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How to transition from coal: 4 lessons for Australia from around the world
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Getting to the heart of coal seam gas protests – it's not just the technical risks
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Google’s tax deal raises the question of whether the government is taking too soft a tone with multinationals over their tax.
When Google reached a...
How 76 profitable companies left Australian taxpayers $5.6 billion out of pocket
The biggest multinational companies operating in Australia are paying half the 30 per cent corporate tax rate on average, according to a new report...
World Health Organisation Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Live updates
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Morrison’s 3-Step Framework for a COVIDSafe Australia
Australians are about to discover that a national framework does not end the confusion over what is allowed when social restrictions are eased.
Scott Morrison...
Dirty Coal Peddlers
The coal industry has infiltrated Australia's federal government through a secretive network of ties, working to influence Australia’s political decisions at the highest level:...
Why is Corporate Tax Optional?
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The Pitfalls of Outsourcing Public Welfare & Healthcare
When it comes to rooting out wasteful spending in federal entitlement programs, attention has long focused on preventing beneficiaries from gaming the system.
A new...
Election FactCheck Q&A: does the government spend more on negative gearing and capital gains...
Saul Eslake, University of Tasmania
The Conversation is fact-checking claims made on Q&A, broadcast Mondays on the ABC at 9:35pm. Thank you to everyone who...
The 2019 Budget entrenches neoliberal inequality
I’ve listened hard for the sound of wealth trickling down but all I hear is the sound of the excluded still waiting
Amid the fanfare...
Could Labor’s tax changes make the system fairer or hurt investors?
Under dividend imputation rules, Australians are given franking credits on the dividends they receive for the shares they own in order to avoid...
Banking Royal Commission: no commissions, no exemptions, no fees without permission. Hayne gets the...
Banking Royal Commission: no commissions, no exemptions, no fees without permission. Hayne gets the government to do a U-turn
Peter Martin, The Conversation
Treasurer Josh...
Australian doctors warn of overwhelmed public health system in event of coronavirus pandemic
Health experts say Australia’s hospitals are already operating at capacity and there is no room for coronavirus surge
Prof Raina MacIntyre, head of the biosecurity...
Don’t be fooled by the ‘Gas Crisis’
In the next few weeks there will be an announcement that a large, gas-intensive Australian manufacturer is to lay off about 1000 workers. The...
Of course Australia was invaded – massacres happened here less than...
Of course Australia was invaded – massacres happened here less than 90 years ago
There’s too much evidence of violence in Australia’s past to hide...
Was there slavery in Australia? Yes. It shouldn’t even be up...
The well informed? and university educated?
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison
colloquially known as #ScottyFromMarketing
loudly and publicly asserted there was there was
No Slavery in colonial Australia
Was...
Why Tony Abbott’s appointment as Indigenous envoy was a diplomatic blunder...
Beyond lacking all merit, Abbott’s previous policies on Indigenous issues had been characterised by funding cuts, exclusions and silencing. His Indigenous Advancement Strategy was criticised for its destructive...
Captain Cook ‘discovered’ Australia, and other myths from old school text...
Captain Cook 'discovered' Australia, and other myths from old school text books
A picture titled ‘Captain Cook taking possession of the Australian continent on behalf...
Forced to build their own pyres: dozens more Aboriginal massacres revealed...
The killing times: the massacres of Aboriginal people Australia must confront
The truth of Australia’s history has long been hiding in plain sight.
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