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Jim Chalmers says budget changes allowing first home buyers to ‘have a crack’

tax reforms weren’t the only thing slowing the housing market. The Albanese government plans

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

Albanese government over its plans to shift the 50% capital gains tax discount to an inflation-based model, part of a suite of tax reforms

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

Albanese on Wednesday [ruling out a new tax on existing gas export contracts](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/apr/29/anthony-albanese-rules-out-gas-export-tax-australia). The poll also found the fuel crisis is seeing more voters keen to shift to renewable energy rather than

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

government having sweeping discretionary powers to change tax rules. [Sign up for the Breaking News Australia email](https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=copyembed&CMP=emailbutton) Albanese defended the changes in a speech to parliament on Wednesday, saying most workers

Pocock urges CGT changes as Albanese laughs off AI meme campaign

Albanese to his office in an AI-generated image. Illustration: Alfie Robertson Wentworth MP Allegra Spender, Kooyong MP Monique Ryan and Canberra-based senator Pocock all backed the government’s broader moves on tax, negative

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

Albanese as the villain in Netflix movie Apex, a cannibalistic serial killer played by Taron Egerton who hunts protagonist Charlize Theron through the Australian bush. Theron, terror in her eyes, is depicted as “Australians trying

Trump administration labels Australia’s media bargaining laws ‘foreign extortion’

Albanese](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/anthony-albanese) defended the plan by saying it was about protecting and rewarding media outlets for the work they produce. Labor’s plan to encourage Meta, Google and TikTok to make deals with

‘We’re concerned’: US-based prediction markets taking bets on Australian elections and Albanese’s word choices

tax cuts” or “healthcare”, among others. Polymarket is hosting markets on RBA decisions (US$28,000 on June’s call), or whether Albanese would be “out as prime minister” by June or December

State-sponsored apprenticeships and decriminalising cannabis on the bill at Victoria’s Labor conference

reforms to “make life easier, safer and more affordable”, and Liberal “cuts”. Rank-and-file members and unions will also get the chance to debate urgent resolutions. These include motions calling on the federal government

Labor dropped their long-awaited gambling report on budget day. Were they betting no one would notice?

Albanese, sketched out the rough shape of the government’s long-awaited response [in his National Press Club speech on 2 April](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/apr/02/gambling-ads-australia-reform-albanese), and therefore the first opportunity to table that report. Government

Changing tax rules for investors won’t shrink housing supply or raise rents. Just look at Victoria

Albanese government is preparing to unveil a budget that will recast housing as shelter – rather than a financial tool – in changes that have already sparked heated warnings that rents will rocket and housing supply will

Coalition vows to repeal Labor’s ‘toxic’ negative gearing and capital gains tax budget reforms

plan would leave the budget about $70bn worse off, requiring additional savings or revenue measures to fix the shortfall. The treasurer, Jim Chalmers, used Tuesday night’s budget to break Labor’s election promises

Australia has some of the world's costliest homes. Will scrapping tax breaks help?

planning laws - which limit homes being built where most people want to live – have taken a toll. But there have long been arguments that housing tax breaks are also increasing strain on the system

Tech founders use AI-generated images to poke fun at Anthony Albanese in protest against tax changes

planned changes to the CGT discount](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/may/12/australia-federal-budget-2026-tax-reform-capital-gains-cgt-changes-negative-gearing-housing-first-time-home-buyers-investors-explained), with the prime minister saying he wanted to support innovation and the treasurer, Jim Chalmers, revealing that consultation was continuing with the sector. The [CGT changes