31/03/2026 22:16
The Guardian
Government in February approved an average premium increase of 4.41% from today. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastButler tells states to ‘get back around the table’ on GST windfall returnAfter failing to reach an agreement yesterday, Mark Butler hopes the states will come back to the table and to discuss returning some of the GST windfall from higher fuel prices.They did agree at the national cabinet on Monday to pass this windfall gain back to motorists. We wanted that to happen through an arrangement between the commonwealth and the states whereby we’d be able to deliver an additional cut to the fuel excise, which would flow in the same way through to bowsers. But they haven’t yet been able to agree that amongst themselves. We want them to do that. We want them to get back around the table over the course of the next day or so.I think in the scale of late night missives from Donald Trump, this is nothing particularly out of the ordinary. When it comes to the conflict in Iran, we have a pretty simple view … we want to see de-escalation of this conflict, not escalation. And we want to see a clear timeframe for how this conflict will be brought to an end. Continue reading...
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