{
  "id": 14467476,
  "title": "Tax changes to discretionary trusts are likely – what is happening and why are some Australians upset?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/tax-changes-to-discretionary-trusts-are-likely-what-is-happening-and",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-14T14:00:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian Australia",
    "slug": "the-guardian-australia",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/15/australia-discretionary-trusts-tax-changes-labor-coalition"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Most Australians don’t use trusts, but the government’s planned changes to the tax status of them has proven controversial Get our new political email , free app or daily news podcast The Albanese government on Wednesday introduced into parliament rules that will place a minimum 30% tax on income received from discretionary trusts. It is the latest legislation from what Jim Chalmers, the…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}