The agriculture minister, Julie Collins, says primary producer income will be exempt from the new 30% tax on discretionary trusts. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSyrian children should be treated ‘sensitively and gently’, Ryan saysIndependent MP Monique Ryan says the women and children returning from a Syrian camp should be treated gently, after they arrived in Australia last night.We’re talking about kids who have grown up in a camp in Syria who haven’t been exposed to Australia at all, and I would suggest that we should treat them sensitively and gently upon their arrival.
And remember that there’s vulnerable kids and that the last thing they need to be subjected to on their arrival is an aggressive media. Continue reading...
