Australia politics live: Albanese denies tax reforms aimed at courting votes from growing gen Z cohort

Angus Taylor to give budget reply speech tonight. Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Good morning and welcome to our live politics blog. I’m Martin Farrer with the top overnight stories and then Nick Visser will take the helm (with Krishani Dhanji ready to take over this afternoon in the lead-up to tonight’s budget reply speech from Angus Taylor ). Anthony Albanese has denied that the additional 700,000 gen Z voters being added to the electoral
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- Australia politics live: Albanese denies tax reforms aimed at courting votes from growing gen Z cohortGuardian - World · Nick Visser · May 13, 2026, 10:11 PM
- Australia politics live: Taylor unveils policy to block noncitizens from access to 17 benefits including paid parental leaveGuardian - World · Nick Visser · May 13, 2026, 10:29 PM
- Australia politics live: Taylor reveals plan to block noncitizens from access to 17 benefits including paid parental leaveGuardian - World · Nick Visser · May 13, 2026, 11:44 PM
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