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News.com.au
7 days ago
- General
- News.com.au
Diamonds star left ‘in agony' as NZ move lasts just three games in ‘big blow' for her team
Diamonds squad member Donnell Wallam has been sent for specialist scans after injuring her wrist in a nasty fall while playing in New Zealand. The star goal shooter's return to play now remains unclear, with Diamonds medical staff to be consulted on the best option for the 31-year-old. Watch every game of the 2025 Suncorp Super Netball season, LIVE on Kayo. New to Kayo? Get your first month for just $1. Limited time offer. Wallam, playing for the Northern Mystics, had been attempting to keep the ball in play off a rebound when she turned to shoot and fell awkwardly, landing on her left arm. It's the same arm Wallam broke while playing under Dan Ryan in England for the Leeds Rhinos before she would go on to light up Super Netball and earn a fairytale Australian call up. Wallam's injury late in the third term of her side's thrilling win over the Southern Steel was described as a 'big, big blow' for the Mystics. 'She took a hard fall,' commentator Jeff McTainsh said. 'She's coming off here, not happy. She landed hard trying to keep it in. 'Just tried to break her fall Wallam, stuck out her left wrist. 'A big, big blow for the Northern Mystics.' Fellow commentator Kruze Tangira said his 'heart dropped' watching Wallam immediately clutch at her injured wrist. 'My stomach was in knots seeing that,' Tangira said. 'She tried to attempt that shot and just fell heavily on her left wrist. 'She was attempting to get the ball back in, we've seen that in previous games where she does a little flick behind the post. 'As soon as it happened, she grabbed that left wrist obviously in agony.' Wallam stayed on court for almost a minute before she was able to head to the bench and not return for the remainder of the contest. The Aussie star recruit was clearly in pain as she made her way from the court. In a statement released on Tuesday, the Mystics confirmed Wallam would be sidelined indefinitely. 'Donnell Wallam is currently undergoing treatment for a hand injury that she suffered in the Mystics Round 3 clash with the Southern Steel,' the club said. 'Donnell will be seeing a hand specialist this week and a return to play plan will be confirmed following consultation with Mystics and Australian Diamonds medical teams. 'We wish Donnell a speedy recovery and can't wait to have her back on court.' Wallam was only in her third game across the ditch after moving on from Super Netball when not offered a deal at the Queensland Firebirds. The goal shooter was sitting inside the league's top five for goals scored – alongside fellow Aussie recruit Charlie Bell at the Stars – before she suffered the arm injury. Wallam is the player who replaced Super Netball's superstar recruit Grace Nweke at the three-time ANZ Premiership champions.
CBS News
22-05-2025
- Business
- CBS News
Some homeowners could get a fat deduction under the new GOP tax bill. Here's what to know.
Some U.S. homeowners may soon get a sizable tax break thanks to the massive budget package that was passed by the House early Thursday. The legislation — dubbed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act — includes a provision that would lift the tax deduction cap for state and local taxes, or SALT, to $40,000 from its current $10,000 limit. That could provide tax savings for homeowners with high property taxes or who earn enough to have significant state income tax liabilities. The SALT deduction cap was introduced by Mr. Trump in his 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act as a way to offset that legislation's tax breaks, such as its reduction in individual income tax rates. Prior to that law, there was no limit on how much in state and local taxes taxpayers could deduct from their federal income taxes. The unlimited SALT deduction had been criticized by some policy experts as mainly benefiting upper-income homeowners in states with high taxes, such as New York and California. But with real estate values surging in recent years, more homeowners around the U.S. are now getting socked with higher property taxes and bumping against the SALT deduction limit, prompting some lawmakers to call for changes to the $10,000 cap. The SALT deduction limit "really eliminated a fairly significant deduction for most taxpayers in Massachusetts, especially given how high property taxes can be here," Boston tax attorney Dan Ryan told CBS News Boston. The backers of the new bill "needed to keep Republicans in New York, New Jersey and California happy," which led to the negotiation for a higher SALT limit, he added. To be sure, the tax and spending bill could undergo more changes before it reaches President Trump's desk. The measure must now go to the Senate, where some Republicans have already expressed opposition to certain aspects of the bill, such as Medicaid spending cuts. What is the SALT deduction cap? The SALT deduction cap was introduced in the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, or TCJA, and capped the deduction at $10,000 for both single and married couples. The provision covers state income taxes, property taxes and sales taxes. In 2017, the Treasury Department estimated that almost 11 million taxpayers in high-tax states like New York and New Jersey would forfeit $323 billion in deductions because of the new cap. Some lawmakers criticized the deduction limit for its marriage penalty, given that married couples are subject to the same SALT deduction threshold as single filers. Typically, tax provisions are more generous for married couples because they are designed to cover two individuals. For instance, the standard deduction for married couples is $30,000 in 2025, double the $15,000 standard deduction for single filers. What's