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Labor MPs expect eventual concessions for startups after backlash to CGT changes

Jim Chalmers. Guardian Australia spoke to a number of Labor MPs nationwide. Speaking on condition

Soft toys, memes and a movie villain: Labor tries to simplify the message but selling a budget isn’t child’s play

Jim Chalmers](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/jim-chalmers--australian-politician-) could do worse than following the example of their colleague

Anthony Albanese visibly emotional after defending Labor’s capital gains tax and negative gearing changes

Jim Chalmers, begin providing a clearer explanation of the tax changes. At Victorian Labor’s state

Australia news live: Queensland police shot dead man north of Brisbane; gunshots heard near White House

Jim Chalmers](/australia-news/jim-chalmers--australian-politician-) - [Angus Taylor](/australia-news/angus-taylor) - [Coalition](/australia-news/coalition) [Reuse this content](https://syndication.theguardian.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Faustralia-news%2Flive%2F2026%2Fmay%2F24%2Faustralia-news-live-queensland-police-gunshots-white-house-tax-reform-david-pocock-anthony-albanese-jim-chalmers-angus-taylor-labor-coalition-ntwnfb&type=article&internalpagecode=australia-news/live/2026/may/24/australia-news-live-queensland-police-gunshots-white-house-tax-reform-david-pocock-anthony-albanese-jim-chalmers-angus-taylor-labor-coalition-ntwnfb "Reuse

Hastie says falling house prices might not be ‘all that encouraging’ for recent buyers – as it happened

Jim Chalmers** downplayed the role of Labor’s budget but said it [may be a “good

Paul Keating urges Labor to stick with capital gains tax overhaul and avoid exemptions that would hurt economy

Jim Chalmers](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/jim-chalmers--australian-politician-), has warned changes introduced by the Howard government overcompensated investment

‘Not the deal promised’: Labor’s Ed Husic questions Aukus pact that will deliver secondhand subs

Jim Chalmers](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/jim-chalmers--australian-politician-), said on Tuesday that Labor remained committed to delivering Aukus

Albanese calls Taylor ‘Temu Abbott’ as bitter fight rages over budget tax changes

Jim Chalmers](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/jim-chalmers--australian-politician-), this week downplayed media reporting about discretionary powers he would

Pauline Hanson is becoming a problem for Labor – but her focus on battlers could be her kryptonite

Jim Chalmers and [Clare O’Neil](https://x.com/ClareONeilMP/status/2063169796082974937) are using in an attempt to cast

Property prices may drop but it’s decades of policy failure, not the budget, to blame

Jim Chalmers noted on Monday that while there were a “number of factors at play

NDIS infiltrated by organised crime gangs using intimidation and threats of violence against Australians

Jim Chalmers](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/jim-chalmers--australian-politician-), said on Monday cuts to the scheme would be “easily

Labor to tighten child NDIS eligibility to curb spending as Queensland MP warns change is ‘failing kids’

Jim Chalmers](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/jim-chalmers--australian-politician-), on Tuesday. Only state and territory treasurers have been briefed

From Australia to Vietnam, the Iran war is fuelling demand for EVs

Jim Chalmers widely expected to scale back the exemption from fringe benefits tax in May’s budget

Guardian Essential poll: Australians want higher tax on gas exports and extension of petrol excise cut

Jim Chalmers](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/jim-chalmers--australian-politician-), could announce restrictions to negative gearing and the capital tax gains

Limiting capital gains tax changes to new investments would ‘severely delay’ budget reforms, Deloitte says

Jim Chalmers this week warned that mooted changes to investor tax breaks would not generate

Australians are poorer because of war on the other side of the world – Michele Bullock’s logic is hard to fault

Jim Chalmers is talking the talk. “We intend to play a helpful role, not a harmful

The ‘Oscars for political nerds’ or a threat to democracy? Grab a ticket, it’s Canberra’s budget fundraiser season

Jim Chalmers breezes into one of the rooms that a fundraiser is being held in, where

Labor extends EV tax break to encourage cheaper vehicles amid soaring fuel prices

Jim Chalmers, and energy minister, Chris Bowen, announced in a joint statement on Monday evening

Pressure mounts on Angus Taylor as Pauline Hanson declares One Nation ‘here for the long haul’

Jim Chalmers, said the Farrer result was a “bloodbath” for the Coalition that casts doubt

Huge cuts to national disability insurance scheme aim to save more than $36bn in budget’s largest single measure

Jim Chalmers, said the budget’s savings package amounted to genuine economic reform, beyond the “usual