Afternoon Update: Labor and Greens reach tax deal; Karl Stefanovic embraces far-right activist; and World Cup’s biggest…

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The Greens will support the Albanese government’s negative gearing and capital gains tax changes under a deal that will delay and tweak Labor’s planned overhaul of the national disability insurance scheme.

The minor party announced its position on Tuesday morning, clearing the path for Labor to pass its contentious budget centrepiece before federal parliament rises for the winter break.

“Most Australians have nothing to sell but their time, nothing to give but their hard work, and that’s how they earn an income,” Anthony Albanese said.

“That’s how they put food on the table, and we want those people, those hard-working Australians, to have the opportunity to own their own home.”

The Greens leader, Larissa Waters, said Labor’s reforms to the tax breaks “could have been so much better” but were nevertheless a “small step in the right direction”.

Top news

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World Cup 2026

It was a great day for football’s superstar strikers with three of the best on the scoresheet at the World Cup. Argentina’s Lionel Messi became the top goalscorer in World Cup history with a brace in the 2-0 win over Austria. Having missed an early penalty the superstar forward made amends to surpass Germany’s Miroslav Klose with his 17th and 18th World Cup goals.

Kylian Mbappé, for France, and Erling Haaland, for Norway, also grabbed doubles as their teams qualified for the next stage.

Meanwhile, the Opta supercomputer has delivered its verdict on if Australia will qualify out of their group and reach the round of 32.

In pictures

Paris was due to register its highest temperature for June, reaching 38.4C, according to preliminary numbers from the Meteo-France. It comes as the number of people exposed to dangerous heat stress worldwide has risen sharply over the last half century propelled by climate change, according to a study.

What they said …

“Wanker.” – Channel Nine presenter Karl Stefanovic when asked to finish the sentence “Keir Starmer is a …”

Stefanovic has posted a video of himself embracing the UK far-right activist Tommy Robinson, who is set to appear on his podcast.

Podcast

Today in Focus: Where did it all go wrong for Starmer?

The UK has lost its sixth prime minister in a decade. How did Keir Starmer go from landslide victory to resigning in two years? Guardian columnist Rafael Behr tells Nosheen Iqbal why Starmer seemed so strong in opposition, but found it so hard to lead.

Before bed read

Musicians are losing jobs, or are stretched further in the gigs they can get, as KeyComp and other AI technologies replace human players in the pit.

During The Lion King’s Australian debut season in 2003, there would have been 17 players. Now there are just 11.

But The Lion King isn’t the only musical reducing the size of its bands and orchestras. Armed with increasingly sophisticated software, commercial musical theatre productions worldwide are culling musicians to reduce costs.

Daily word game

Today’s starter word is: KAT. You have five goes to get the longest word including the starter word. Play Wordiply.

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