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‘New Partner’: Memes Mocking Albo Go Viral on Social Media
Business owners say the budget change could leave sellers facing up to a 47% tax rate.
- Small business owners are flooding social media with AI-generated memes mocking Prime Minister Anthony Albanese as their unwanted "new business partner" following Capital Gains Tax changes.
- The viral trend stems from Federal Budget measures ending the 50 per cent Capital Gains Tax discount, leaving business owners facing the possibility of paying 47 per cent tax when selling their companies.
- Multimillionaire Boost Juice founder Janine Allis called the tax changes "just so unfair," while Narellan Pools Ipswich joked that Albanese receives 47 per cent equity without contributing.
- Treasurer Jim Chalmers insisted on Tuesday that existing tax concessions remain unchanged, while Opposition Leader Angus Taylor alleged small businesses are "under attack" to fund Labor Party spending.
- Chalmers argues the reforms aim to rebalance investment across the economy, though critics like Allis warn the policy will kill business ambition and ward off global investment.
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‘47 Percent Stake’: Small Businesses Turn to AI Memes Against Labor’s Broader Taxes
From restaurants, hairdressers, and roofers to mechanics, a new online trend is taking off with Australian business owners reacting strongly to the Labor government’s new taxes on wealth creation vehicles. Last week, Labor overhauled negative gearing on property investments, expanded the capital gains tax, and imposed a new 30 percent tax on discretionary trusts—a legal tool often used by small businesses to help split income and lower their tax…
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Leaning Left2Leaning Right5Center1Last UpdatedBias Distribution62% Right
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- 62% of the sources lean Right
62% Right
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13%
R 62%
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