Geopolitics
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Labor Signals CGT Discount Overhaul After Inquiry Finds It Fuels Housing Inequality
Labor has signalled it may reform the capital gains tax discount in the May budget after a parliamentary inquiry found the 27-year-old policy helps fuel housing inequality. Treasury is modelling a reduction from 50% to 33% for property investors while keeping the full discount for shares.
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Fire ants march on Brisbane: $593M eradication war reaches World Heritage rainforest
Biosecurity zones now expand monthly as the invasive super-pest breaches Lamington National Park, threatening a 2032 deadline that experts say is slipping away.
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Trump Offers Afrikaners Asylum, But Thousands Are Already Reshaping the Mississippi Delta
As Donald Trump allocates asylum slots primarily to white South Africans citing alleged persecution, nearly 15,000 Afrikaners are already working in American agriculture on H-2A visas.
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Woodside Names Liz Westcott as CEO in Internal Promotion
Woodside Energy has appointed Liz Westcott as chief executive, promoting her from the acting CEO role she assumed when Meg O'Neill was poached by BP late last year.
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BHP Names Brandon Craig as CEO in Surprise Succession
BHP has appointed Brandon Craig, its Americas president, as chief executive effective July 2026. Craig replaces Mike Henry after six years at the helm. The appointment came from behind, with Minerals Australia president Geraldine Slattery considered the frontrunner.
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Trump's Counter-Terrorism Chief Quits, Blames Israel for Iran War
Joe Kent, Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, resigned on March 17 in protest of the Iran war. The highest-ranking Trump official to break ranks. The Gold Star husband accused Israel and its 'powerful American lobby' of deceiving Trump into war through a 'misinformation campaign'.
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How Betting Apps Turn Suburban Dads Into Degenerate Gamblers
America wagered half a trillion dollars on sports since 2018. Australia loses $25 billion annually. A journalist's confession shows how easily anyone can fall.
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Albanese Calls Emergency Cabinet as Fuel Crisis Hits Regional Australia
Government releases 20% of reserves, doesn't rule out rationing as panic buying empties regional service stations.
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Australia's Cybersecurity Spending Hits $7.5B as AI Drives Both Attack and Defence
Gartner forecasts 9.5% growth in Australian security spending. The talent shortage is getting worse, not better.