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A ban on self-managed super funds borrowing money to buy housing has blindsided the sector, which says Labor should instead target “unscrupulous” operators spruiking property as an investment.  Source link

The opposition leader, pressed multiple times on whether his party still supported multiculturalism or endorsed One Nation leader Pauline Hanson’s vision of a “monoculture”, refused to commit to either. Source link

Disability advocates welcome an extension to a Senate inquiry probing a bill paving the way for the biggest-ever cuts to the NDIS. Source link

The Greens pledge their support in exchange for an end to an exemption that allows self-managed super funds to borrow money to invest in residential property, and a delay on the overhaul of the NDIS.  Source link

KPMG chair Martin Sheppard and two audit partners are leaving the accounting and consulting giant in the wake of a scandal over misuse of confidential client information and the alleged mistreatment of a whistleblower. Source link

Pauline Hanson has clarified she would not seek to cut government-funded paid parental leave if One Nation were in power, after opening the door to a wind-back at her National Press Club address last week. Source link

Mediation projects were a key part of the Barkly Regional Deal signed in 2019, but many locals are asking why the process seemed to have halted prior to the stabbing death of a young man amid unrest in Tennant Creek. Source link

The Greens have announced they will support the federal government’s capital gains tax budget measures through parliament. Follow live. Source link

Federal parliament is set to adjourn early today so politicians can attend the official opening of a hall as part of the controversial $550 million extension of the War Memorial. Source link

Canada is buying a powerful radar system to monitor the Arctic, modelling the system on Australia’s JORN radar. Source link