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In Neville Wran, Turnbull has a leadership model to win the tax debate

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imageNeville Wran, New South Wales premier from 1976 to 1986, was Australia’s first modern leader, building and using 'political capital'.AAP/Tracey Nearmy

Let me put it this way.

That was how Neville Wran invariably dealt with an awkward question before reframing the argument to his satisfaction and delivering the television grab that would...

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Why do we tax goods and services at the same rate, when goods are so much less sustainable?

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imageGuiyu, China: where electronic goods go to die.EPA/Michael Reynolds/AAP

The overflowing rubbish tips of Lagos, the Pacific Ocean garbage patch, and the huge electronic graveyard of Guiyu, China might seem irrelevant to Australia’s current debate over reforming the Goods and Services Tax. Yet all three of these far-flung places are testament...

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