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The $50m idea that could save renters up to $1594 a year on energy bills
October 04, 2023
A $50 million tax concession for landlords would turbocharge the move to electrical appliances in the nation’s rental properties, saving tenants up to $1594 a year, under a proposal by...
Read More‘No time to waste’: Urgent leadership required as Aussie households warned about gas
June 21, 2023
A coalition of crossbenchers is set to pile the pressure on federal and state governments to accelerate plans to switch off households from gas, warning not doing so could risk...
Read MoreTax experts and climate scientists are increasingly saying the same thing
April 12, 2023
A tax roundtable was held in Canberra last week. It was organised by the independent teal MP Allegra Spender, and it was attended by some big names in the tax policy space....
Read MoreSpender to hold own tax summit - wants more than a dusty document
April 12, 2023
The MP for one of the richest electorates in the country will bring together some of the best tax minds in the country for her own summit this week, saying...
Read MoreCrossbench push Albanese government for ‘absolute cap’ on carbon emissions
April 12, 2023
Independent MPs Allegra Spender and Zali Steggall are pushing the government to include an absolute cap or an explicit objective that emissions must come down under the safeguard mechanism. And...
Read MoreThe 'Super Wars' are only just beginning. Independent MP Allegra Spender concerned about potential changes to superannuation
February 27, 2023
The Federal Government wants to discuss changing the superannuation system, and it is looking at reining in tax concessions for people with large super balances above $3m.The Federal Opposition says...
Read More‘Dangerous and deluded’: advocates and MPs criticise sporting codes for pushback on gambling reform
December 22, 2022
Henry Belot - The Guardian - Leading campaigner Tim Costello ‘laughed out loud in disbelief’ at peak body claim existing restrictions ‘had the balance right’
Read MoreAllegra Spender says it will be 'damaging' for Peter Dutton and the Liberal Party to reject Labor's Voice to Parliament
December 02, 2022
The Coalition risks "damaging" its own party if it rejects and continues to oppose the government's Voice to Parliament, an independent MP has warned. Liberal leader Peter Dutton and his...
Read MoreCrossbench meets on Voice
December 02, 2022
After a week filled with accusations and fierce debate over the details of the proposal, the crossbench have received a briefing on the referendum and the Voice to Parliament. Indigenous...
Read MoreMacquarie Dictionary reveals the 2022 Word of the Year
November 29, 2022
The Macquarie Dictionary's 2022 Word of the Year has been revealed and it might surprise you that it's not a new word. Teal is defined as "a political candidate who...
Read MoreLack of public charging facilities makes owning an electric car a challenge for Sydney residents
November 29, 2022
Miriam Hechtman and Guy Shalvi wanted to do their bit for the environment so when the time came for a new car, an electric vehicle (EV) was their first choice....
Read MoreThe colour of change: How teal became Australia’s word of the year
November 23, 2022
Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is tealest of them all? According to two Australian dictionaries, teal is the word, after independent MP Zali Steggall turned a colour that is...
Read MoreAustralia's Word of the Year is a colourful nod to the teal wave of independents that swept the federal election
November 23, 2022
ABC News / By Niki Burnside - Independent "teal" MPs Kylea Tink, Sophie Scamps, Zoe Daniel, Zali Steggall, Allegra Spender and Monique Ryan unseated their Liberal competitors in May this year.(ABC News:...
Read MoreDanny Lim: NSW police to internally investigate arrest that left Sydney personality with brain bleed
November 23, 2022
Greens write to police minister Paul Toole to demand an independent investigation into QVB arrest that left Lim in hospitalFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our...
Read MoreNSW students promised access to co-ed high schools under Labor plan
November 23, 2022
All students in NSW will have guaranteed access to a co-educational public high school if Labor wins the March election under a plan to give thousands of parents in single-sex...
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