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Australia has made the final of the Eurovision song contest after a dazzling performance from Delta Goodrem in a year of controversy for the competition. Health Minister Mark Butler says six passengers from a cruise ship at the centre of a deadly hantavirus outbreak are due to arrive in Australia at about midday eastern time. New data reveals the number of young babies being admitted to hospital with RSV has nearly halved since free vaccinations started being offered to pregnant women last February. Press the 'Follow' or '+' button on this show page to add us to your playlist, so you never miss an episode.For more news, politics and current affairs podcasts go to ABC listen.

The Opposition Leader Angus Taylor has promised to limit migration and cut welfare for non-citizens in his budget reply speech. So what's been the reaction?

Well-known Australian pop singer Delta Goodrem has made the final of the Eurovision song contest, in a politically charged year for the competition.Migrant and business groups are worried about the Coalition's plan to significantly cut migration and restrict welfare programs for those who are not citizens. West Australian health authorities are getting ready for six passengers from the Hantavirus cruise ship to touch down today and start quarantining.Press the 'Follow' or '+' button on this show page to add us to your playlist, so you never miss an episode.For more news, politics and current affairs podcasts go to ABC listen.

Chinese President Xi Jinping has rolled out the red carpet for US President Donald Trump. The visit is Mr Trump's first to China since 2017, after heightened tensions between the two countries. A number of key topics were on the agenda, including the Iran war, Taiwan and even AI. Despite having a number of different views, Mr Trump has told China's leader the relationship between the two countries is going to be better than ever. The Federal Court has found Coles misled its consumers during its 'Down Down' promotion. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission sued the supermarket giant, alleging the discounts were not genuine. Coles will now have to pay substantial fines. The judge will also rule on a similar case against Woolworths at a later date. Dozens of passengers - some with life-threatening injuries - are being treated in a major emergency response to a bus rollover on Queensland's Bruce Highway. The large coach crashed between Townsville and Bowen, just before 4 o'clock this afternoon. Queensland Ambulance Service says 29 patients have been treated at the scene. Three people are in life-threatening conditions. Police say the Bruce Highway is closed in both directions and are asking motorists to avoid the area or expect long delays. Press the 'Follow' or '+' button on this show page to add us to your playlist, so you never miss an episode. For more news, politics and current affairs podcasts go to ABC listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Chinese President, Xi Jinping says Taiwan is the most important issue on the agenda during talks with U-S President Donald Trump in Beijing.  China considers Taiwan a breakaway province that will eventually be under Beijing's control - and while Washington affirms the One China policy, it does maintain unofficial relations with Taiwan.Chinese media have been quoting President Xi as saying that if the issue is not handled well, the two countries will clash.Consumer group Choice says Coles will lose a lot of trust from customers following the ACCC's win against the supermarket giant in the Federal Court.The consumer watchdog alleged Coles misled shoppers with fake discounts under its "Down Down" promotional campaign.The Federal Court found that in a majority of pricing tickets submitted to the court, the discount was not genuine, and would have misled an ordinary consumer.Coles says it acknowledges today's Federal Court decision and its priority has always been delivering value to customers.The leader of the opposition will deliver his budget reply tonight, outlining the coalition's plan to end mass migration and reserve Australia's welfare system for citizens only.Angus Taylor wants to exclude migrants -  including permanent residents - from receiving taxpayer-funded welfare, and NDIS supports.Press the 'Follow' or '+' button on this show page to add us to your playlist, so you never miss an episode.For more news, politics and current affairs podcasts go to ABC listen.

The Federal Court has found Coles misled shoppers, after the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) sued the supermarket giant for advertising false discounts.

As debate continues over whether Labor's budget plan will improve fairness in the housing sector, the Opposition is preparing to hand down its budget reply.

A Federal Court judge has found supermarket giant Coles broke consumer law by misleading shoppers on discount prices.The Albanese Government has introduced its bill, to rein in spending on the National Disability Insurance Scheme, to the lower house of federal parliament. US President Donald Trump is in Beijing for the first time since 2017 to meet China's President Xi Jinping.Press the 'Follow' or '+' button on this show page to add us to your playlist, so you never miss an episode.For more news, politics and current affairs podcasts go to ABC listen.

