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Anthony Albanese insists his remarks about Japanese leader Sanae Takaichi’s “melons” were not a crude joke, as Tokyo’s former ambassador in Canberra, Shingo Yamagami, warns the “insulting” comments have damaged the Prime Minister’s standing in Japan. Writing in The Australian, Mr Yamagami says the Prime Minister’s remarks on the crown melons he received from his Japanese counterpart during her recent visit to Australia were “unthoughtful” and showed a lack of strategic judgment. Ben Packham has more:
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Incredible footage has emerged of a jiu-jitsu-obsessed nurse taking down a violent patient at a hospital emergency department. Brisbane nurse Daniel Nelson posted CCTV footage of the incident to social media that has since been viewed more than 1.3 million times. Read the full story:
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In an extraordinary rebuke, Federal Court judge Ian Jackman has named and shamed six fellow judges who have failed to deliver decisions in cases up to three years after hearing them, condemning the “egregious” delays as “a real and growing threat to the rule of law in Australia”. Read more:
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A new tax on superannuation has been discovered among Labor’s capital gains rules that will hit an estimated $372bn worth of assets, prompting one of the biggest super funds in the country to demand a rethink, labelling it a “higher tax” on retirement. Matthew Cranston has more:
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The Albanese government has blindsided the financial sector with a surprise “death tax” on wills and estates, triggering urgent calls for clarification from wealth advisers. Under new budget measures, family trusts are set to be hit with a minimum 30 per cent tax rate. The new rule will also apply to the most common form of estate planning trust: the Testamentary Discretionary Trust. James Kirby has more:
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Peter V’landys looks set to leave Racing NSW and pursue an expanded power role at the NRL, with support building around a Goodell-style executive chairman model. As clubs weigh the risks of handing one man so much control, V’landys’ commercial success has made him harder than ever to stop. Andrew Webster has more:
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