Topic: Tax & Budget — Neutral reports only
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[2026-09-03 18:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: As Chinese tech giants ramp up artificial intelligence spending, TikTok’s parent company is set to expand data centres in Ulanqab
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[2026-09-03 18:12 UTC+10:00] [Ulanqab] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: As Chinese tech giants ramp up artificial intelligence spending, TikTok’s parent company is set to expand data centres in Ulanqab
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[2026-09-03 17:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing ‘deeply regrets’ a consensus was not reached after opposing some of the language used, and China urges deficit countries to cut spending
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[2026-09-03 17:11 UTC+10:00] [Chinese] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing ‘deeply regrets’ a consensus was not reached after opposing some of the language used, and China urges deficit countries to cut spending
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[2026-09-03 17:06 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Small business operators will avoid state government stamp duties if they re-arrange their tax affairs after the Treasurer Jim Chalmers revealed an overhaul of his budget reforms to family trusts.
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[2026-09-03 16:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: How much of your paycheck would a pension replace in retirement?
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[2026-09-03 15:59 UTC+10:00] [Data and Documents] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: Commuters and pedestrians wade through floodwaters during heavy monsoon rains, along Taft Avenue corner Pedro Gil in Manila on August 17, 2026.
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[2026-09-03 15:45 UTC+10:00] [World / Europe] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: London: Smooth talk could not save Andy Burnham from the rough reality of the debt markets on Wednesday (London time) when he took his first questions in parliament since becoming British prime minister just over six weeks ago.
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[2026-09-03 15:23 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Australia’s leading medical body has labelled the Coalition’s plan to slash tax on a packet of cigarettes by $24 and legalise vapes a “reckless” move that will damage public health, as the opposition frames the move as an assault on organised crime.
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[2026-09-03 14:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang stressed the need for stronger fiscal discipline after the Philippine peso slid to another record low against the United States dollar.
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[2026-09-03 14:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Ferries transport vehicles and cargo at Cat Lai Port in Ho Chi Minh City on April 6. While Vietnam's exports boomed in the first eight months of the year, so did imports, nudging the country into a trade deficit. © Getty Images
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[2026-09-03 14:46 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: September 3, 2026 14:46 | News
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[2026-09-03 14:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The global bond rout is raising borrowing costs across the economy and forcing governments, companies and consumers to confront the possibility that expensive debt is here to stay.
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[2026-09-03 14:05 UTC+10:00] [Brussels Playbook Podcast] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Stories driving the day in Brussels and beyond.
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[2026-09-03 14:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Federal Government
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[2026-09-03 12:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Several of the papers on Thursday home in on a warning to Andy Burnham from the City of London. It says there will be "markets chaos" if the new prime minister does not rein in spending, cautioning that he cannot "borrow his way out of this". The Telegraph notes Burnham refused to rule out more borrowing during his first Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday.
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[2026-09-03 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: SCMP learns inaugural Festival of Connoisseurs to receive some of HK$100 million set aside for MICE sector under 2026-27 budget
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[2026-09-03 12:00 UTC+10:00] [LEAP East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: SCMP learns inaugural Festival of Connoisseurs to receive some of HK$100 million set aside for MICE sector under 2026-27 budget
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[2026-09-03 10:41 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Treasurer Jim Chalmers has defended the government’s changes to negative gearing and the capital gains tax discount after admitting the budget overhaul is contributing to the fall in housing prices, insisting the downturn is temporary and will resolve over time.
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[2026-09-03 10:24 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: Asian Consulting Group
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[2026-09-03 09:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Broadcom on Wednesday evening beat quarterly earnings expectations and provided a strong multiyear revenue forecast for its artificial intelligence custom chip business. Revenue in the fiscal third quarter of 2026, which ended Aug. 2, rose 85% year-over-year to $29.59 billion, a slight beat versus the $29.36 billion consensus forecast, according to estimates compiled by LSEG.
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[2026-09-03 09:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Almost half of people in Britain live in areas where economic growth does not translate into a better quality of life with a "stark" North-South divide in the spending power of households, a new report finds.
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[2026-09-03 07:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: Budget built on boomGovernment spending is surging on the back of chip-driven tax windfall that may not last
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[2026-09-03 07:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines ─ Senate Presiding Officer Chiz Escudero on Wednesday announced the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte will continue with whole-day hearings starting this October, as the chamber adjusts its schedule for the deliberations of the 2027 national budget.
