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  • Labor’s student visa crackdown has created a problem it did not intend | Overseas student clampdo…

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    Labor's student visa crackdown has created a problem it did not intend

    New international student commencements at public universities are projected to fall about 18 per cent this year. (ABC News: Ebony ten Broeke)

    Labor has acknowledged fears that its tougher student visa rules are putting off genuine applicants and hurting Australia's universities.

    The federal government says it will make the system easier to navigate without weakening its crackdown on student migration.

    Universities will be consulted on revised financial requirements and changes to how student visa applications are assessed.

    Labor will recalibrate its international student crackdown with an overhaul of visa requirements to ensure the tough rules do not deter quality applicants from Australia.

    Overseas student clampdown projected to cost unis $2b

    Labor expects a fall in the number of new overseas students starting at universities to wipe $2 billion from the sector over the next three years, as prospective visa applicants spooked by soaring rejection rates increasingly look to other countries.

    Lucrative international student fees have long underpinned university budgets, but a spike in visa refusals and tighter rules preventing migrants using study as a gateway to stay in the country have led the sector to warn that Australia’s standing as a top study destination is at risk.

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    Australia's appeal to international students plunges over six months as visa rules bite

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    Australia's appeal to foreign students has plummeted in just six months, a new report has found.

    The crash comes on the heels of the hot debate over migration prompting Labor, the coalition and One Nation to narrow the gangway for foreigners wanting to study in Australia.

    Labor will stop higher education entrants from overseas bringing along their families and ensure they can only move between institutions if they're pursuing a higher-level qualification, under measures Immigration Minister Tony Burke announced in August.

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  • Here’s how Labor, the Coalition and One Nation’s migration cuts compare | Business sector blasts …

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    Here's how Labor, the Coalition and One Nation's migration cuts compare

    Migration policy has become one of the most contested issues between Labor, the Coalition and One Nation. (AAP: Bianca de Marchi)

    The Coalition's long-awaited migration plan has been revealed, completing the set of competing policies being offered by the government, the opposition and One Nation, who have risen in the polls in particular due to the party's promise to drive immigration to its lowest levels in Australia's history.

    Migration rates to Australia since 2019 have been much higher than many comparable countries, with more than double the growth in population from migration compared to the United Kingdom, and three times Germany.

    Business sector blasts coalition's migration policy

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    Sweeping cuts to migration proposed by the coalition have been blasted by the business sector, while farming leaders back the approach that would bring workers back to the regions.

    Under a future coalition government, net overseas migration would be reduced from its annual level of nearly 300,000 people to about 100,000 in the first year.

    The overhaul sparked anger across the business sector on Tuesday, with the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry warning the cuts would hit economic growth.

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    Taylor’s hardline immigration plan drags Australian politics further to the right – and it’s all upside for One Nation

    Coalition leader’s proposal goes further than Peter Dutton’s 2025 election promise and beyond even Pauline Hanson’s bottom line

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    With Angus Taylor’s hardline immigration policy unveiled on Tuesday, voters have a new measure of Pauline Hanson’s success in dragging politics further to the right.

    Taylor’s plan will cut 60,000 more people from net overseas migration (Nom) than the reductions proposed by Peter Dutton just before the last election. Dutton wanted to take Nom down to about 160,000 people a year, while Taylor’s plan goes far further, beyond even Hanson’s bottom line of 130,000 people.

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  • Australia politics live: Labor defends Catherine King’s top-tier Qantas membership gift; defenc…

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    One Nation has come under fire for quietly shelving support for a new domestic gas reservation policy in preference for a policy that favours the party’s billionaire patron, Gina Rinehart.

    The Albanese government has announced it will establish a new reservation policy for Australia’s east coast, requiring gas exporters to supply a portion of the gas they produce to the domestic market. The policy is aimed at “modestly” supplying the domestic market to put downward pressure on prices for consumers.

    Pauline Hanson moved a Senate motion as recently as March in support of a domestic gas reserve, saying it would “increase the supply of gas and lower the price of electricity directly”.

    Transport minister given free Qantas platinum status for life

    Catherine King accepted the airline’s top-tier membership, which gives the cabinet minister privileges and freebies until the day she dies.

    The federal Labor government has spent two terms facing full-frontal scrutiny that asks if its most senior members are too close to Qantas. Federal transport minister Catherine King dropped a stink bomb in her register of interests on Monday afternoon.

    King had been given lifetime platinum status from Qantas … as a “gift”!

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    Transport minister accepts lifetime membership to Qantas platinum

    Transport Minister Catherine King has accepted a lifetime membership to Qantas’ platinum frequent flyer rewards tier less than two years after MPs ceremonially handed over their membership to the airline’s VIP lounge following public backlash.

    The minister, whose responsibilities include aviation and the courting of airlines to make use of the new Western Sydney International Airport, quietly updated her register of interests on Monday to reflect the gift she received from the airline.

