PM leaves door open to discretionary trust tax changes — as it happened

We need to get on with the action."She says the next phase of consultation on the national plan to end violence against women, that Social Services Minister Tanya Plibersek launched today, is "very comprehensive".Independent MP Sophie Scamps is feeling pretty confident the government will make concessions for start-ups and the tech sector in tweaks to its capital gains tax shake-up."I think they will .. So no, our perspective hasn't changed," Taylor says.Opposition Leader Angus Taylor has stepped up for a press conference with Deputy Liberal Leader Jane Hume at a business in Melbourne.The Nine Newspapers report Labor is open to changing its decision to levy discretionary testamentary trusts with a 30 per cent tax on income.Taylor says the government is panicking about the reaction to the budget and that carve-outs for some sectors won't go far enough."We want an axe," Taylor says."What they're saying now is they're saying we'll have a carve-out for tech entrepreneurs but not for a hairdresser, not for a fitness instructor."There's a panic and they're scrambling for the exit because they hadn't realised what they were doing."Liberal senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price has denied she agreed with a podcaster that Australia should stop "hundreds of thousands" of migrants coming from India, China, Africa and the Middle East, saying her concerns were "not about race".The Northern Territory senator has dismissed accusations she supported the claim particular ethnic groups were "flooding" Australia during an interview on the 2 Worlds Collide podcast released on Thursday.Read the full story from chief digital correspondent Clare Armstrong and political reporter Sara Tomevska in the link below.