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NewsMail Morning Edition Tue 29 Apr, 2014 Top Stories More Top Stories » Reform to age pension 'essential, unavoidable': Tony Abbott By political reporter Latika Bourke Prime Minister Tony Abbott says he will make it tougher for new retirees to qualify for the age pension after the next election and has given his strongest signal yet that he will target Medicare in his first budget. Mr Abbott delivered a speech to the Sydney Institute last night calling on Australians to put the country first on budget night, instead of focusing on individual gains or losses. He said he would stick to his pre-election promise of not cutting the age pension, but said long-term reform was "essential and unavoidable". 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And now is not the time to be weakening legal protections against racism or to be elevating a right to bigotry over a right to be free from bigotry's effects. More » Lessons learnt from the killing fields When concentration camps and democracy clash Meat the hidden culprit of climate change Elevate tax talk above mere politics Cyclone Clive could tear through minor parties Amid the gunfire, I witnessed the Anzac spirit Modern soldiers live in the Anzac shadow Royals take note: true love is not public relations It's the corporate nanny we have to fear Just In More Just In » Childhood fatal crash traumatised young killer By court reporter Candice Marcus A man who shot dead his father had fantasised about killing him and heard voices in his head, the South Australian Supreme Court has been told. It has heard the young man was deeply disturbed, and traumatised over a fatal car crash which killed his mother and sister when he was a child. 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More » Search for survivors after tornadoes move through US PNG man attacked by police dogs demands justice Separatists attack rally in Ukraine, mayor shot in back Foreign Correspondent goes inside Guantanamo Bay Outrage over banana insult to Alves in Spain Business More Business » Business groups warn Government not to introduce 'debt tax' By political correspondent Emma Griffiths Business groups have cautioned the Federal Government against introducing any new taxes to pay off the nation's debt. There have been reports the Government is considering asking high-income earners to pay a levy to help bring the budget back into the black. Tony Abbott has not ruled out a new tax, and will use a speech in Sydney tonight to declare that next month's budget will not be for the "rich or the poor", but "for the country". More » Spotless Group launches billion dollar share float Goodman Fielder receives Singapore-Hong Kong takeover bid Local share market finishes flat Super fees three times what they should be: Grattan report Banks accused of backing 'unethical' foreign companies Politics More Politics » Reform to age pension 'essential, unavoidable': Tony Abbott By political reporter Latika Bourke Prime Minister Tony Abbott says he will make it tougher for new retirees to qualify for the age pension after the next election and has given his strongest signal yet that he will target Medicare in his first budget. Mr Abbott delivered a speech to the Sydney Institute last night calling on Australians to put the country first on budget night, instead of focusing on individual gains or losses. He said he would stick to his pre-election promise of not cutting the age pension, but said long-term reform was "essential and unavoidable". 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