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AFR article saying tech leaders expected favourable amendments after backlash

This article card is about industry sentiment and expected negotiation outcomes. It demonstrates that prominent tech figures believed amendments were possible, but confidence about future amendments is not the same thing as a confirmed policy result.

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Days of private meetings and public venting left tech sector leaders confident of favourable amendments after anger over the budget’s capital gains tax changes.

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Tech leaders believed backlash and lobbying would likely produce favourable amendments.

“Days of private meetings and public venting has left the tech sector’s leaders confident of favourable amendments ...”

The source can support the existence of that confidence, but not whether the amendments would in fact arrive or be favourable in substance.

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The source documents this as one visible part of the wider Budget 2026 reaction and explanation cycle.

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Visible albos.tax linked article Article excerpt · p.1 The article says the sector’s leaders were confident of favourable amendments after meetings and public backlash.