The Federal Budget plan to make property investment less tax-friendly could also leave ordinary shareholders and startups paying more when they sell their respective shares or businesses.

Young Australians who buy properties to rent out so they can eventually sell them to buy their dream house in a big city are the biggest losers in Labor’s negative gearing and capital gains tax changes.

She heard her baby crying and her dog barking. Then she found her baby dead.

The first season of Citadel cost a reported $US300 million and arrived with so much fanfare. The follow-up, not so much. It’s hard to imagine how this attempted franchise survives.

Steve Nease

MYSTERY MATH Re “Gains in spring economic update already cashed” (Bryan Passifiume, May 1): Nice picture of Mark Carney and Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne all smiles and clapping about their newly released economic update. Yep, wonderful job, guys. Unfortunately you missed one minor point, which Passifiume’s article clearly addresses: “The budget update shows the debt […]

SUNshine Girl Candice is a Leo who, appropriately, is the proud cat mama to Cornelius. Candice enjoys drinking white wine and attending concerts — Sam Smith is her favourite singer — when she isn’t staying active with snowboarding and curling. (TORONTO SUN)