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Finance
Tanya Plibersek says buy now, but an average Sydney couple is $154,000 short of the median unit
We ran an average young Sydney couple through the banks, the schemes and the price falls. The maths says they wait.
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Finance
Jetstar will now charge to use the overhead locker. We priced the trip and it isn't cheapest
Jetstar's fare is the cheapest right up until you pack a suitcase. Then Virgin's Choice fare quietly undercuts it by $8.
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Politics
Jim Chalmers said nothing was wrong. Public backlash forced him to write the widow tax fix
Pauline Hanson has now put One Nation behind David Pocock, and the consultation closes the day after parliament rises.
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Politics
Jim Chalmers said the widow tax would be fixed. It's still law and it's found its first victim
One Nation and the Coalition voted for the fix. Labor and the Greens beat it 32 votes to 25, and it's still law now.
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Politics
Jim Chalmers scrapped one death tax for the headlines and left a bigger one in his CGT law
The new capital gains law freezes a tax bill on every asset you own and never says what a death in the family sets off.
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Finance
Michele Bullock puts a fourth rate rise on the table, Tim Wilson says Labor's spending did it
The RBA says it will lift rates again if inflation stays hot, and the Shadow Treasurer says Labor's spending is why.
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Politics
The 5% deposit scheme was for citizens. Labor's now guaranteeing loans for 51,000 non citizens
Labor calls the taxpayer paid, foreign language ads 'protocol.' One Nation and the Coalition call it proof of where its priorities sit.
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Finance
Albo wants to raid your super: Labor's banned you from financing a home in your own fund
The one part of super you actually control is being shut off. The why matters more than the ban: own less, depend more.
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News
Musk's Starlink is coming for Telstra, Optus and Vodafone, and your phone bill is the winner
Musk's satellites already send texts through Telstra phones, and a full Starlink mobile service is tipped for 2030.
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News
First home buyers still frozen out, waiting for Sydney prices to fall under $800k
Headlines say cheaper houses are a win for first home buyers. The lending rules, the scheme fine print and a government busy acquiring land tell a different story.
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Politics
Die or divorce and the grandfathering goes: the devil in the detail, buried in Labor's property tax bill
Labor said existing investors were safe. But a death or divorce can strip the break off a jointly owned rental property.
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Australia's first trade deficit in eight years lands as Joyce calls out Labor's climate obsession
Australia hits its first trade deficit in eight years as iron ore exports fall. One Nation MP Barnaby Joyce says Labor's climate plan is failing.
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Finance
Negative gearing, Help to Buy and farmland easements hit at once as auction clearance crashes
Westpac is reassessing investor finance after the budget, Help to Buy is filling fast, and Cotality clocked the lowest clearance rate since 2020.