Tim Wilson says his objective is to ‘defeat’ changes to capital gains and negative gearing. Follow today’s news live See all our Australia Budget 2026 coverage Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Australia to send military plane to Strait of Hormuz reopening mission Australia will join an international mission to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, with plans to contribute a hi-tech surveillance plane to the effort. Our intention is to contribute Australia’s world-leading E-7A Wedgetail aircraft to this defensive effort. While this platform [the Wedgetail] is already doing work in the region, providing this capability would make a valuable contribution to the multinational mission and efforts to secure freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz. We want to see this conflict end, the Strait of Hormuz open and freedom of navigation resume. The longer this conflict goes on the more significant the impact on Australia will be. Our government is doing all we can to shield Australians from the impacts. Continue reading...
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TUE · 2026-05-12 · 21:54 GMTBRIEF NSR-2026-0512-75731
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Budget 2026 live updates: Chalmers on media blitz to sell ‘contentious’ budget; shadow treasurer says Coalition will try to block tax reforms
Australia will contribute a hi-tech E-7A Wedgetail surveillance plane to an international mission aimed at reopening the Strait of Hormuz and ensuring freedom of navigation. This move comes as Treasurer Jim Chalmers engages in a media campaign to promote the government's "contentious" Budget 2026, which includes proposed reforms to capital gains tax and negative gearing.
Krishani DhanjiThe Guardian - World NewsFiled 2026-05-12 · 21:54 GMTLean · Center-LeftRead · 1 min
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Australia will contribute a hi-tech E-7A Wedgetail surveillance plane to an international mission aimed at reopening the Strait of Hormuz and ensuring freedom of navigation. This move comes as Treasurer Jim Chalmers engages in a media campaign to promote the government's "contentious" Budget 2026, which includes proposed reforms to capital gains tax and negative gearing. Shadow Treasurer Tim Wilson has stated the Coalition's intention to block these tax changes. The government emphasizes that the military deployment is a defensive effort to mitigate the economic impacts of the ongoing conflict on Australia.
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Tim Wilson's objective is to 'defeat' changes to capital gains and negative gearing.
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Australia plans to contribute a hi-tech surveillance plane (E-7A Wedgetail) to the effort.
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Australia will join an international mission to reopen the strait of Hormuz.
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The government is doing all it can to shield Australians from the impacts of the conflict.
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