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Facebook tweaks privacy tools to ease discontent over data leak

POLITICS
Facebook has made their Privacy Tools Easier to Find Making Data Settings and Tools Easier to Find By Erin Egan, VP and Chief Privacy Officer, Policy and Ashlie Beringer, VP and Deputy General Counsel   Last week showed how much more work we need to do to enforce our policies and help people...
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Sick of Selfish Drivers Parking in Disabled Parking Spaces?

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I fume every time I see some ignorant selfish di*khead driver act as though 'god created disability parking spaces' for their myopic self centered use when they park in a disabled space. Only tumbled (believe it or not today) to this glorious app SNAP SEND SOLVE Snap Send Solve is the...
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History repeats: how O’Farrell and Greiner fell foul of ICAC

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In April 2014, the New South Wales Independent Commission into Corruption (ICAC) claimed its biggest political scalp in two decades. Liberal state premier Barry O’Farrell resigned after what he has described as a “massive memory fail” in relation to accepting a A$3000 bottle of wine from Nick Di Girolamo,...
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Cycling and walking are short-changed when it comes to transport funding in Australia

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Cycling and walking are short-changed when it comes to transport funding in Australia The “Bicycle Snake” in Copenhagen separates pedestrians and cyclists, allowing both to navigate the city more safely. Cycling Embassy of Denmark/DISSING+WEITLING Dorina Pojani, The University of Queensland; Anthony Kimpton, The University of Queensland; Jonathan Corcoran, The University of Queensland,...
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The Story Behind Banksy

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The subversive and secretive street artist turned the art world upside-down Arguably the most controversial street artist in the world, Banksy has developed an entire art subculture devoted to his works. Banksy’s art can impact any location at any given moment. His identity remains unknown, even after over 20 years...
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Articulate US teenagers could finally force action on gun control

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Articulate US teenagers could finally force action on gun control Articulate US teenagers could finally force action on gun control George Rennie, University of Melbourne On Wednesday in the US, thousands of students left their classrooms in a national day of action designed to force political change on gun crime. Following the...
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Every big business that would benefit from the company tax cut, in one chart

POLITICS
From the banks to mining giants, and the supermarket duopoly, hundreds of businesses are in line for the Government's planned big company tax cut. The problem for the Government? The Senate doesn't support it. That hasn't stopped Malcolm Turnbull and his team trying to win the crossbench over. Its latest...
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Could Labor’s tax changes make the system fairer or hurt investors?

POLITICS
Under dividend imputation rules, Australians are given franking credits on the dividends they receive for the shares they own in order to avoid company profits being taxed twice. Because the company has already paid tax on its earnings, its dividend payments to shareholders come with credits that reduce...
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The financial sector is professional gambling in action

POLITICS
The financial sector is professional gambling in action Shutterstock/f8studio Chris Brady, University of Salford The American journalist and poet Ambrose Bierce wrote in his 1906 satire The Devil’s Dictionary that “the gambling known as business looks with severe disfavour on the business known as gambling”. That phrase has a particular ring of truth...
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ExxonMobil avoids corporate tax until 2021

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ExxonMobile reported revenues of $9.6bn in 2013-14, $8.5bn in 2014-15 and $6.7bn in 2015-16. ExxonMobil told a Senate inquiry on Wednesday 14th Mardch 2018 that it did not expect to pay any Australian corporate tax until 2021, meaning it would not have paid the tax for eight years, and was again accused of...
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