#theguardian.com. Scaling back the capital gains tax discount might not help housing affordability – but there are still good reasons to do it. There is a profound inequity when it comes to tax breaks for investors. The reform could boost the government’s budget bottom line and reduce renters being outbid by investors
#Feb.05.2026 ×
#theguardian.com. Magic Beach by Alison Lester named Australia’s best children’s picture book. Lester’s 1990 classic about the wonders of nature wins Guardian Australia poll ahead of Possum Magic in second place
#Feb.05.2026 ×
#theguardian.com. Attorney general Michelle Rowland helps legal fight for children wrongly deemed adult people smugglers by Australian police. Errors led to boys aged as young as 13 going to adult maximum-security jails in WA, before being quietly released and sent back to Indonesia
#Feb.05.2026 ×
#theguardian.com. Possibility of US ever selling Australia nuclear submarines is increasingly remote, Aukus critics say. Malcolm Turnbull says government is ‘engaged in an exercise of denial’, as defence minister insists $368bn deal is ‘full steam ahead’
#Feb.05.2026 ×
#theguardian.com. Adani donated $600,000 to Liberal National party before 2024 state election using federal ‘loophole’. The donations were disclosed through the Australian Electoral Commission on 2 February – but not through the state-level disclosure system
#Feb.05.2026 ×
#theguardian.com. Donors gave $131m ahead of Australia’s 2025 election. Here’s who they are. Mining, resources and big fossil fuels donated more than $10m, or $62m if Clive Palmer’s Mineralogy donation to his Trumpet of Patriots party is included
#Feb.05.2026 ×
#aljazeera.com. Man charged with ‘terrorism’ for bomb at Indigenous protest in Australia. The charge marks the first instance of an individual being prosecuted for this specific offence in Western Australia.
#Feb.05.2026 ×
#theguardian.com. WA work safety watchdog makes ‘initial enquiries’ after family who hired kayak and paddleboards washed out to sea. Resort where family was staying conducting a safety review after mother and two children found drifting in ocean
#Feb.05.2026 ×
#theguardian.com. Capital gains tax discount to cost Australia $250bn over next decade with retirees and high-income earners to benefit most. Parliamentary Budget Office figures show top 1% of taxpayers will receive nearly 60% of the benefit this financial year
#Feb.05.2026 ×
#bbc.com. Invasion Day: Man charged with terrorism over attack on Perth rally. Accused allegedly threw a homemade bomb at a crowd which had gathered to protest Australia Day.
#Feb.05.2026 ×
#aljazeera.com. Australia charges teen over online threat as Israeli president due to visit. 'Mass, peaceful' demonstration are planned across Australia to protest the visit of Israel's President Isaac Herzog.
#Feb.05.2026 ×
#theguardian.com. Queensland man charged with 596 child abuse offences allegedly groomed children online, police say. The 27-year-old man from Maryborough is alleged to have had 23,000 photographs and videos stored on a hard drive
#Feb.05.2026 ×
#bbc.com. Gus Lamont: Suspect identified in disappearance of four-year-old in Australian outback. Gus Lamont was last seen playing outside his home on a remote sheep station on 27 September.
#Feb.05.2026 ×
#bbc.com. Australia police charge man with abuse of 459 children. The man allegedly used social media and gaming platforms to target children in more than a dozen countries.
#Feb.05.2026 ×
#theguardian.com. Sydney teen accused of threatening to shoot Israeli president Isaac Herzog faces court. Darcy Tinning, 19, allegedly made threat ahead of Herzog’s planned visit and made remark that constitutes hate speech, court hears
#Feb.05.2026 ×
#theguardian.com. Suspect identified in disappearance of four-year-old Gus Lamont in outback South Australia. Gus was last seen playing outside home on family sheep station in September, with his disappearance declared a major crime
#Feb.05.2026 ×
#bbc.com. Bondi Junction stabbings: Doctor of killer referred to health regulators. A coroner has found Joel Cauchi's doctor failed to heed warnings he was having a relapse of schizophrenia.
#Feb.05.2026 ×
#theguardian.com. ‘Major failing’ in psychiatric care before Joel Cauchi stabbed six people at Bondi Junction, coroner finds. Cauchi, who lived with schizophrenia, killed six people in 2024 Westfield shopping centre stabbing before being shot dead by police inspector Amy Scott
#Feb.05.2026 ×
#theguardian.com. South Australian anti-abortion activist posts image of aborted foetus she claims was taken at Townsville hospital. Joanna Howe claims a ‘whistleblower’ sent her the image, which was taken inside the hospital’s room for grieving parents
#Feb.05.2026 ×
#bbc.com. Social media ban for children: Is it possible in India?. Some Indian states have said they are examining Australia's law curbing social media for children.
#Feb.05.2026 ×
#theguardian.com. Bunnings given green light to use facial recognition tech on customers to combat crime. Bunnings store managers gave evidence of regular threatening or abusive behaviour from some customers
#Feb.04.2026 ×
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