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Property owners affected by Australia’s planned capital gains tax changes have been told not to rush to obtain a valuation before 30 June 2027. The Australian Taxation Office says a valuation prepared after that date may be used retrospectively, and could provide a more reliable assessment of a property’s market value. The changes are intended to distinguish between capital gains accruing before 1 July 2027 and those arising afterwards. However, tax will generally not become payable until the gain is realised, such as when the property is sold. Retrospective property valuations may be acceptable An ATO spokesman said there was…

A TikTok influencer and the daughter of Ecuadorian drug lord Adolfo ‘Fito’ Macías has been arrested in Colombia alongside her mother over an alleged $25.8 million (£19.2 million) money-laundering scheme. Michelle Jamileth Macías Penarrieta, 23, and Inda Mariela Penarrieta Tuarez were detained on Sunday in Sabana de Torres, a town in north-eastern Colombia, following a surveillance operation. The women are the daughter and wife of Macías, the leader of the Los Choneros gang, which was designated a terrorist organisation by the United States last year. Arrests linked to alleged Los Choneros money laundering Ecuadorian authorities allege that Michelle and her…

Hannah Brown reunited with her former partner Tyler Cameron backstage at Tuesday night’s Dancing With the Stars, posing alongside him and her former dance partner Alan Bersten. The 32-year-old former Bachelorette attended the programme’s Yacht Rock Night on September 29, where she was photographed smiling with Cameron and Bersten. Brown and Bersten won the Mirrorball Trophy during the competition’s 28th season in 2019. Cameron is competing in the current series alongside returning professional dancer Sharna Burgess. Cameron was the runner-up on Brown’s season of The Bachelorette and publicly supported her during her time on Dancing With the Stars. “Of course…

More than 200lb of marijuana has been seized in two alleged smuggling operations at Orlando International Airport, after police intercepted luggage arriving on domestic flights from Los Angeles. Orlando Police Department officers, working with drug-sniffing dogs, recovered a combined 202lb of cannabis from seven suitcases in separate incidents on 7 May and 1 July, according to court documents. In the first case, investigators said Alvonte Cooper collected two large cases from baggage belt 30 before tearing off the airline tags and throwing them away. A search allegedly uncovered 57.6lb of marijuana divided among 50 vacuum-sealed bags. The packages were wrapped…

PLC Resources has completed follow-up drilling at its Rochefort gold prospect in Western Australia’s Murchison region, with early logging indicating the programme reached the sheared, sulphide-bearing geology targeted by the company. The eight-hole reverse circulation campaign covered 1,896 metres and was designed to test extensions of a fractionated dolerite unit identified during an earlier five-hole programme in May. Samples from the latest drilling have been sent to the laboratory, with gold assays expected in four to six weeks. Until those results are returned, the presence and extent of any gold mineralisation remain unconfirmed. PLC said the logging showed sheared zones…

Nigel Farage has accused Labour of betraying pensioners by indicating that it plans to abolish the state pension triple lock from 2030. Writing after Andy Burnham’s speech at the Labour conference in Liverpool, the Reform UK leader said the policy would target people who had worked throughout their lives and paid National Insurance. The triple lock guarantees that the state pension rises by whichever is highest of inflation, average earnings growth or 2.5 per cent. Mr Farage argued that the Government should instead seek savings from areas including welfare, Net Zero schemes, foreign aid and migrant accommodation. Farage vows to…

A Florida mother has been accused of leaving her four children, including a two-month-old baby, alone at home while she took a three-day cruise to the Bahamas. Nathalie Belizaire, 29, of North Miami Beach, was arrested on Monday after disembarking from Carnival Conquest at PortMiami. She faces four counts of child neglect without great bodily harm. The children were discovered on Saturday after the father of the youngest child became concerned about their whereabouts. He had seen a WhatsApp post which appeared to show Belizaire had bought a Carnival cruise ticket. According to the arrest affidavit, Belizaire told him she…

Millions of dollars’ worth of cocaine held as evidence at a court in Fiji has gone missing or been tampered with. The drugs were being stored for use in trials involving alleged drug trafficking. The disappearance or interference affects cocaine intended to be presented as evidence in those cases.

Andy Burnham has put Labour’s electoral prospects on the line with a sweeping programme to scrap the pension triple lock, reset Britain’s relationship with the European Union and replace the first-past-the-post voting system. In his first speech to Labour’s annual conference in Liverpool, the Prime Minister said he wanted to “break the mould” of British politics and reverse what he described as the legacy of Thatcherism. The most contentious proposal is to remove the earnings element of the triple lock from 2030, generating savings for a National Care Service. The change is expected to reduce pension payments by £15 billion…

Ella Langley has said public criticism over her appearance, voice and music made her question whether she was strong enough for fame. The 27-year-old country singer addressed the scrutiny during a recent performance in Columbus, Ohio, telling the audience that she had faced more opinions about herself over the past year than ever before. “I don’t think I’ve ever had more opinions on myself in my life than I have in this last year. The way I look, the way I speak, the way I dress, the way I sing, the way I write,” Langley said. Ella Langley says criticism…