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[2026-09-03 07:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Angus Taylor has promised to "shut down" the illicit tobacco trade. (ABC News: Ian Cutmore)
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[2026-09-03 06:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Government and Politics
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[2026-09-03 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Transfer window] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The transfer window has broken all rational rules and limits, leaving us to marvel and, ultimately, pick up the bill
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[2026-09-03 04:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines ─ Akbayan Party-list Rep. Chel Diokno welcomed the Energy Regulatory Commission’s commitment to expedite the removal of the 12-percent value-added tax on electricity system loss charges, saying the move could provide relief to millions of Filipino consumers facing high electricity bills.
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[2026-09-03 03:30 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: September 3, 2026 03:30 | News
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[2026-09-03 02:39 UTC+10:00] [Budget] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas on Wednesday poured cold water on plans to overhaul the bloc’s diplomatic branch, arguing that better enforcement of the current rules would make its foreign policy more effective.
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[2026-09-03 02:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has to remove the value-added tax (VAT) imposed on system loss charges, targeting the issuance of an implementing order by mid-September.
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[2026-09-03 02:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has proposed P69.9 billion for three rice programs in 2027 aimed at increasing local production, raising farmers’ incomes, and making rice more affordable.
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[2026-09-03 02:10 UTC+10:00] [Budget] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Le grand sujet politique du jour, analysé en 15 minutes par les journalistes de POLITICO. Du lundi au jeudi, avant 18h.
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[2026-09-03 01:46 UTC+10:00] [Budget] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: European Council President António Costa is warning governments that they will be worse off if they fail to agree to new EU-wide taxes to finance the bloc’s next seven-year budget.
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[2026-09-03 01:29 UTC+10:00] [Premier League] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: After record spending in the transfer market, England’s top clubs have widened the gap to their European counterparts
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[2026-09-03 00:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Health workers and health advocates on Sept. 2, 2026 rally near the House of Representatives in Quezon City as lawmakers deliberate on the proposed 2027 budget of the Department of Health (DOH), opposing what they said were billions of pesos in cuts to public hospitals. According to the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) on Aug.
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[2026-09-03 00:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Uber Technologies is cutting about 3,300 roles, or 10 per cent of its staff worldwide, in a vast restructuring aimed at reducing layers of management and reallocating spending within its ride-sharing, delivery and robotaxi businesses.
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[2026-09-02 23:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Bloomberg obtained a letter from Uber Technologies CEO Dara Khosrowshahi to employees announcing "significant organizational changes" across the company aimed at reallocating spending toward delivery, artificial intelligence, and an increasingly expensive robotaxi buildout.
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[2026-09-02 23:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has pressed Andy Burnham over UK borrowing and spending at his first Prime Minister's Questions.
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[2026-09-02 19:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: With tax cuts and a factory boom offsetting oil volatility, analysts expect momentum to hold – if El Nino doesn’t wreck the harvest
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[2026-09-02 19:34 UTC+10:00] [AI] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: With tax cuts and a factory boom offsetting oil volatility, analysts expect momentum to hold – if El Nino doesn’t wreck the harvest
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[2026-09-02 19:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Federation of Public Housing Estates say recent cuts to MPF administration fees make now an ideal time to relax withdrawal restrictions
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[2026-09-02 19:28 UTC+10:00] [Hong Kong] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Federation of Public Housing Estates say recent cuts to MPF administration fees make now an ideal time to relax withdrawal restrictions
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[2026-09-02 19:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: U.S. Treasury yields were broadly higher on Wednesday as inflation and debt concerns pressured global government borrowing costs.
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[2026-09-02 18:58 UTC+10:00] [Ryanair] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Budget carrier says airlines could go bust as it cuts passenger targets to reduce exposure to ‘unhedged winter oil’
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[2026-09-02 18:47 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: Already have Rappler+? Sign in to listen to groundbreaking journalism.
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[2026-09-02 18:36 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-09-02 18:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Local Spain
Snippet: Between 2009 and 2024, many wealthy people based in Spain made the move to Portugal to take advantage of a more favourable tax regime. Now the Iberian neighbour's fiscal perks are running out, they're looking to return to Spain to do the same.
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[2026-09-02 18:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Local Government
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[2026-09-02 15:48 UTC+10:00] [National News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: Already have Rappler+? Sign in to listen to groundbreaking journalism.
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