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Economy

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Tax reform crucial – treasurer

Tax reform is “crucial” to addressing Australia’s economic challenges, Treasurer Jim Chalmers has said in his strongest signal yet on the thorny issue. Boosting stagnant productivity, bringing the budget back into balance, and making the economy more resilient are the treasurer’s main three priorities this term, he revealed on Wednesday in his first major speech since Labor’s landslide election win. Chalmers previously flagged changes to competition and regulatory frameworks to fix Australia’s productivity slump but had shied away from commitments to additional tax reform, beyond those the government took to the May 3 poll.

AAP Newswire

Middle East

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Trump ‘patience wearing thin’ on Iran

US President Donald Trump has called for Iran’s “unconditional surrender” and warned that US patience was wearing thin, but said there was no intention to kill Iran’s leader “for now”, as the Israel-Iran air war raged for a sixth day. The Israeli military said two barrages of Iranian missiles were launched toward Israel in the first two hours of Wednesday morning. Explosions were heard over Tel Aviv.

Reuters

Gaza

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Dozens killed while getting aid

Israeli tanks have fired into a crowd trying to get aid from trucks in Gaza, killing at least 59 people, according to medics, in one of the bloodiest incidents amid mounting violence as desperate residents struggle for food. Video shared on social media showed around a dozen bodies lying in a street in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. The Israeli military, at war with Hamas-led Palestinian militants in Gaza since October 2023, acknowledged firing in the area and said it was looking into the incident.

Reuters

POPULAR ARTICLES

Economy

frank

Tax reform crucial – treasurer

Tax reform is “crucial” to addressing Australia’s economic challenges, Treasurer Jim Chalmers has said in his strongest signal yet on the thorny issue. Boosting stagnant productivity, bringing the budget back into balance, and making the economy more resilient are the treasurer’s main three priorities this term, he revealed on Wednesday in his first major speech since Labor’s landslide election win. Chalmers previously flagged changes to competition and regulatory frameworks to fix Australia’s productivity slump but had shied away from commitments to additional tax reform, beyond those the government took to the May 3 poll.

AAP Newswire

Middle East

frank

Trump ‘patience wearing thin’ on Iran

US President Donald Trump has called for Iran’s “unconditional surrender” and warned that US patience was wearing thin, but said there was no intention to kill Iran’s leader “for now”, as the Israel-Iran air war raged for a sixth day. The Israeli military said two barrages of Iranian missiles were launched toward Israel in the first two hours of Wednesday morning. Explosions were heard over Tel Aviv.

Reuters

Gaza

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Dozens killed while getting aid

Israeli tanks have fired into a crowd trying to get aid from trucks in Gaza, killing at least 59 people, according to medics, in one of the bloodiest incidents amid mounting violence as desperate residents struggle for food. Video shared on social media showed around a dozen bodies lying in a street in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. The Israeli military, at war with Hamas-led Palestinian militants in Gaza since October 2023, acknowledged firing in the area and said it was looking into the incident.

Reuters