Australia politics live: Duniam says Liberal party has bigger problems than branding; fuel excise to rise tomorrow

The Australian Coalition faces an identity crisis, according to MP Melissa McIntosh—their policies are popular, she argues, but the brand isn't. The Guardian reports McIntosh's call for a party refresh as Treasurer Jim Chalmers defends the government's capital gains tax overhaul, positioning it as a correction to a Howard era housing market distortion. As auction clearance rates soften in Australia's major cities, the government faces criticism over forecasts of house price declines exceeding a hundred thousand dollars in Sydney and Melbourne.

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