May, the all-out local elections in Birmingham could not be more different. Tilsley, now a Lib Dem, faces a fragmented field with candidates from Labour, the Conservatives, Greens, Reform and Independents all competing for his seat and no party expected to win an overall majority at the council. Continue reading...

Residents south of the refinery in Corio warned to shelter inside due to smokeGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastNationals leader Matt Canavan defended the Coalition’s planned crack down on immigrations as “fair and reasonable” and that migrants would understand the policy.Asked on 7.30 last night how Australia’s migrant communities would see the plan, Canavan referred to the “rigour” of the naturalisation process his Italian grandparents went through in the 1950s and his own publicised Section 44 high court citizenship saga (which he said ultimately proved him to be a “dinky-di Aussie”). He said:It’s fair and reasonable that we set high standards to join the club of Australians and I’m sure migrants here today want to see that …We have a Government that has put its head in the sand now and has not listened to the Australian people that clearly want change.I think we should discriminate on values …We shouldn’t discriminate on colour, religion, sexuality, gender, but surely … we should discriminate on people who don’t support democracy, who profess support for terrorism or violence, who don’t believe in equality between male and female genders. People who have those views I don’t want them in our country.I’ll comment that the Robert Frost line in that poem was delivered in irony.But we’ll return to that another day along with many other questions, thank you for joining us … Continue reading...

Burke says Taylor chasing votes lost to One Nation while cricket great urges opposition to admit policy would discriminate against MuslimsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAngus Taylor’s plans to favour immigration from liberal democracies would fundamentally change the character of the nation, Labor has warned, challenging the Coalition to explain where existing deportation powers are insufficient.Home affairs minister Tony Burke lashed Taylor’s new hardline policy, which was unveiled on Tuesday, accusing the Coalition of chasing voters who are moving to Pauline Hanson’s One Nation. Continue reading...

Section of state’s electoral act that introduced caps on political donations but carved out an exemption for major parties ruled unconstitutional The high court has ruled Victoria’s political donation laws are unconstitutional, in a move that has been described as “enshrining a level playing field”.The unanimous decision, handed down by Australia’s highest court on Wednesday, struck out an entire section of Victoria’s electoral act that introduced caps on political donations but carved out an exemption for major parties. Continue reading...

In hardline rhetoric, leader Angus Taylor also says ‘many’ prospective migrants would be a ‘net drain’ on the countryGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA Coalition government would end Australia’s non-discriminatory immigration program and introduce Trump-style social media vetting for visa applicants, as Angus Taylor accuses Labor of allowing migrants of “subversive intent” into the country.As the opposition loses support to Pauline Hanson’s One Nation, Taylor says too many people seek to use Australia’s generosity “for self-serving purposes”, promising to speed up rejections of asylum seekers from countries deemed safe to return to. Continue reading...

Yvette Cooper hosted virtual summit of more than 40 countries aimed at reopening vital shipping laneMiddle East crisis live – latest updatesPlans to clear sea mines and rescue trapped ships in the strait of Hormuz will be discussed at a global military planning meeting next week, after a virtual summit of more than 40 countries convened on Thursday hosted by Yvette Cooper.Ahead of the summit, the British foreign secretary condemned “Iranian recklessness” for “hitting global economic security” as she led talks aimed at reopening the vital shipping lane. Continue reading...

Latest figures from ACCC show diesel and unleaded petrol prices across the five largest cities up 10% and 8% respectivelyFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe prime minister and energy minister moved to reassure the public about normal or even higher levels of fuel supply in the coming weeks, as the Coalition escalated calls for a cut to the fuel excise and the government downplayed the prospect of any major restrictions on petrol sales.It comes as the latest figures from the consumer watchdog showed diesel prices across Australia’s five largest cities have risen by an average of 10% over the last week, while unleaded petrol was up 8%. Continue reading...

Neither Mette Frederiksen’s leftwing bloc nor rightwing parties won a majority in Tuesday’s electionDenmark is braced for lengthy and challenging coalition talks after neither Mette Frederiksen’s leftwing bloc nor the rightwing parties managed to get a majority in Tuesday’s election.After a bruising night for her Social Democrat party, which despite remaining the biggest party in the Danish parliament had its worst general election since 1903, the prime minister went to Amalienborg palace on Wednesday morning to submit her government’s resignation to the king. Continue reading...

One Nation leader says voters ‘want to get rid of the Labor party, by all means’ but rejects possibility of formal power-sharing partnershipFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPauline Hanson says One Nation wants to work with the Liberals and Nationals – including on preferences deals – to defeat Labor and has offered to prop-up a future minority Coalition government.But Hanson ruled out forming an official coalition with the two conservative parties, declaring she will never agree to an arrangement “where I will be told what I can say, what I can do”. Continue reading...

• A new coalition led by University of Maryland professor John Moult, creator of the Critical Assessment of Structure Prediction (CASP), is launching an initiative to assess the reliability of Alzheimer's literature and identify which experiments can be trusted. • The effort aims to evaluate competing hypotheses about the APOE4 gene's role in Alzheimer's by examining experimental conditions, statistical analyses, and data quality across human, mouse, and cell studies. • The approach leverages large language models to apply objective measuring standards to scientific literature, similar to how CASP's blind challenge methodology validated DeepMind's AlphaFold tool, which contributed to the company's 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

• President Trump is attempting to garner international support to secure the Strait of Hormuz, a vital waterway where oil transport has halted since the US and Israel began their war with Iran on day 17 of the conflict. • Trump claimed the US received "some positive response" from countries including China, France, Japan, South Korea, and the UK, though Australia and Japan have stated they will not send warships; the UK said it is discussing options while China called for an immediate end to hostilities. • The blockade has caused oil prices to rise significantly, with the Strait of Hormuz responsible for transporting approximately one-fifth of the world's oil supply; Trump warned NATO faces a "very bad" future if US allies fail to assist in reopening the shipping lane.

• President Trump is conditioning a summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Beijing's assistance in securing the Strait of Hormuz, with US-China trade negotiators meeting in Paris ahead of potential talks. • Trump demanded approximately seven countries deploy warships to police the critical waterway, though his appeals have yielded no firm commitments as oil prices surge; China imports roughly 90% of its energy through the strait. • Chinese and US negotiators held candid meetings in Paris, with China signaling willingness to increase purchases of US agricultural products beyond previous soybean pledges, including poultry and beef.

• President Trump is threatening to delay his summit with China's President Xi Jinping unless Beijing helps secure the Strait of Hormuz, with US and Chinese trade negotiators meeting in Paris to discuss the issue. • The conflict has entered its third week with Operation Epic Fury killing more than 1,300 people in Iran and 13 US service members dead, while Gulf states report new missile and drone attacks on Sunday after Iran threatened to expand its military campaign. • Trump called on China, France, Japan, South Korea, the United Kingdom and other nations to send warships to keep the Strait open and safe, warning the US will "remember" countries that don't help. • China has shown preliminary goodwill by signaling openness to purchase additional US agricultural products including poultry, beef, and non-soybean crops beyond previously pledged soybean purchases.

A drone attack on March 12, 2026, in northern Iraq killed one French soldier and wounded several others from the international coalition countering ISIS, as Iran-aligned groups intensify assaults. This incident follows heightened militia activity targeting US interests during the Iran war, raising fears for coalition stability. US officials monitor the situation closely, with potential impacts on multinational operations in the region.