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Federal Budget Night 2026: Stakeholder Reaction + Commentary on Labor’s Tax Gamble

The Federal Government’s capital gains tax overhaul has drawn immediate fire from the Financial Services Council. CEO Blake Briggs spoke live with The Wire‘s Patrick Dunstan from Parliament House on Budget night, warning the changes risk pushing investors offshore. Read on for analysis The Federal Government has framed its capital gains and negative gearing changes …

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Budget 2026: Is Canberra’s Spending Fuelling the Issue It’s Trying to Fix?

The Wire / By The Wire

The federal budget is just weeks away on 12 May, pressure is mounting on Jim Chalmers and the Albanese government to navigate a difficult economic landscape. Cost-of-living concerns remain front and centre, inflation is proving stubborn, and the International Monetary Fund has warned that government spending itself may be adding to the problem. With productivity …

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What goes around comes around: What to expect from the government’s economic reform roundtable?

The Wire / By The Wire

Starting today, prime minister Anthony Albanese and federal treasurer Jim Chalmers have called upon some of the biggest names in Australian economics to discuss different methods of reforming Australia’s economic processes to not only adapt to the current needs but also needs in the future. The main goal of the roundtable is to boost the …

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