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European Commission warns multinationals as Apple ordered to pay €13 billion in tax

  • Written by: Kerrie Sadiq, Professor of Taxation, QUT Business School, Queensland University of Technology

The European Commission is putting multinationals on notice with its order to tech giant Apple to pay €13 billion in tax to Ireland. It’s signalling that it won’t bow to pressure from the US. Now other countries may follow with similar action.

The Commission concluded Ireland granted Apple undue tax benefits. It found that...

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You say tomato... why some fruits are forever doomed to be called veggies

  • Written by: Gregory Moore, Doctor of Botany, University of Melbourne
imageThe biggest issue is still getting the kids to eat them.MNStudio/Shutterstock.com

When it comes to fruit and vegetables, the most common battleground (for parents and public health experts alike) is getting people to eat them. But there’s a battle over semantics too, because many of the things we call “fruit” and...

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Don't give up your day job ... little has changed for individual artists

  • Written by: David Throsby, Distinguished Professor of Economics, Macquarie University
imageIndividual artists continue to experience the brunt of arts funding cuts.Shutterstock

One of the casualties of the ill-starred reorganisation of arts funding proposed last year by the then Minister for the Arts, Senator George Brandis, was support for individual artists. If his plan had gone ahead, it would have resulted in a further consolidation...

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Weekly Dose: Naloxone, how to save a life from opioid overdose

  • Written by: Suzanne Nielsen, Senior Research Fellow, UNSW Australia
imageNaloxone has been made available over the counter from a pharmacist so loved-ones of drug users can have it on hand in the event of an overdose.from www.shutterstock.com.au

Naloxone is an opioid antagonist, used as an “antidote” for opioid overdose which includes heroin, and opioid pain medicines such as morphine, fentanyl and codeine....

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