After years of research polycystic ovary syndrome has officially been renamed polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome, or PMOS.

A bombshell judgement in the Federal Court has found the supermarket giant Coles broke consumer law by misleading shoppers on discount prices.The Coalition, if elected, wants to restrict access to welfare, including the NDIS, to Australian citizens. In UK politics, Keir Starmer's future as Britain's prime minister remains on life support.Press the 'Follow' or '+' button on this show page to add us to your playlist, so you never miss an episode.For more news, politics and current affairs podcasts go to ABC listen.

Data shows it takes 12 months on average to get a spot in an aged care home or secure at-home support. So what's behind the delay?

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Advocates for the elderly say new figures which show Australians are waiting on average 12 months to get aged care support, are confronting.Opposition Leader Angus Taylor will tonight deliver his budget reply and he will present an alternative suite of policies to boost housing supply.Queensland's commission of inquiry into the CFMEU has heard union members allegedly planted asbestos at a construction site to influence workplace bargaining negotiations. Press the 'Follow' or '+' button on this show page to add us to your playlist, so you never miss an episode.For more news, politics and current affairs podcasts go to ABC listen.

New figures show it is taking Australians 12 months on average to find a spot in an aged care home, or to secure at-home support.Opposition Leader Angus Taylor will unveil a plan to tackle what he calls mass migration to free up housing in his budget reply speech.China's leader Xi Jinping will shortly meet with US President Donald Trump in Beijing, for a high-level summit between the world's two superpowers. Four Australians who were passengers on the cruise ship linked to a Hantavirus outbreak, are due to arrive in Australia at the end of the week. The search for a missing South Australian mum will continue in the coming days after a fresh effort failed to uncover any new evidence.Press the 'Follow' or '+' button on this show page to add us to your playlist, so you never miss an episode.For more news, politics and current affairs podcasts go to ABC listen.

One of the main goals of the federal government in this year's budget is to address intergenerational inequality.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says helping Australians with the cost-of-living crisis as one of the government's key priorities.

The Albanese Government has handed down its federal budget and it comes with big reforms, especially a crackdown on tax breaks for property investors. 

The budget is framed as addressing cost-of-living, housing affordability, and productivity, so how have Australians been reacting to it?

Tonight's federal budget has revealed sweeping changes to the way investment properties are taxed, in a move the government says will drive away investors and get more young people into their first homes.From next year, only new builds can be negatively geared but homes currently under that arrangement...will be exempt.The current 50 per cent capital gains tax discount will be gone from mid next year too.Instead the tax will apply to gains minus inflation with a minimum 30 per cent tax rate.As part of a transition, the current discount can be used for new builds and on the gains made up until July next year.It's a broken promise but Treasurer Jim Chalmers says it's needed to help young Australians into the market .The budget also features a new $250 tax cut for workers.The $6.4 billion pledge is two years away in a move the government says is designed to avoid an inflationary impact.Savings have improved the federal budget bottom line with this year's deficit slightly lower than forecast at $28 billion.The government has cut $36 billion from the National Disability Insurance Scheme and saved three billion through axing a private health insurance discount for over 65s.  Treasury forecasts the budget will remain in the red over the forward estimates with a surplus expected in a decade.  The budget papers show Treasury expects inflation to peak at five per cent this year before dropping to 2.25 next year, which is within the Reserve Bank's target band.But there's a risk of inflation peaking at 7.25 per cent if the conflict in the middle east escalates and the price of oil doubles.Growth in the economy is forecast to slow due to higher inflation but Australia's expected to avoid a recession, even under the worst-case scenario.Press the 'Follow' or '+' button on this show page to add us to your playlist, so you never miss an episode.For more news, politics and current affairs podcasts go to ABC listen.

A major unforeseen event that the government has had to deal with in this budget is the war in the Middle East. 

