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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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In your Squiz today, a green light for Labor's tax reforms, Europe's heatwave turns deadly, Vale Clive Davis and an impressive interstellar discovery.
Chapter 2: What are the details of Labor's tax reforms?
This is your Squiz today. We've been talking on and off about the pressure the Albanese government's been under over its planned changes to capital gains tax and negative gearing in recent weeks, Anna, but it notched a win yesterday. If you missed it, it's cut a deal with the Greens to pass those changes in the Senate.
says the aim of the reforms is to improve the tax system and rebalance the housing market. But along with the criticism they've been facing from the coalition, it's not been smooth sailing to get it done with the Greens. They've had to make some concessions, but still PM Anthony Albanese said it's a win for first homebuyers.
The quote from him doing the rounds in reports is that most Australians have nothing to sell but their time and nothing to give but their hard work. And we want these people to have the opportunity to own their own home. As I said, though, coalition leader Angus Taylor had a different take. He's called it a dangerous deal.
Yeah, and also an assault on aspiration, ambition and everything that he believes in. But it's a done deal now. And in terms of what got it over the line with the Greens' support, the government agreed to tweak the bill to stop retirees from borrowing against self-managed super funds to buy investment properties.
That's the big one. Self-managed super funds are essentially mini companies you run yourself to manage retirement savings. And there's been a provision allowing for loans within them for residential property investments. That loophole will now be closed, which those in the sector have called a broken promise.
But the Greens say it's money that will no longer be competing on the housing market against first home buyers. And like the other tax reforms in the bill, it won't apply to existing loans, only new ones.
Yeah, and to remind you, beside the tax reforms which were tweaked last week in favour of small businesses and start-ups, the bill also includes a $250 tax offset for workers and a $1,000 deduction for work expenses. Then, the government's planned overhaul of the NDIS also came up in its deal with the Greens.
It's agreed to an eight-week extension of a Senate inquiry into the changes to give more time for public hearings and to go through thousands of submissions. The findings for that are now due on the 14th of August. We spoke about the heatwave in Europe earlier in the week and it's now turned deadly.
At least 40 people have died in drownings across France in the last week as people try to escape the hot weather. Temperatures there have hit up to 43 degrees, I was reading.
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