    The airline’s second-highest tier, behind platinum one, offers free access to first and business class lounges across the globe, additional baggage allowance, priority check-in, boarding and baggage access. It also offers priority upgrades and seat selection.

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  • Revealed: Labor’s stealth ‘super tax’ to cost retirees | Why selling your shares is about t…

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    Why selling your shares is about to become more taxing

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    If you think about some of the richest people in the world, the majority of them have one thing in common. Their wealth, in all its gross excess, is not just sitting in their bank account or in big dollar-sign bags in a bank vault somewhere. It’s almost all tied up in shares and other investments, which they would have to sell if they actually wanted to buy a new yacht or something.

    Overlooked capital gains rule could see Labor target $372b worth of super assets

    New analysis has found the Albanese government’s capital gains rule changes could target about $372 billion worth of assets, forcing superannuants to cough up an extra $55 million a year.

    New analysis has found Labor's capital gains rule changes could target about $372 billion worth of assets, forcing superannuants to cough up an extra $55 million a year collectively.

    Analysis by the Financial Services Council (FSC), published by The Australian, found Labor’s budget overhaul restricts how managed investment trusts can offset capital gains and losses.

    This means millions of Australians with investments in this type of asset could be forced to pay more at tax time.

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  • Labor, NAACP leaders weigh in on Columbus City Council overhaul | Labor and Black leaders raise c…

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    Labor, NAACP leaders weigh in on Columbus City Council overhaul

    After decades of debate over whether Columbus City Council should switch from an at-large election system to district representation, the districts question is again heading to voters.

    But a second, more complicated question could also appear on the ballot. Columbus City Council has effectively a week to decide whether to place a proposal on the ballot alongside the citizen-led Our City, Our Say coalition's "simple fix."

    At a hearing on Aug. 17, multiple City Council members and the vast majority of speakers expressed support for district representation, but some want to preserve a few at-large seats. Influential leaders for city labor and civil rights groups for the first time weighed in publicly and came out in support of council addressing more complex reforms.

    Labor and Black leaders raise concerns on Columbus City Council reform effort

    Dozens of Columbus residents voiced support for changing how Columbus City Council members get elected, but a small influential contingent of Black community leaders and labor unions raised concerns about the measure.

    Council held a second public hearing Monday regarding efforts to reform city council and how members get elected. City council is set to vote Monday to place the Our City Our Say charter amendment on November's ballot, which would make it so only voters within each of the nine council districts get to vote for their representative.

    Council's current system has been the subject of ridicule since November's general election in District 7 where Tiara Ross won the seat citywide but lost within the bounds of her district to challenger Jesse Vogel.

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  • Labor prepared to fast-track fix to negative gearing ‘widow tax’ | Taylor demands Albanese repeal…

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    Labor prepared to fast-track fix to negative gearing 'widow tax'

    Jim Chalmers says the government is willing to bring forward a fix to an unintended loophole. (ABC News: Ian Cutmore)

    The government has signalled it is willing to fast-track a fix to its unintended "widow tax", which is cutting off people from eligibility to negatively gear a home when their partner dies.

    The Coalition has demanded an immediate fix to the loophole created by negative gearing changes in return for its support for a $37 billion savings plan for the NDIS.

    The federal government is hoping to settle negotiations on its NDIS savings package so it can be passed this week.

    Taylor demands Albanese repeal ‘cruel tax’ in return for NDIS bill support

    Coalition leader tells Anthony Albanese that delaying change to budget measure is ‘unconscionable’

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    Angus Taylor says the Coalition will only support the Albanese government’s proposed overhaul of the NDIS if it first removes the “widow tax” loophole from its changes to taxing investment properties.

    The warning comes as the Albanese government hopes to land a deal with the opposition this week in order to pass the bill in the Senate after the Greens ruled out supporting changes to the scheme that are expected to boost the federal budget’s bottom line by $37.8bn over four years.

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  • Labor open to ‘sensible amendments’ on gambling reforms, minister says – as it happened | ‘…

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    Liberal frontbencher Tim Wilson also called on the government to focus more on fraud and corruption issues in the NDIS, as the Coalition and Labor negotiate on changes to the disability scheme.

    The government’s bill is being examined by a parliamentary committee, with a report due this coming Friday. Labor may seek to bring that bill back on for debate and vote in the second week of this coming parliamentary sitting.

    Wilson accused the government of “an ongoing tolerance” to fraud in the system. The NDIS minister, Jenny McAllister, was on News24 this morning also, and we’ll get you some of her contributions shortly.

    'We die': disabled voices warn against NDIS cuts

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    A verbal agreement has been struck between Australia's two major political parties to cut billions of dollars in funding to the disabled community.

    Prime Minister Anthony Albanese met with Opposition Leader Angus Taylor on Monday at Parliament House to discuss laws making significant changes to the National Disability Insurance Scheme. 

    "I expect those changes will pass in this sitting fortnight, which will be important to make sure that it's sustainable going forward," the prime minister told a caucus meeting.