After weeks of speculation and some early announcements, the 2026 Budget is finally out in the wild.

A tax cut for workers and a major shake-up to how housing investments are taxed are the headline policies of tonight's federal budget.Treasurer Jim Chalmers is promising 13 million workers an ongoing tax offset of 250-dollars a year. But it won't start until mid-2028.The 6.4 billion dollar pledge will be paid for by an overhaul of the way investments are taxed.The treasurer's also announced that from next year, only new builds can be negatively geared but homes currently under that arrangement...will be exempt.And the current 50 per cent capital gains tax discount will be gone from mid next yearInstead tax will apply to the profit made minus inflation, with a minimum 30 per cent tax rate.The current discount can still be used for new homes and the gains made on property and shares up until next July.It's a broken promise from last year's federal election but according to the government, necessary to help get more young people into the housing market.The budget papers show high inflation is likely to persist in Australia until next year.Treasury's forecasting inflation will peak around five per cent this year due to the Middle East war before dropping to 2.25 per cent mid-next year, which is within the Reserve Bank's target band.The recovery assumes that global oil prices decline from the middle of this year and stabilise within 12 months.But if the conflict continues and the price of oil doubles inflation could reach 7.25 per cent.While Australia avoids a recession in all scenarios modelled by Treasury inflationary pressures are expected to slow economic growth.It's been revised to a sluggish 1.75 per cent next year before rising again. Press the 'Follow' or '+' button on this show page to add us to your playlist, so you never miss an episode.For more news, politics and current affairs podcasts.

A tax cut for workers and a major shake-up to how property investments are taxed are the headline announcements in the federal budget. 

Finance Minister Katy Gallagher says significant tax reform in tonight's federal budget will result in a "better deal" for younger Australians.Government forecasts estimate negative gearing and capital gains tax reforms would help 75,000 people to buy their first home over the coming decade.The full details of the reforms will be announced by Treasurer Jim Chalmers this evening, but Senator Gallagher says they're aimed at "making negative gearing less attractive".Farmers are urging the Federal Government to carefully consider the impact of changes to the capital gains tax discount on family farms.A winding back of the 50-per-cent discount is among a number of changes expected in tonight's budget.National Farmers Federation President, Hamish McIntyre says adding another tax burden will just make it harder for farmers to pass down their properties.The federal government has handed down its formal response to a parliamentary inquiry that called for a gambling advertising ban.It outlines a package of reforms already announced last month which includes a partial restriction on radio and television gambling advertisements but ignores a key recommendation for a national regulator.Press the 'Follow' or '+' button on this show page to add us to your playlist, so you never miss an episode.For more news, politics and current affairs podcasts go to ABC listen.

UK Prime Minister Sir Kier Starmer's under growing pressure to quit, but he's promised to fight any challenge to his leadership.

A major unforeseen event that the government has had to deal with in this budget is the war in the Middle East. 

The federal government's already announced a number of measures that will feature in this budget.

As the cost of living continues to bite here in Australia and around the world we're being warned it could stay that way for the foreseeable future.

The federal budget is being released tonight and Labor is talking it up as ambitious as it tries to tackle big issues such as housing and inflation.US President Donald Trump has been lashing Iran, saying the ceasefire is on 'life support'.Four Australians could be in quarantine for up to six weeks after being evacuated from the cruise ship linked to a hantavirus outbreak.Press the 'Follow' or '+' button on this show page to add us to your playlist, so you never miss an episode.For more news, politics and current affairs podcasts go to ABC listen.

Australian passengers who were on board the hantavirus-hit cruise ship will be ordered to quarantine in Perth for at least three weeks, in what the federal government has declared a "precautionary approach" to keep the community safe.

The federal government's already announced a number of measures that will feature in this budget.

The federal government's flagging major changes to housing taxation policy in the budget. So what is capital gains tax and negative gearing?

In the midst of oil shocks, inflation and interest rate rises, and with big tax reforms on the agenda, the 2026-27 budget is shaping up to be one of the biggest in decades.

