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The Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC) has released its Rewarding Australian Whistleblowers: Design Options for Whistleblower Incentive Programs report, amidst growing calls for the Albanese government to introduce a federal whistleblower rewards scheme. The report argues that Australia risks falling behind other major economies without stronger incentives and protections for those who expose wrongdoing.
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has released the draft legislation to establish a News Bargaining Incentive (NBI), which he said will prevent digital platforms from avoiding their “obligations” under the current laws.
Housing and inequality campaigners are urging Treasurer Jim Chalmers to go big in next month’s budget and abolish the full capital gains tax (CGT) discount and negative gearing, arguing partial changes will do little to ease the deepening crisis.
Australia’s rental market is now “less affordable than ever”, with new analysis showing there are virtually no homes available to people on low wages or income support. Advocates say the crisis reflects years of flawed policy, with Anglicare Australia calling on the Albanese government to axe tax breaks for investors and spend more on building public and community housing.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has ruled out applying a gas export tax to existing contracts despite overwhelming public support, as pressure for a fairer return from Australia’s gas exports continues to build ahead of the budget.
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will visit Australia next week as reports emerge that Anthony Albanese has abandoned plans for a gas export tax as to avoid upsetting key trading partners. The visit comes two weeks after a Senate inquiry examined how Australia taxes gas exports. The Greens argue that the idea that a tax would threaten Australia’s trading relationships was “fundamentally rejected” by the inquiry.
Protesters highlighted the significant risks posed to Scott Reef and marine ecosystems, as Woodside comes under pressure over the Browse project’s emissions and costs, as well as its appearance at a Senate inquiry into gas taxation.
Shell executives struggled through a combative parliamentary hearing, repeatedly clashing with senators and warning a new export levy or windfall tax would be “spectacularly ill-advised”.
Pressure on the Business Council of Australia (BCA) to reveal which members informed its opposition to a gas export tax sparked a heated exchange on Wednesday, with Senator Sarah Hanson-Young reminding BCA Chief Executive, Bran Black, that he “wasn’t in ASIO”.
Former schoolteacher and Punter’s Politics founder Konrad Benjamin says he is “taking the hits” and doing "Albo’s job for him" on gas tax reform, while his crowdfunded “people’s lobbyist” campaign reflects public frustration with how policy decisions are made and who influences them.