changing with the SALT deduction cap? The House tax bill lifts the SALT deduction cap to $40,000, with the new threshold scheduled to take effect for the current 2025 tax year. An earlier version of the bill had proposed a $30,000 deduction limit, but some lawmakers pushed for a higher threshold to help more homeowners. The change was hailed by Republicans from high-tax congressional districts. Rep. Mike Lawler of New York said in a social media post that the increased SALT limit would ease "the tax burden for middle-class and working families." "This includes annual increases for inflation and income caps to ensure this is not a handout for the uber wealthy," Lawler added. The full $40,000 deduction would only be available to filers with household incomes below $500,000. Those who earn above that amount would face a phaseout, although the deduction wouldn't go lower than $10,000. Both the cap and the income limit would increase 1% per year over the next decade, according to a May 22 analysis from law firm Kutak Rock. Who could benefit from the higher SALT cap? People whose deductible expenses — including property taxes, state income taxes and mortgage interest — exceed their standard deduction could benefit from the higher SALT cap. For instance, a married couple would need those costs to surpass their 2025 standard deduction of $30,000 to take advantage of the higher SALT cap. That's because taxpayers typically claim whatever is higher — the standard deduction or their total itemized deductions — to maximize the amount they can tap to lower their federal tax liability. "It will benefit homeowners, especially people who live in wealthier towns with higher property taxes, and higher income taxpayers," Ryan, the tax attorney, told CBS News Boston. High-income homeowners would be the most likely to qualify for the new deduction, with more than half of the benefit going to taxpayers making at least $400,000, according to the Tax Policy Center, a nonpartisan think tank. How much would raising the SALT cap cost the U.S.? If adopted, lifting the SALT cap would result in the federal government forgoing more tax revenue, policy experts say. The $40,000 limit would result in a loss of nearly $334 billion in tax revenue over the next decade, when compared with keeping the $10,000 cap in place, according to an analysis from the Penn Wharton Budget Model, a University of Pennsylvania nonpartisan group that analyzes the fiscal impact of policy. That adds to the cost of a bill that has been criticized by some experts and lawmakers as introducing new tax breaks that could outstrip any savings in the legislation and trillions to the U.S. debt. The Penn Wharton Budget Model "has projected that America will face certain risk of a fiscal crisis within the next two decades, eroding household purchasing power, unless action is taken to reduce federal deficits," Kent Smetters, head of the group, said in a email after the House passed the budget package.
CBS News
21-05-2025
- Business
- CBS News
Keller: Trump's "big, beautiful bill" could mean tax breaks for many in Massachusetts
The opinions expressed below are Jon Keller's, not those of WBZ, CBS News or Paramount Global. Every member of the Massachusetts delegation is considered likely to vote against the huge Republican tax cut bill making it's way through Congress. But did you know that bill seems sure to include a large tax break for many local residents? What is SALT? Back in 2017 when President Trump signed off on a nearly $2 trillion tax cut bill, one class of taxpayers took a big hit. Previously, uncapped deductions of state and local taxes - or "SALT" - from your federal tax bill were suddenly capped at $10,000 a year. And Republicans from wealthy districts like Rep. Mike Lawler from suburban New York have been waiting ever since for their chance to lift that cap. "We said very clearly that SALT had to be addressed," Lawler said amid meetings over the bill. But if the SALT deal reportedly hammered out Wednesday holds and raises the cap to $40,000 for those earning up to $500,000, the work of these blue-state conservatives will be a windfall for some in the bluest state of all. "Adjusting the SALT cap is a good thing for Massachusetts," said Doug Howgate, head of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation. "I think it'll be great for Massachusetts taxpayers," added veteran local tax attorney Dan Ryan of the firm Sullivan & Worcester. Both experts hailed the tentative deal as long-awaited relief from the 2017 tax bite. "It will benefit homeowners, especially people who live in wealthier towns with higher property taxes, and higher-income taxpayers," said Ryan. Push for new corporate taxes in Massachusetts To Howgate, it's "something that's gonna provide, I think, some relief to folks in Massachusetts and also mitigate against some impacts of tax policies like some impacts of the surtax." That's a reference to the so-called Millionaire's Tax voters approved in 2022, the object of bitter complaints about a hostile tax climate from many of the same folks who now stand to pocket a fat tax cut if DC passes the SALT. "That narrative still continues to some extent that the Millionaire's Tax has been too much of a burden on certain Massachusetts residents," said State Sen. Jamie Eldridge, Senate chair of the Joint Committee on Revenue. "And so this will certainly give a lot of those people a break." At the same time, we're hearing dire warnings about cuts the so-called "big, beautiful bill" will make that will affect Massachusetts. Eldridge told WBZ-TV that pro-tax lobbyists, anticipating those cuts, are already talking about pushing for new corporate taxes, perhaps through another ballot question. And with affluent taxpayers poised to pocket those SALT savings, that may bolster their case for asking them to pay more in other ways.
West Australian
09-05-2025
- Sport
- West Australian
Super Netball 2025: West Coast Fever coach Dan Ryan says his side must extract maximum points on home court
Super Netball 2025: West Coast Fever coach Dan Ryan says his side must extract maximum points on home court
Daily Mail
06-05-2025
- Daily Mail
Police 'sent to stop bus after passenger refused to put packet of cheese and onion crisps away'
Police in Ireland were reportedly sent to stop a bus after a passenger refused to put away a packet of cheese and onion crisps. A woman on board the bus in Galway put a call in to the cops to complain about the smell of the crisps, according to the Irish Mirror. She was reportedly left furious that another passenger was eating the snack on the bus and refused to put them away. The passenger then bizarrely rang the police before the call taker directed two members of the force to go and investigate. But the officers refused. 'The garda who took the call was directed to stop the bus and board it, but he refused as he did not believe it was a criminal matter,' a source said, as per Dublin Live. The incident came during the week of the annual conference in Killarney, Co Kerry, of the 11,200-strong Garda Representative Association. The association, which represents members of the force, heard claims that police are being sent to pointless calls – because of fears there would be complaints if they did not attend. The conference heard that along with the crisp incident, officers had also recently been sent out to deal with a suicidal dog and a bird's nest. Garda Dan Ryan, who represents officers in Carlow, said: 'Currently, there's no triage policy with the Control Room. 'We recently got dispatched to a call where a person rang in believing that her dog was suffering from mental health problems and was going to take his own life. 'Yet this was sent to us to deal with given the current policy that it's a call for service. We have to go to everything'. He explained that officers had to go and speak to the owner and voiced concerns around members of the police force being taken out of action to deal with calls of this nature. 'You would receive calls like this quite occasionally, not specifically about suicidal dogs, but like kind of silly calls like those. 'There was another one there recently in south Kerry where someone rang in because there was a pheasant hanging around in a pub car park. 'It's a wild bird. What are we supposed to do there?, he asked.' And Garda Peter Firth, from Waterford, also told the conference that there was a fear of cancelling such calls because personnel in control rooms were worried they would be disciplined. He said: 'People are very slow to cancel calls because gardaí are worried that a member of the public might complain or that someone in management might perceive a call that we didn't attend as one we should have. 'Again it's a fear of discipline'. Firth said the force are receiving calls around events which are not policing matters such as a birds nest in someone's house. 'A couple of lads in the southeast were sent because a neighbour called and said she was concerned about young birds' nest in someone's house and that they might not have been able to get out because the people were on holidays. 'Because we're not declining those calls, the requests become more acceptable over time, it becomes its own monster. 'The members in the control room have to make the decision and they have no faith in the policy that they won't be disciplined. 'There's a knock-on effect to that as well,' he said. The police said in response to queries about such calls that the force had introduced a new computer-aided dispatch system known as GardaSAFE in 2023. The force said in a statement: 'This new system enhances and improves our response and allows more efficient use of our resources thereby ensuring that the public receive the best possible response. 'GardaSAFE sees all calls requiring the dispatch of a Garda resource handled by a number of regionally located control centres. 'These control centres are staffed by trained call takers and call dispatchers. 'Community policing is the provision of a policing service to the whole community both urban and rural through a partnership based, proactive, problem solving style of policing. 'It is focused on community engagement, crime prevention and law enforcement and addresses crime and policing quality of life issues affecting communities.'