A woman charged with terror-related offences has been refused bail after appearing in a Sydney court.Janai Safar was taken into custody at Sydney International Airport last night after arriving on a flight from Doha.  The 32-year-old was charged with allegedly entering and remaining in a declared conflict zone, as well as joining ISIS -- both offences carry a maximum sentence of ten years in prison.Meanwhile, in Melbourne Kaswar Ahmad and Zeinab Ahmad have been charged with slavery-related offences by police.The women, aged 53 and 31, arrived at Melbourne Airport last night and their lawyers say they'll be applying for bail on Monday.The Northern Territory government is set to trigger a wide-reaching review of its child protection system in the wake of the death of five-year-old Kumanjayi Little Baby.Earlier this week, Northern Territory Minister for Child Protection Robyn Cahill confirmed three child protection department staffers were stood down following an internal investigation into the circumstances of Kumanjayi Little Baby prior to her abduction and alleged murder.Former foreign minister Julie Bishop has resigned as chancellor of the Australian National University, effective immediately.Her tenure came at a time of controversy and upheaval for the ANU, after the scrapping of a 250-million-dollar cost-cutting plan, which included job cuts.Press the 'Follow' or '+' button on this show page to add us to your playlist, so you never miss an episode.For more news, politics and current affairs podcasts go to ABC listen.

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has gotten involved in managing the outbreak of hantavirus aboard the MV Hondius, as it is set to arrive in the Canary Islands.The ship will anchor close to the Spanish island of Tenerife and passengers will be taken to land in smaller boats before boarding flights late on Sunday.Four Australians were aboard the ship, but are not known to have been infected.

Two Victorian women and one in New South Wales with links to ISIS have been charged after arriving in Australia from Syria. Iran has accused the US of violating the ceasefire by targeting two ships in the Strait of Hormuz and attacking civilian areas. Today marks the 100th birthday of veteran broadcaster, natural historian, and environmental advocate, Sir David Attenborough. Press the 'Follow' or '+' button on this show page to add us to your playlist, so you never miss an episode. For more news, politics and current affairs podcasts go to ABC listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The return to Australia of a group of women and children with links to Islamic State fighters has been causing a political storm.

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A new east coast gas reserve of 20% will "drive down" prices, according to the federal government and ensure Australia is no longer "hostage" to international markets.The new scheme, similar to one already operating in Western Australia, will take effect in the middle of next year.

Victoria's Premier has reassured the community any safety concerns related to a group of women and children linked to ISIS have been addressed ahead of their arrival later today.The federal government says it's looking at developing an early education and care commission to improve safety in the childcare sector.A Jewish cafe owner has told the Royal Commission on antisemitism of the devastating loss she experienced when her business was hit by an alleged arson attack.Press the 'Follow' or '+' button on this show page to add us to your playlist, so you never miss an episode.For more news, politics and current affairs podcasts go to ABC listen.

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Ahead of next week's budget, addressing intergenerational fairness is shaping up as a central theme.

Ted Turner, who founded CNN in 1980 has died at the age of 87. Known for pioneering rolling 24-hour news coverage, he reshaped how audiences around the world consume news media. 

The federal government has halted plans for the Melbourne to Brisbane Inland Rail, amid concerns the project could cost more than $45 billion to complete. 

Necessary pain - that's how the Reserve Bank governor describes the latest interest rate rise.

The federal government will spend $74 million over the next two years to set up a national Counter Terrorism Online Centre... in an effort to curb youth radicalisation.

Celebrities and billionaires descended on New York for the traditional first Monday in May museum fundraiser.

The man accused of murdering five-year-old Kumanjayi Little Baby has been excused from appearing in court in the Northern Territory.

Location tracking apps have become a normal part of life, but some young adults say they feel stifled by their parents tracking them even after they turn 18.

The federal budget will be handed down next Tuesday, outlining the government's revenue and spending for the next four years. Budgets serve as the centrepiece of a government's agenda and the measures announced must be approved by parliament. The Treasurer Jim Chalmers has flagged a taxation shake-up as part of this budget, his fifth since Labor took office. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices