Budget detonates housing tax shake-up: negative gearing, CGT and trusts in the firing line Labor’s 2026 budget proposes winding back investor tax concessions—limiting negative gearing and the capital gains discount and tightening trust arrangements—while redirecting benefits to wage earners via a new offset and housing affordability measures. It sets up a defining political fight over “broken promises” versus intergenerational fairness, with the Coalition and investor groups expected to campaign hard against it. Covered by: The Age, Sydney Morning Herald, The West Australian, Herald Sun, Daily Telegraph, Sydney Morning Herald. “$77bn tax grab” vs “fairness reset”: the budget’s battle lines harden Conservative and tabloid front pages frame the budget as a sweeping tax hike and a betrayal of earlier assurances, while others argue it’s a necessary rebalancing away from wealth and toward work. The rhetoric matters because it will shape public consent for reform and

The Mumbai Press Club has opened a month-long photo exhibition titled “The Eye That Never Closes” in memory of veteran photojournalist Rajanish Kakade, who passed away in February this year. Inaugurated on May 8 by Uddhav Thackeray, chief of Shiv Sena (UBT), with Sanjay Raut also in attendance, the exhibition pays tribute to Kakade’s contributions to photojournalism and his long association with the press club as an office bearer. “Photography is an art and Rajanish was a master of it. His work will continue to inspire generations of people interested in photography,” said Samar Khadas, President, Mumbai Press Club, recalling Kakade’s immense contribution to visual journalism. He added that the exhibition is a homage to their friend and colleague, thanking the Associated Press for supporting the initiative and helping showcase Kakade’s work. As a senior photojournalist with the Associated Press since 2008, Kakade documented India’s politics, culture, and the every

Tuesday, 12 May 2026 #1  ·  Times City  ·  Investigative Pin-Drop Silence: Location Mapping Poses A Problem By Staff Reporter   ·   The Times of India  ·  Page Unknown The story investigates the self-enumeration process for location mapping in Delhi, revealing that officials can only mark nearby areas rather than precise addresses, creating systemic gaps in civic data accuracy. It examines the North East District's progress in completed entries and highlights structural problems with how household-level data is being captured. The report draws on official statements and on-ground observations to frame the consequences for policy and service delivery. The story goes beyond a routine civic update to expose a methodological flaw in official data-collection that has downstream consequences for urban governance, anchoring abstract bureaucratic dysfunction in concrete field-level evidence. #2  · 

Marking nearly 25 years of grassroots journalism, ten women reporters from Khabar Lahariya have released their collective memoir, The Good Reporter: A Memoir of Journalism in the 21st Century, published by Simon & Schuster and translated into Hindi as Badi Aayi Patrakar. The book was launched in Delhi on May 8. The memoir captures the personal and professional journeys of women journalists working in rural India, reflecting on the challenges they face within the media industry and society. Speaking to Influencing, Kavita Bundelkhandi, co-founder and editor-in-chief of Khabar Lahariya, said the book reveals the realities behind their reporting.  “To date, people have only read or seen stories that have been written by the incredible reporters of Khabar Lahariya. But no one knows the hardships we face in the field of journalism,” she said. Bundelkhandi noted that the memoir is not limited to struggles.  “The book is a mix of emotions and challenges that we have face

Budget tax overhaul sparks backlash as bracket creep and CGT loom Multiple papers lead with warnings that the government’s coming budget “tax reform” agenda could be quickly swallowed by bracket creep, while bigger structural changes—particularly to capital gains and negative gearing—are back on the table. The significance is twofold: households face immediate cost-of-living pressure, and the politics of selling tax increases is becoming harder as Labor defends broken promises and tests its mandate on housing and investment concessions. Covered by: The Australian, Australian Financial Review, Courier Mail, The West Australian, The Australian. Debt and deficits dominate: $1.5 trillion warning collides with “no surplus” reality Front pages sharpen the fiscal stakes ahead of budget night, with economists warning gross debt could surge towards $1.5 trillion by decade’s end as interest costs bite. The message across outlets is that even w

  In an age of endless scrolling and shrinking attention spans, documentary filmmakers are choosing to move differently.While breaking news disappears within hours and headlines are replaced by the next cycle almost instantly, documentaries often stay with a subject long after public attention fades. They return to landscapes people have stopped looking at, spend time with communities still waiting for justice, and document realities too slow, complex, or uncomfortable for mainstream news cycles. Increasingly, that work is beginning to resemble journalism in its purest form. And the world is paying attention. Indian documentary filmmaking has witnessed a remarkable rise on the global stage over the past few years. In 2021, Writing with Fire, following Dalit women journalists, won at Sundance and later received an Oscar nomination. In 2022, The Elephant Whisperers won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short, while All That Breathes earned recognition at both Sundance and

Deputy Editor of The Hindu, Afshan Yasmeen, has been recognised with the Excellence in Blood Cancer and Blood Disorders Reporting Award at the Lifesaver’s Honours Night 2026. The award celebrates her impactful story, “A Silent Burden: Thalassaemia Patients in Karnataka Battle Disease with Hope and Hardship,” which highlighted the struggles of patients and caregivers while capturing their resilience. With a journalism career spanning over three decades, Yasmeen said the honour holds special meaning. “I covered the civic beat till 2006-07 and later took up the health beat”, she recalled. What began as a shift in responsibilities evolved into a purposeful journey in health journalism. Over the years, Yasmeen has reported extensively on public health, patient struggles, healthcare systems, and medical awareness, producing stories that directly impact readers’ lives. Reflecting on the recognition, she credited her organisation for encouraging in-depth reporting: “The award