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Turnbull points to problems in raising GST

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has said the budget will contain the government’s tax policy, and questioned whether the benefits of increasing the GST would be worth the difficulties of doing so.

As he takes personal control of what has become an internally divisive debate for the Coalition, Turnbull outlined a broad timetable for announcing...

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Under the Spotlight – the journalist as hero(ine)

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imageOpen Road Films/Spotlight

I have been in Tasmania these last few days, by coincidence at the same time as the royal commission has held hearings in Hobart into paedophilia in the Church of England in which senior Christian clerics have been apologising for the sexual abuse of children and young people. Meanwhilem the new film Spotlight, directed by...

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How we can help nature adapt to climate change

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imageThese everlasting flowers in Victoria's alps may not last forever.Susanna Venn

Last October, I attended a symposium about managing biodiversity in Victoria under climate change. One of the outcomes of that conference is a new website called VicNature 2050, which provides a list of 10 things all of us can do to help nature adapt to change over the...

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