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    Labor rejects call for more NDIS oversight, nears Coalition deal

    Labor has rejected calls to appoint an independent umpire to oversee a shake-up of the National Disability Insurance Scheme as it closes in on a deal with the Coalition to push through its cuts to the program without major amendments in the next fortnight.

    Martin Laverty, one of the scheme’s architects who now runs a major disability provider, said on Monday the program needed a steward to keep the government in check in the same way an inspector-general monitors Australia’s aged care system.

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  • Labor unveils ‘widow tax’ fix after negative gearing backlash | It’s not only a widow tax. New …

    Labor unveils ‘widow tax’ fix after negative gearing backlash | It’s not only a widow tax. New …

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    Labor unveils 'widow tax' fix after negative gearing backlash

    Jim Chalmers says the proposed legislation would ensure Labor’s tax changes applied to people in a range of circumstances. (ABC News: Ian Cutmore)

    Labor has proposed changes to ensure people who inherit an investment property from a spouse do not lose existing access to negative gearing.

    The government is also consulting on carve-outs and changes covering newly built homes, affordable and disability housing and its new capital gains tax system.

    The public has two weeks to give feedback on the proposal and Labor is flagging further tranches of legislation implementing its tax changes.

    Australians who inherit an investment property from their spouse will not lose any existing negative gearing access under changes proposed by Labor to fix the so-called "widow tax".

    It’s not only a widow tax. New CGT hurts mothers too

    By decoupling capital gains taxation from individual marginal tax rates, the new regime systematically penalises women when taking time out of the workforce.

    Female workforce participation rates are at record highs, the government’s Paid Parental Leave (PPL) scheme now spans 26 weeks, childcare subsidies have expanded, and the gender pay gap is at a historical low.

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    Widows and divorcees protected as Labor reveals details of tax backdown

    Widows and divorcees who faced losing access to capital gains and negative gearing concessions under the federal government’s budget overhaul of property taxes will be protected under a suite of changes revealed by Treasurer Jim Chalmers.

    Amid growing criticisms of Chalmers’ handling of the reforms aimed at making housing more affordable for younger Australians, the treasurer on Tuesday confirmed key details of the government’s planned amendments to controversial tax legislation.

    It was revealed in June that jointly owned assets, such as a property owned by a couple, would not qualify for the grandfathered exemptions to the budget changes to negative gearing and capital gains tax if they were transferred to single ownership.

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  • Extraordinary meeting of Labor conveners resolves to move against Jacinta Allan | Victorian Premi…

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    Extraordinary meeting of Labor conveners resolves to move against Jacinta Allan

    An internal Labor Party campaign to dump Jacinta Allan as Victorian premier reached a critical stage on Sunday night after an extraordinary meeting of factional conveners resolved to move against her leadership.

    The meeting of conveners from across the party’s Left and Right factions was called to determine whether Allan has the caucus backing she needs to lead the government to the state election on November 28.

    Four sources with knowledge of the meeting said the room broadly agreed that after nearly three years as Premier, Allan’s days in the top job are numbered. It is less clear how a leadership challenge will unfold.

    Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan facing leadership challenge this week

    The ABC understands Victorian Labor factional powerbrokers have met to discuss whether Jacinta Allan still has the support of the majority of the caucus, and has decided she does not. (ABC News: Danielle Bonica)

    Four months out from the state election, Premier Jacinta Allan is facing a leadership challenge. 

    Factional powerbrokers met on Sunday night to discuss whether Ms Allan maintains the support of the caucus, and agreed she does not. 

    It is understood Ms Allan will be offered the opportunity to resign on Monday, and if she refuses, is expected to face a leadership challenge on Tuesday. 

    Premier Jacinta Allan faces a leadership challenge this week, four months out from the November state election, despite core supporters talking down the threat of a spill.

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  • Labor takes a stand on data centre rules and AI copyright | What Albanese didn’t say about AI a…

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    Labor takes a stand on data centre rules and AI copyright

    Anthony Albanese says AI companies will not be able to use Australian books, music, art or news to train AI "without the artist's control". (AAP: Dan Himbrechts)

    A new set of standards for artificial intelligence will provide clear rules for data centres, forcing them to minimise water usage and underwrite or supply their own power.

    Anthony Albanese vows that AI companies will not be able to use Australian books, music, art or news to train AI "without the artist's control".

    The prime minister will seek agreement from state premiers and territory chief ministers over the new set of standards at a national cabinet meeting next month.

    What Albanese didn’t say about AI and IR is the real concern

    Much of the action in determining Labor’s position will be on the ALP National Conference floor next week.

    The distance between Western Australia’s Pilbara and the University of Sydney is about 3600 kilometres.

    Yet it’s worth thinking about the connection between Thursday’s landmark industrial action at BHP’s Port Hedland iron ore operations and Wednesday’s headland speech on artificial intelligence by Anthony Albanese at the nation’s oldest university campus.

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