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Cabinet secretary Andrew Charlton and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese are fighting against a building narrative around changes to the capital gains tax discount.

Labor in overdrive to rewrite CGT narrative amid ‘incorrect’ meme war

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and key ministers have spent the morning fighting a growing view their tax changes will crush ambition.

  • Nick Newling

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Passenger at the international train station is seen at Sydney Airport.

Airlines, advocates warn of bureaucratic maze for passenger complaints

New consumer protections to protect air travellers risk them getting stuck in a ‘referral roundabout’.

  • Chris Zappone
The Inland Rail project was forecast in 2023 to cost more than $30 billion.

Inland Rail’s final stages shelved after shock $45 billion price tag revealed

The shock forecast also warns it would take until at least 2036 to complete if the Albanese government had decided to push ahead with the final stages.

  • Matt O'Sullivan and Brittany Busch
Premier of Victoria Jacinta Allan and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese during their one appearance together this campaign.

Albanese to override sceptics and plough billions into Suburban Rail Loop

The $120 billion federal infrastructure pipeline has emerged as a part of the budget where spending will be slowed.

  • Paul Sakkal and Kieran Rooney
Western Sydney Airport’s 3.7-kilometre runway can handle aircraft as large as an A380 superjumbo.

Singapore Airlines locks in flights to Sydney’s new airport despite fuel crisis

Tickets go on sale on Wednesday for Singapore Airlines’ first flights to Western Sydney Airport in November, while other carriers could be landing weeks earlier.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
Qantas.

‘Unworkable’: Airlines warn aviation reforms could drive up ticket prices

The nation’s airlines say the federal government’s aviation consumer protection scheme will drive up costs, and consumer advocates question what will change for passengers.

  • Chris Zappone
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Underworld figure Mick Gatto pictured last year.

‘Have a great life’: Gatto’s message to his building contacts after secret CFMEU meeting revealed

The Coalition’s industrial spokesman Tim Wilson said public trust in the turnaround effort had collapsed after the union’s “golden boy” facilitated a meeting with an underworld figure.

  • Nick Newling and Hannah Hammoud
Western Sydney International Airport is involved in a construction sector scandal.

Ministers demand answers over Western Sydney Airport violence, intimidation claims

Infrastructure Minister Catherine King has written to the airport’s corporation after allegations of criminality from a key contractor.

  • Nick Newling, Paul Sakkal, Alexandra Smith and David Swan
Qantas shares have ripped more than 70 per cent in the last amid rebounding travel activity, but analysts and fund managers warn it may not have much further room for growth.

Government leaves door open to refunds for airline passengers under new scheme

Federal Transport Minister Catherine King says the new aviation consumer protection scheme will deliver immediate redress to Australians fed up with flight delays and cancellations.

  • David Swan and Elias Visontay
Queensland Premier David Crisafulli and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Canberra on Monday.

Crisafulli flags budget infrastructure spend ‘like never before’

On top of a record infrastructure splurge, the premier is “sublimely confident” he can soon reach an Olympic funding deal with the federal government.

  • Cameron Atfield