
Assistant treasurer Daniel Mulino says ‘what we did was to insist there be a transition period’. Since then government has pushed back change to mid-2027 The federal assistant treasurer has conceded he and Jim Chalmers knew the Australian Taxation Office was considering banning credit card payments in July, more than two months earlier than the government has previously admitted. Labor has intervened by funding the ATO to delay the credit card ban for tax bills until July 2027 following a widespread backlash from small businesses. Continue reading...









Carrying an umbrella painted with the words “vote, power, people”, retired teacher Sabine Carlson said the lesson plan for Saturday’s “No King” marches was clear. “It’s great to voice your anger, and we have long lists of complaints, but the most important thing of all is to go and vote,” the 66-year-old Democrat from Washington’s suburbs said. At the demonstration near the country’s Capitol, Carlson joined one of the estimated 3,000 events organised by the prominent anti-Trump movement across...


According to assessments, the Iranian street is simmering, and the next boiling point, driven by American leverage, could arrive within months, though public reaction remains unpredictable.

