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Millions of Australians will keep more of their money this year as the government plans to backdate tax cuts. With the country in recession for the first time in almost three decades, income tax cuts originally earmarked for July 2022 are set to be backdated to July 2020. The stage-two cuts will benefit middle-to-high income earners, giving those earning $100,000 an extra $1,665 each year and those earning $120,000 an extra $2,565. Millions of Australians will keep more of their money this year as the government plans to backdate tax cuts. Pictured: A tradeswoman at work This is how much you will get back after stage two tax cuts compared with the 2017-18 financial year. Most of these changes are already in place after stage one tax cuts. The difference this time is that  Aussies earning more than $100,000 will get $1,665 back and those on more than $120,000 will get $2,565 back. Under current tax rules those on $120,000 only get back $315 They build on stage-one cuts already introduce

More than 17,000 pensioners were forced to sell their homes to pay for social care last year, research by Money Mail reveals. The shocking figure means that 330 elderly residents each week are taking the desperate step despite Boris Johnson’s promise to fix the social care funding crisis. The calculations reveal the scale of the emergency, showing that the numbers forced to sell their hard-won homes have soared 45 per cent since 2000. The shocking figure means that 330 elderly residents each week are taking the desperate step despite Boris Johnson’s promise to fix the social care funding crisis File Last night campaigners called for urgent action and demanded a ‘national fund’ to pay for social care. Morgan Vine, of charity Independent Age, said: ‘The pandemic is not a reason not to act – it is the reason why action has never been more vital.’ On his first day in No 10 in July 2019, Mr Johnson vowed to make social care a priority and end the crisis ‘once and for all’. On his first day

Regional Victorians could be allowed to go on holiday in the Northern Territory from as early as the beginning of November.  NT Chief Minister Michael Gunner on Monday flagged November 2 as the date he could open the territory's borders to travellers from regional parts of Victoria - as long as the rate of COVID-19 transmission remains low. He said aside from metropolitan Melbourne, Geelong, Mitchell Shire, Macedon Ranges and East Gippsland, everywhere else in Victoria would have its hotspot rating dropped in four weeks by the NT government. Regional Victorians could be allowed to go on holiday in the Northern Territory from the beginning of November . Pictured a tourist at Uluru in the territory's south He added he could then be willing to extend the invitation to those from Melbourne where he said authorities were 'on the cusp' of crushing its second wave of cases.  New Zealanders will also be welcome in the NT under the Trans-Tasman bubble set to begin on October 16.

Kellyanne Conway's daughter, Claudia, said in a TikTok video on Sunday that she has tested positive for COVID-19 just two days after revealing her mother also has the virus.  Claudia, 15, captioned the video: 'Hey guys currently dying of covid.' The teen first revealed that her mother tested positive for COVID-19 in a TikTok video and Conway later took to Twitter to confirm.  'Update my mom has covid,' Claudia revealed on Friday. In another TikTok video, Claudia claimed that her mother was 'coughing all around the house'. Scroll down for video  Kellyanne Conway's daughter, Claudia, said in a TikTok video on Sunday that she has tested positive for COVID-19 just two days after revealing her mother also has the virus. In one video, Claudia claimed her mom had been 'coughing all around the house' It comes days after Conway attended a White House event that is now linked to at least seven other COVID-19 cases, including President Donald Trump and Fi

Boris Johnson has set an October 15 deadline for deciding whether a post-Brexit trade deal is possible as the UK and EU agreed to 'intensify' talks. The PM told commission president Ursula von der Leyen that 'time is running out' to break the deadlock over fishing rights and state aid rules. Amid fears that Brussels will try to run down the clock to secure concessions, Mr Johnson made clear in a phone call last night that Britain is ready to trade on 'Australian' terms - without any framework in place. Unless the structure of a deal has emerged by the time of a summit of EU leaders on October 15, the UK has threatened to walk away and focus on preparing for that outcome. Wrangling and rhetoric has escalated in recent weeks as the crunch moment in the trade discussions looms. The 'standstill' transition period is set to end on January 1 whether or not there is an agreement.  Boris Johnson (pictured last week) and Ursula Von Der Leyen 'took stock'

Victorians have lost faith in Victoria Police in record numbers during Melbourne's seemingly never-ending Stage Four lockdown, a new poll has revealed.  Disturbing results indicate only 42 per cent of Victorians now rate Victoria Police highly for their ethics and honesty compared to to a record high 76 percent in mid-2017. The fourth Roy Morgan snap SMS survey on Victoria’s Stage Four restrictions suggests Victoria Police has suffered a public relations nightmare amid disturbing allegations of heavy handed tactics.  Police arrest a woman on Elsternwick Beach last month after breaking up a protest at a nearby park A man is arrested on a Melbourne beach last month amid Stage Four lockdowns Victoria Police patrol through Chadstone Shopping Centre on September 20. Melburnians have complained they now live in a police state  Roy Morgan chief executive officer Michele Levine said Victoria Police had attracted a degree of controversy in recent weeks after the release of several videos

Donald Trump tested positive for COVID-19 but did not immediately reveal the information, choosing instead to appear on Fox News and await the results of a second test before his diagnosis was disclosed, it has been reported. Trump received a positive result on Thursday evening before his appearance on Sean Hannity's show. Speaking to the presenter, a friend, he did not reveal those results.  Instead, he confirmed earlier reports that Hope Hicks, one of his top aides, had tested positive for coronavirus and said he had also been tested. Donald Trump is pictured on Friday, having tested positive for COVID on Thursday night Trump announced the news of his test at 1am on Friday, despite having tested positive earlier He mentioned the second test he had taken that night for which he was awaiting results.  'I'll get my test back either tonight or tomorrow morning,' he said.  CBS News first reported, and the Wall Street Journal confirmed, that by that point, Trump had receive