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Viewpoints: should Australian companies set executive pay to a US benchmark?

  • Written by: Julie Walker, Associate Professor in Accounting, The University of Queensland

It’s the time of the year when company boards and executives face their shareholders at annual general meetings. Boards will be asked to explain the pay packages of executives. Already some have been called into question.

Some Australian companies cite the need to rely on the United States as a benchmark when it comes to setting remuneration....

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Trump’s America: the irresponsible stakeholder?

  • Written by: Mark Beeson, Professor of International Politics, University of Western Australia
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How times change. A decade or so ago, former World Bank president and deputy secretary of state Robert Zoellick suggested to China that it needed to become a “responsible stakeholder”. Even at the time this advice looked slightly condescending and patronising. Now it looks bizarrely out of kilter with a rapidly...

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Trump's economic impact slower, smaller than predicted – but still bad: Deloitte

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

The federal deficit will be worse in 2017-18 than predicted in the May budget, despite some easing in the delays imposed by the Senate, Deloitte Access Economics’ budget monitor predicts.

It also says the short-term business implications of a Trump presidency are likely to be smaller and slower than the headlines have suggested but in the...

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Reinventing density: overcoming the suburban setback

  • Written by: Grace Mortlock, Research Assistant and Tutor, School of Architecture, University of Technology Sydney
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This is the first piece in our series, Reinventing density, co-published with Future West (Australian Urbanism).


The suburban street setback is enshrined in most residential planning policies, including Western Australia’s Residential Design Codes. These dictate that all dwellings are constructed at a uniform distance from the kerb.

In...

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The strategic rise of Bali as Australia’s next essential healthcare support hub

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Cost Savings and Benefits of Using Used Pallets in Logistics

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