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- ‘Our position has not changed’: PM on the stage three tax cuts
- Russia-Ukraine: what you need to know
- This morning’s headlines at a glance
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‘Our position has not changed’: PM on the stage three tax cuts
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has rebuffed talk of an overhaul of the stage three tax cuts for workers earning more than $45,000 a year by declaring the government’s position has not changed despite a furious debate over the cost of the package.
The move confirms the government’s support for the $243 billion plan ahead of a federal cabinet meeting tomorrow to consider the state of the budget at a time of growing unease within the ministry about breaking this year’s election promise to deliver the tax cuts.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says the government’s position to stage three tax cuts hasn’t changed.Credit:Peter Rae
With Treasurer Jim Chalmers due to fly to Washington DC late on Tuesday for meetings about the worsening outlook for the global economy, ministers face a deadline to settle the debate over the tax cuts in time for the October 25 budget.
Albanese promised at the May election to keep the tax cuts after Labor voted with the Coalition in favour of the package in the last parliament despite concerns about the scale of the benefits to workers on higher incomes.
More on this issue here.
Russia-Ukraine: what you need to know
Russian President Vladimir Putin has called the attack on the sprawling Kerch Bridge to Crimea “a terrorist act” carried out by Ukrainian special services.
Putin personally opened the bridge in May 2018 by driving a truck across it as a symbol of Moscow’s claims on Crimea. The bridge, the longest in Europe, is vital to sustaining Russia’s military operations in southern Ukraine.
Flame and smoke rise from the Kerch bridge, which links Crimea to the Russian mainland.Credit:AP
No one has claimed responsibility for damaging the landmark.
Putin’s statements came around the same time as Russian missile strikes on the southeastern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia brought down part of a large apartment building, leaving at least a dozen people dead.
Further coverage is available courtesy of our world desk.
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This morning’s headlines at a glance
Good morning and thanks for your company.
It’s Monday, October 10. I’m Broede Carmody and I’ll be anchoring our live coverage for the first half of the day.
Here’s what you need to know before we get started.
- The federal government plans to overhaul road and rail spending under new laws to be put to parliament within months. David Crowe has the full story.
- In case you missed it over the weekend, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has rebuffed talk of an overhaul to the stage three tax cuts. Debate over the cuts, which will flow to workers earning more than $45,000 a year, continues ahead of this month’s federal budget.
- Former commissioners from the defunct Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission are calling on Coalition senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price to make a public apology following comments she made the on the ABC’s Q&A program.
- The cost of living and the war in Ukraine have overtaken the coronavirus pandemic as the main causes of anxiety, according to a new survey.
- And in international news, Russian President Vladimir Putin has labelled the attack on the Kerch Bridge to Crimea a “terrorist act” carried out by Ukrainian special services. So far, no one has claimed responsibility for the suspected truck bomb.
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