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Treasury modelling shows no growth lift from GST tax mix switch

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The government has released Treasury modelling showing a tax mix switch with a 15% GST and income tax cuts would deliver no gains to economic growth.

The modelling has been put out to back up Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s decision to walk away from the GST change on the grounds that the option, as he told the Coalition party room on...

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Cloaca Professional (2010): Blending science, art and other excrement

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imagePhoto Credit: MONA/Rémi Chauvin Image Courtesy MONA Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, CC BY

I think it’s fair to say that I am fairly experienced in dealing with excrement. While some of this comes with caring for two small children, most of my faecal-awareness comes from first career as a veterinarian. In...

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