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Paying for infrastructure means using 'land value capture', but does it also mean more tax?

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imageA special tax paid for the Gold Coast light rail. But there is another way.Bahnfrend/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA

With the federal government aiming to kick-start investment in urban infrastructure, pledging A$50 million of public money in the 2016 budget to look at alternative financing mechanisms, attention is turning to the idea of “land...

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Weekly Dose: paracetamol may be our favourite mild painkiller, but it doesn't work for everything

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imageParacetamol has been found to be no more effective than a placebo for low back pain and arthritis. from www.shutterstock.com.au

Paracetamol is one of the most widely used medicines in Australia and around the world. Millions of doses are administered worldwide each day. Paracetamol was number six on the list of top ten subsidised medicines in...

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  1. Self-immolation incidents on Nauru are acts of 'hopeful despair'
  2. Bertrand Russell and the case for 'Philosophy for Everyone'
  3. Is two hours of screen time really too much for kids?
  4. Budget 2016 brings temporary solutions for schools, and puts more demands on students and teachers
  5. Budget does little to help 'transition' the economy
  6. Higher education in policy paralysis after Budget 2016 – what now?
  7. Three critical tests for Budget 2016: how does it fare?
  8. Thin capitalisation – the multinational tax avoidance strategy the budget forgot
  9. Federal budget 2016: arts experts react
  10. Thanks Super New Moon for a great meteor shower
  11. Priest convicted of sexually abusing children, now for the questions about a cover-up
  12. Budget repair, climate risks and global concerns all ignored in this conflicted effort
  13. Fanciful promises of reducing debt won't protect our AAA credit rating
  14. In Other Words: Jhumpa Lahiri takes on a foreign tongue
  15. Morrison's message is light on ideology and strong on soothing ahead of the election
  16. City Deals still no more than a pamphlet after Budget 2016
  17. Budget 2016: Winners and losers
  18. How’s your walnut, mate? Why men don't like to talk about their enlarged prostate
  19. The Barkindji people are losing their 'mother', the drying Darling River
  20. Small and bright: what nanophotonics means for you
  21. The shame of public shaming
  22. Federal budget 2016: education experts react
  23. Federal budget 2016: political experts react
  24. Federal budget 2016: health experts react
  25. Government pitches for ‘integrity’ in tax and super: experts respond
  26. Budget podcast: John Daley on the big picture
  27. Morrison pushes 'a plan' not a cash splash
  28. Budget timing tricks do nothing to help small business, or the economy
  29. Infographic: Budget 2016 at a glance
  30. Scott Morrison's growth fantasy needs a dose of venture capital discipline
  31. Election budget sends companies sweeteners to drive growth
  32. Carpageddon: what you need to know about the release of carp herpes in Australia
  33. RBA cuts rates to 1.75% ahead of federal budget
  34. PolicyCheck: the Coalition's dental health care policy
  35. Why women's eggs run out and what can be done about it
  36. Lifting their 'voice': how unions can arrest membership decline and stay relevant
  37. Australia's soaring housing costs signal need for a new economic consensus
  38. PolicyCheck: Negative gearing reform
  39. What does an anthropologist actually do?
  40. River on fire: even if it's not coal seam gas we should still be concerned
  41. Review: Disgraced turns West-meets-Islam divisions into striking melodrama
  42. To get young people out of nursing homes, we need to back up the NDIS with housing – here's how
  43. Exactly what is innovative about the word 'innovation'?
  44. Election budgets can only ever be a charade
  45. Infographic: the size of Australia's government
  46. 'Working families', 'Tony's tradies' – what will this year's budget soundbite be?
  47. Now for the big question: who do you trust to run the country?
  48. Breast cancer campaigns might be pink, but men get it too
  49. Great Barrier Reef bleaching is just one symptom of ecosystem collapse across Australia
  50. Listen up: many farmed fish are hard of hearing – here's why it matters

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