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Treasurer flags tax reform; ASX smashes ...

Fear and Greed
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Friday 22 August 2025

Treasurer Jim Chalmers flags tax reform as his three day summit wraps up. 

And more, including:

  • The local sharemarket smashes through 9000 points for the first time. 
  • Rebel Sport says theft from stores has reached an ‘industrial level’. 
  • The major mismatch in Australia’s housing market.
  • Fed Chair Jerome Powell set to give ‘the speech of his life’

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