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Rex Widerstrom
Rex Widerstrom is a New Zealand-based reporter with over 40 years of experience in media, including radio and print. He is currently a presenter for Hutt Radio.
Non-Business Trusts to Bear Most of Labor’s Proposed Trust Tax: Treasury
Treasury officials estimated that around 60 percent of the tax revenue would come from non-business trusts, including those ...
Australian Politics News
November 9, 2026
Small Business Trusts Face 30 Percent Minimum Tax Despite Modest Incomes, Inquiry Hears
The ACCI said half of small business trusts have incomes below $75,000 but could face the proposed 30 ...
Australia News
November 9, 2026
Why Some Australians Could Pay 3 Times More Tax Under Labor’s Trust Plan
A small business owner earning $45,000 through a family trust could pay more than three times as much ...
Australia News
November 9, 2026
Farming Body Warns Trust Tax Exemption Won’t Cover All Farm Income
The NFF said income from activities such as leasing farmland, processing produce, agritourism, hosting renewable energy projects might ...
Australia News
November 6, 2026
Google Backs Australian University’s Push to Speed Up Fusion Energy Research With AI
Google-backed software aims to speed up fusion research, as scientists work to overcome the hurdles to commercial electricity ...
Australia Top News
November 6, 2026
Council Warns Small Businesses of Potential Tax Shock Under Labor’s Trust Reforms
Trusts can opt out of the minimum tax by locking in fixed income for beneficiaries, but any change ...
Australian Politics News
November 5, 2026
Old Wills Could Face New 30 Percent Trust Tax, Estate Lawyers Warn
More than a million existing wills may need reviewing under the proposed tax changes, the Society of Trust ...
Australian Politics News
November 5, 2026
Family Businesses Face Tens of Thousands in Fees to Escape Labor’s Trust Tax
CPA Australia pointed to one member’s experience, who owned a hotel and had to pay $22,000 to restructure ...
Australia News
November 4, 2026
‘Work From Home’ Disputes Make up Less Than 1 Percent of Fair Work Caseload
The body revealed the figures amid a Greens Party push for the right to be legislated.
Australian Politics News
November 4, 2026
Australia’s Productivity Commission Cautions Against Mandated Work-From-Home Laws
Firms requiring staff in the office may have to offer higher pay, the commission says, while the Greens ...
Australian Politics News
November 4, 2026
5 Reasons Why the Reserve Bank Raised Interest Rates for the 5th Time This Year
Governor Michele Bullock says accepting 'some pain now' will prevent greater economic pain later.
Australia News
November 3, 2026
Beijing Claims Suspected Artillery Shell Found in PNG Is a ‘Wine Bottle’
Four Chinese nationals are in custody over what PNG's police chief calls an 'artillery round,' but the embassy ...
Asia & Pacific
November 3, 2026
Chinese AI Models Still Allowed to Run on Australian Government Systems
Home Affairs says government agencies can, in some cases, safely run downloadable AI models inside protected computer systems.
Australian Politics News
November 3, 2026
Victorians Helped Pay for Scotland’s $400 Million Commonwealth Game Bounty
About three-quarters of the Glasgow Commonwealth Games' budget came from the $380 million settlement Victoria agreed to pay ...
Australia News
November 2, 2026
Treasury Yet to Calculate Net Benefit of Attracting Data Centre Investment
Independent MP Kate Chaney asked whether Australia would 'end up being a landlord' for overseas AI companies.
Australian Politics News
November 1, 2026
Defence Says It Will Need Exemptions From Impending National AI Rules
Defence's AI chief told an inquiry it wants 'full and unfettered access' to frontier AI models from the ...
Australia News
November 1, 2026
AI Putting Dangerous Biological, Chemical Know-How Within Reach, Officials Warn
A 15-agency working group has examined the threat for 18 months, but responsibility for acting on its findings ...
Crime and Public Safety
October 30, 2026
Australia Won’t Rule Out Visits by US Ships Carrying Nuclear Weapons: Defence
Defence said treaty obligations prevented Australia from hosting nuclear weapons but did not prohibit visits by U.S. nuclear-capable ...
Australian Politics News
October 30, 2026
No Permanent Disposal Site Identified for AUKUS Submarine Waste, Defence Confirms
Australia will store radioactive waste from visiting US and UK submarines, with no agreed contribution from either country ...
AUKUS
October 29, 2026
Air Force Held Back From Shooting Down Drones Over Base Due to Legal Concerns
Drone incidents at military bases have risen from 19 to 204 times a year, a Senate committee has ...
Australia News
October 29, 2026
Defence Cannot Say Who Controls Security Cameras at Tower Set to House Army Staff
'Is it optimum? No,' Chief of Army says of relocation, as Defence officials cannot say who controls security ...
Australian Politics News
October 29, 2026
No Commissioned Officers Prosecuted Over Alleged Afghanistan War Crimes: Senate
An inquiry released this week found issues with command during the Afghanistan War.
Australia News
October 29, 2026
Australia’s Two Largest Warships Found to Have Propulsion Defects: Senate Estimates
Chief of the Defence Force Mark Hammond said HMAS Adelaide was currently being repaired, and HMAS Canberra’s defect ...
Australian Politics News
October 29, 2026
DFAT Says China Entitled to Antarctic Bases, Sidesteps Question on Military Visits
Liberal Senator Jessica Collins questioned officials regarding an airfield serving the Chinese Communist Party’s Zhongshan station
China-Australia Relations
October 28, 2026
Beijing Gave Australia Just 2 Hours’ Notice Before Firing Ballistic Missile Across the Pacific: Senate
Australia's Penny Wong spoke about the 'destabilising' test with CCP Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Manila.
Australia News
October 28, 2026
New Law Fails to Block Individual Research Ties With Foreign Regimes
Under the Foreign Arrangements Scheme, the government can cancel or block certain agreements involving Australian universities, but not ...
Australian Politics News
October 28, 2026
Wong Refuses to Summon Vietnamese Ambassador Over Alleged Abduction
Officials have made more than 50 representations regarding Melbourne activist Tran Hiep, who is currently under investigation in ...
Australian Politics News
October 28, 2026
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