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Follow the day's news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLabor not watering down 30% tax on discretionary trusts, says assistant treasurer The assistant treasurer, Daniel Mulino, says Labor is not watering down proposed changes to put a minimum 30% tax on discretionary trusts.We're not watering this down. This is a very substantial review. This is about fairness in our tax system. It's about trying to better align the taxes that people pay when they earn income through trusts versus when they earn income from working, from providing their labour.These are changes that have been called for by experts for decades. If we go back to major reviews in the 1970s and all the way through the Howard government, the Henry review, even the Abbott government's review, these changes to trust taxation have been called for.I think he's getting that from lots of corners. People are saying that the Liberal party needs to do better.The polls are showing that the Liberal party is at an all-time low. And so, things have to change. Because there's something existential about the threat that I think the party now faces.Look, I certainly haven't closed the door, but I don't need to rush to a decision. The next election is 18 months away. Continue reading...
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Today In History
2001 — UN and Kofi Annan Awarded Nobel Peace Prize
The centennial Nobel Prize for Peace was awarded to the United Nations and the organization's secretary-general, Kofi Annan. How much do you know about the Nobel Prize? AP/Wide World Photos
2000 — Attack on USS Cole in Aden, Yemen
While preparing to refuel in the Yemeni port of Aden, the USS Cole, a U.S. naval destroyer, was attacked by suicide bombers associated with al-Qaeda; 17 sailors were killed and 39 wounded. U.S. Department of Defense
1999 — Wilt Chamberlain, Basketball Great, Dies at 63
American basketball player Wilt Chamberlain, who was considered one of the greatest offensive players in the history of the game, died at age 63. basketball quiz AP
1998 — Attack on Matthew Shepard Spurs Hate Crime Laws
American college student Matthew Shepard was beaten by two men, left to die in the cold, and died several days later in Fort Collins, Colorado. Shepard's homosexuality was believed to have motivated the attack, which contributed to expanded federal hate crime legislation.
1968 — Equatorial Guinea Gains Independence from Spain
Equatorial Guinea gained its independence from Spain
1915 — Execution of Nurse Edith Cavell in WWI
During World War I, English nurse Edith Cavellwas executed for assisting Allied soldiers in escaping from German-occupied Belgium
1901 — TR Renames the Executive Mansion to the White House
President Theodore Roosevelt officially changed the name of the president's residence at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C. from Executive Mansion to the White House. Take a tour of the White House
1898 — Virden Coal Mine Riot of 1898
A landmark in labour union history, a coal-mine riot took place in Virden, Illinois, when strikebreakers were brought in
1896 — Eugenio Montale Awarded Nobel Prize for Literature
Eugenio Montale, an Italian poet, prose writer, editor, and translator, was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1975. He was born in Genoa.
1866 — Birth of Ramsay MacDonald, First Labour Prime Minister
Ramsay Mac Donald, the first Labour Party prime minister of the United Kingdom—in the Labour governments of 1924 and 1929–31 and in the national coalition government of 1931–35—was born
1810 — First Oktoberfest Celebrates Bavarian Royal Wedding
The first Oktoberfest was celebrated in Munich, in the form of a horse race held in honour of the marriage of the crown prince of Bavaria (who later became King Louis I) to Princess Therese von Sachsen-Hildburghausen. Learn key facts about Oktoberfest Joe Viesti/The Viesti Collection
1492 — New World sighted
The New World was "discovered" this day in 1492 when land (most likely San Salvador) was sighted in the Caribbean from the Pinta, one of the three ships that participated in Christopher Columbus's historic voyage

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