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How the Property Council is shaping the debate around negative gearing, taxes

BUSINESS
Nicole Gurran, University of Sydney and Peter Phibbs, University of Sydney We see their spokespeople quoted in the papers and their ads on TV, but beyond that we know very little about how Australia’s lobby groups get what they want. This series shines a light on the strategies, political alignment...
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Singapore to out multinationals shifting profits

POLITICS
Multinationals suspected of routing Australian profits through Singapore will be outed to tax authorities, with the low-tax nation this week signing up to the global plan to fight tax evasion. Companies including big miners BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto as well as technology giants Apple and Google, have admitted...
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Tax avoidance tactics laid bare: PwC tells multinationals ‘read the play’

POLITICS
The proposed voluntarily tax transparency code announced in the May budget is not worth the piece of paper it is written on. The code is all about spin rather than substance, aimed at helping multinationals come up with better messaging, rather than giving the public an honest account of their...
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State of the states: New South Wales and the issues resounding in bellwether seats

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Gregory Melleuish, University of Wollongong Ahead of polling day on July 2, our State of the states series takes stock of the key issues, seats and policies affecting the vote in each of Australia’s states and territories. We begin today with a look at Queensland and New South Wales. Elections in...
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TAFE cuts teachers despite skills shortage

POLITICS
Eryk Bagshaw    Education reporter    Carpentry, plumbing and painting teachers at NSW TAFE are being made redundant at one of the state’s largest institutes despite a nationwide shortage of apprentices, documents obtained by Fairfax Media reveal.    The move comes as the state government’s vocational...
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Multinational tax avoidance cost Australia $6bn in 2014, Oxfam report claims

POLITICS
Mauritius is one of the most popular tax havens used by multinational corporations operating in Australia, an Oxfam report found. Photograph: Neil Farrin/Getty Images/AWL Images RM The Oxfam Report calls on government to strengthen Australia’s multinational tax avoidance laws and make financial reporting requirements more transparent The federal government lost an...
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Election FactCheck Q&A: was Jacqui Lambie right about apprenticeships and 457 visas?

POLITICS
Damian Oliver, University of Technology Sydney The Conversation is fact-checking claims made on Q&A, broadcast Mondays on the ABC at 9:35pm. Thank you to everyone who sent us quotes for checking via Twitter using hashtags #FactCheck and #QandA, on Facebook or by email. Because I can tell you what, right now...
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Politics and money: a toxic combination

POLITICS
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says in ‘‘an ideal world’’ he is open to political funding reform. He cites annual caps on donations and limiting them to individuals, not unions or corporations. At least that would be a start. Australia has nine different political jurisdictions that determine rules on electoral funding....
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Unclear about fairness, Australia’s major parties focus on expediency

POLITICS
Unclear about fairness, Australia's major parties focus on expediency Gregory Melleuish, University of Wollongong Both of Australia’s major parties have variously used “fairness” to describe key policies and in their election pitches. Labor leader Bill Shorten emphasised the concept in Sunday’s first leaders’ debate, while Treasurer Scott Morrison said the superannuation...
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What do businesses get in return for their political donations?

POLITICS
What do businesses get in return for their political donations? Lindy Edwards, UNSW Australia Money makes the world of politics go around and, as recent scandals afflicting both major political parties have shown, keeping it clean isn’t easy. Our series on Australia’s system of political finance examines its regulation, operation and...
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