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Government agrees to national anti-corruption body – with strict limits

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Government agrees to national anti-corruption body – with strict limits While the announcement of the Commonwealth Integrity Commission is welcome and overdue, the decision to restrict its powers to ensure MPs and their staff will not face public hearings or be placed under arrest is bewildering and unnecessary. Government agrees to national anti-corruption body...
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Morrison’s health handout is bad policy (but might be good politics

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Morrison’s health handout is bad policy (but might be good politics) The funding proposal is no fix for Australia’s health system but it could take some political pressure off the Coalition in the lead up to the 2019 federal election. OnE studio/Shutterstock Stephen Duckett, Grattan Institute The A$1.25 billion Community Health and Hospitals...
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Forest giants house thousands of animals (so why do we keep cutting them down?)

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Comic explainer: forest giants house thousands of animals (so why do we keep cutting them down?) Madeleine De Gabriele, The Conversation and Wes Mountain, The Conversation Giant eucalypts play an irreplaceable part in many of Australia’s ecosystems. These towering elders develop hollows, which make them nature’s high-rises, housing everything from endangered...
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Vital Signs: why now is the right time to clamp down on negative gearing

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Vital Signs: why now is the right time to clamp down on negative gearing Negative gearing makes it hard for renters to become home owners. Now would be a pain-free time to wind it back. Shutterstock Richard Holden, UNSW When I wrote a report for the McKell Institute about negative gearing, Switching Gears,...
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Why Tony Abbott’s appointment as Indigenous envoy was a diplomatic blunder and policy failure

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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 consequences to governance within Indigenous communities Why Tony Abbott's appointment as Indigenous envoy was a diplomatic blunder and policy failure Abbott’s previous policies on Indigenous issues were...
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What the bank bosses had to say at the royal commission, in language you can understand

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What the bank bosses had to say at the royal commission, in language you can understand In the commission’s interim report released in September, Commissioner Kenneth Hayne said the regulators had sufficient powers to police their beats, but were not making sufficient use of them. The royal commission tried to cut through...
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Adani plans to take 12.5b litres of water as farmer denied access in ‘double standard’

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The mining giant plans to take 12.5 billion litres of water from the Suttor River every year, nearly as much as all local farmers combined. A farmer has been denied access to a river system Adani plans on drawing 12.5 billion litres of water from in what activists are calling...
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Morrison government battles national integrity commission

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View from The Hill: Day One of minority government sees battle over national integrity commission Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra Whatever it does, the Morrison government seems to find itself caught on the sticky fly paper. As if it didn’t have trouble enough with trying to decide about the embassy in Israel and...
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Victorian Labor’s thumping win reveals how out of step with voters Liberals have become

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Victorian Labor's thumping win reveals how out of step with voters Liberals have become A jubilant Daniel Andrews celebrates a resounding win in the Victorian election. AAP/Daniel Pockett Paul Strangio, Monash University The commanding return to office of the Andrews government emphatically reaffirms that Labor is the natural ruling party in Victoria. By...
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Here’s a tip that could make banks phenomenally successful: radical honesty

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Here's a tip that could make banks phenomenally successful: radical honesty Radical honesty works, but it is difficult. Shutterstock Louise Metcalf, Macquarie University Appearing before the banking royal commission, the newly appointed head of the Commonwealth Bank, Matt Comyn, has held out the prospect of ethical leadership making a difference. He revealed that for...
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