News by Alex Blair 28th Apr 2021 7:18 PM Fresh images of political rallies taking place in India have attracted strong criticism of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who has come under fire in recent weeks for his government s handling of the devastating second wave. A whopping 360,900 cases recorded on Wednesday - the most by a single country in a 24-hour period since the beginning of the pandemic - has scattered the nation s healthcare system, which is now dealing with over 3,000 deaths per day with dwindling oxygen supplies and waitlists for ICU beds. The nature of India s tightly-packed population has spelled disaster for social distancing as the latest mutated wave wreaks havoc through the country. New statistics out of Kolkata in the region of West Bengal revealed 45 per cent of civilians turning up for tests are returning positive results.
How Aussies could get $1k tax bonus A proposal to guarantee people money back at tax time – without hoarding receipts – could also help stamp out “gaming” of the system by high income earners.
Money by Sarah Sharples 27th Apr 2021 5:00 PM Filing a tax return can be a painful chore at the end of the financial year, but there s always the chance of getting a slab of money back. But what if you could throw out the tedious paperwork and still receive at least $400 to $1000, without the hassle of saving receipts? That s the proposal of a new Aussie think tank called Blueprint Institute, which has called for complex tax returns to be scrapped for around 80 per cent of taxpayers.
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News that a major new regulation may be coming for cigarette makers put investors in the US on alert today.
Shares of tobacco giant Altria Group, formerly known as Philip Morris, plunged following a report from the Wall Street Journal that said the Biden administration is considering mandating cigarette makers reduce the level of nicotine in their products to the point that they would no longer be addictive.
While nicotine doesn t directly cause disease, it is the highly addictive compound that helps to keep people using cigarettes.
A report that the Biden administration is planning to enforce new restrictions on Big Tobacco could have wide implications for the industry.(Getty)
The crops had a total potential street value of more than $36 million.
Later that day, ATO officers and Victoria Police located another 29 acres of crops in Beverford, destroying 183 tonnes of tobacco plants and 140kg of processed tobacco bales, worth more than $36.3 million in total.
The following day, authorities attended a third property, in Vinifera, and destroyed 60.7 tonnes of illegal tobacco, worth $12 million.
ATO Assistant Commissioner Ian Read said it was one of the biggest weeks disrupting illegal tobacco in Australia . Tobacco growing operations are not run by small producers or farmers. They are run by organised crime syndicates who deliberately engage in illegal activities to fund their extravagant lifestyles and other criminal activity, Mr Read said.