#BREAKING The government has settled its planned changes to the superannuation system.
From 2025-26, the concessional tax rate applied to future earnings for super balances above $3 million will be 30 per cent - up from 15 per cent.
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#BREAKING PM Albanese indicates the interim Immigration Minister Jim Chalmers will announce today the Murugappan family will be allowed to return to Biloela. @abcnews#auspol
Following a big day of campaigning with all the debates out of the way, we finally got @JoshFrydenberg on the show. Oh wait, no, sorry. That's a mistake. #TheProjectTV
Australia’s treatment of the Indigenous population is a “blemish on the Australian soul”, Wentworth Liberal Member, Dave Sharma said on Q&A tonight. #rmitjourno#QandA
The continual inequality of Indigenous Australians has resulted in “trans-generational trauma” and created a “new generation of stolen generations”, singer and songwriter, Mitch Tambo said on Q&A tonight. #rmitjourno#QandA
Victoria’s seven day snap lockdown is due to the Australian Government’s “complacency” surrounding the vaccine rollout, Chifley Labor Member, Ed Husic said on Q&A tonight. #rmitjourno#QandA
To rectify the “cycle of violence” between Israel and Palestine a “durable” “two-state solution” needs to be implemented to allow people to lead “peaceful and happy lives”, Chifley Labor Member, Ed Husic said on Q&A tonight. #rmitjourno#QandA
Australia’s delay in repatriating its citizens during the COVID-19 pandemic positions the country as “multicultural” “when it suits”, Randa Abdel-Fattah said on Q&A tonight. #rmitjourno#QandA
About 36,000 Australians are stranded overseas due to border closures which is “unlawful” and a situation the Australian Government doesn’t have a “proper plan” for, human rights lawyer, Jennifer Robinson said on Q&A tonight. #rmitjourno#QandA
Men have had it “pretty good for a long time” when it comes to avoiding apologising to women for assault and sexist behaviour, comedian, writer and actor, Luke McGregor said on Q&A tonight. #rmitjourno#QandA
Australians of Indian background “haven’t been treated fairly” in the Government’s approach to repatriation which is “heartbreaking” and “disappointing”, Committee for Economic Development of Australia Senior Economist, Gabriela D’Souza said on Q&A tonight. #rmitjourno#QandA
The Australian Government needs to implement a vaccine campaign to encourage Australians to “run” not “walk” to their closest vaccination centre, Committee for Economic Development of Australia Senior Economist, Gabriela D’Souza said on Q&A tonight. #rmitjourno#QandA
The decisions made by the Australian Government on quarantine and the vaccine rollout is the “exact reason people can’t get into Australia”, Industrial Relations Shadow Minister, Tony Burke said on Q&A tonight. #rmitjourno#QandA
Australia’s position as an “export superpower” must be maintained by following through on its “fantastic policy pillars” around a shift to renewable energy, Pollination Executive Director, Zoe Whitton said on Q&A tonight. #rmitjourno#QandA
Australia’s minimal role in addressing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is because “we’ve got enough problems closer to home”, Nationals Member for New England, Barnaby Joyce said on Q&A tonight. #rmitjourno#QandA
Australia’s Howard Springs quarantine facility, which can hold 2,000 people, has “enough capacity for now” despite the push for the repatriation of Australians stuck in India, Superannuation and Women’s Economic Security Minister, Jane Hume said on Q&A tonight. #rmitjourno#QandA
To support small local Australian businesses, the government needs to “revitalise local economies” by ensuring people have “disposable income to spend”, Shadow Treasurer, Jim Chalmers said on Q&A tonight. #rmitjourno#QandA
The 2021 Australian budget “doesn’t tackle the structural inequality” responsible for perpetuating the gender pay gap, Greens Senator, Larissa Waters said on Q&A tonight. #rmitjourno#QandA
The COVID-19 pandemic in Australia has “turbocharged gender inequality” resulting in the government’s “patch-up job” of the 2021-22 Women’s Budget Statement, Shadow Treasurer, Jim Chalmers said on Q&A tonight. #rmitjourno#QandA