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Dutton flags massive tax change for Aussies
2025-05-03 17:45:03| Spiritual Career Counseling
By PETER VAN ONSELEN, POLITICAL EDITOR FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA Published: 23:54 EDT, 16 April 2025 | Updated: 00:07 EDT, 17 April 2025 38 View comments With just over two weeks left in this year's federal election campaign Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has finally earmarked the potential for major tax reform.'I want to see us move as quickly as we can as a country to changes around personal income tax, including indexation, because bracket creep, as we know, is a killer in the economy,' he said.Cue applause. What he is talking about, bracket creep, occurs when inflation keeps rising but the tax rates don't change to account for that, meaning workers are pushed into higher tax brackets.But don't get too excited just yet.Dutton's comments are vague and at best present long term potential to do something major on the tax reforming front. In the short to medium term nothing will happen, as Dutton himself admits.His trigger for when it might happen also needs to be better expressed and th...
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Biometrics vs. passcodes: What lawyers say if you're worried about warrantless phone searches
2025-05-03 16:45:03| Spiritual Career Counseling
Accompanying the rise in detentions and deportations by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and other authorities are increasingly frequent reports of smartphone searches.US authorities allegedly dig through past emails, photos, social network activity, and other content to establish grounds for apprehension or other enforcement decisions. While such intrusions as a function of domestic law enforcement are nothing new, concern that more people could be held accountable for their beliefs, acquaintances, work, or speech is on the rise.Also: 5 simple ways to regain your data privacy online - starting todayThis week, the Detroit Free Press reported that Dearborn-based civil rights and criminal defense attorney Amir Makled experienced such a searchon Sunday, April 6, at the Detroit Metro Airport while he and his family were returning home from the Dominican Republic. Makled told the Detroit Free Press that he was "questioned about his clients and asked to give up his cellphone." Ma...
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Pope Francis health challenges explained
2025-05-03 16:45:03| Spiritual Career Counseling
Double pneumonia and Pope Francis: A look at the illness that marked his final months. Composite image from Inquirer files.MANILA, Philippines Pope Francis, the first pontiff from Latin America and a transformative figure in modern Catholicism, has died at age 88 after suffering a stroke and irreversible heart failure, the Vatican confirmed Monday through a death certificate signed by Vatican health director Dr. Andrea Arcangeli.The Popes death comes just a day after his last public appearancebriefly blessing the faithful at Easter Sunday Mass in St. Peters Square on April 20.Article continues after this advertisementREAD: Pope Francis cause of death was stroke VaticanFEATURED STORIESNEWSINFOPCSO: Still no takers of Ultralotto 6/58, Superlotto 6/49 jackpotsNEWSINFODA will start selling rice at P20 per kilo Tiu LaurelNEWSINFODizon orders sweeping review of road safety policiesFrail but determined, he greeted worshippers from a distance and held a quiet, private meeting with U....
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