The more women in government, the healthier a population
End Washington Corruption
Washington works great for the wealthy and the well-connected, but it isn’t working for anyone else. Companies and wealthy individuals spend billions...
Shorten’s victory will bring dangerous counter strikes from a desperate government
View from the Hill: Shorten's victory will bring dangerous counter strikes from a desperate government
Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
An extraordinary amount of hype and...
Words that matter. What’s a franking credit? What’s dividend imputation? And...
Words that matter. What’s a franking credit? What’s dividend imputation? And what's 'retiree tax'?
There are words you’ll need to understand. But imputation is complex,...
The government only wants you to focus on half the story...
When the prime minister started the year, a big line of his economic attack was the damage the ALP’s extra $200bn worth of tax...
Banking RC Report: The banks have learned how to rort the...
The Banking RC Report marginalises small business borrowers, effectively calling them sore losers and whingers and telling them to bugger off once and for all, writes Dr...
Coal miners derided climate action ‘sideshow’. Now it’s the main event
The Chief Judge refused the Rocky Hill Coal Project, near the mid-north coast town of Gloucester, on a range of grounds, all of which...
Negative gearing changes will affect us all, mostly for the better
Negative gearing changes will affect us all, mostly for the better
Don’t have a negatively geared investment property? You’re in good company.
Despite all the talk...
Politicians in 2014 held $300m in property, so how should they...
Canberra’s 226 MPs and senators own 524 properties between them – an average of 2.4 each – analysis by the ABC has found.
Only 10...
Franking credits: everything you need to know
What are franking credits, how do they work and who is entitled to them?
What is a franking credit?
Franking credits are only available to...
Bank leadership clearout needed to clean up culture
The current executives and boards of the nation's banks are not the right people to repair the financial industry's damaged culture, says Graeme Samuel,...
