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Josh Frydenberg turns up heat on Westpac chiefs as bank issues a 'response plan'

  • Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

The government at the weekend piled on more pressure for Westpac heads to roll over the bank’s money laundering scandal, with Treasurer Josh Frydenberg saying the affair had a long way to play out.

“These issues develop a momentum of their own. They’ve got an AGM on December 12 – and, no doubt, there’ll be some very...

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That moving graph of US tax rates that went viral, it's probably wrong. Here's why

  • Written by Robert Breunig, Professor of Economics and Director, Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
That moving graph of US tax rates that went viral, it's probably wrong. Here's whyThe evocative graphic shows the tax rate of high earners falling below that of low earners as 2018 approaches.Shutterstock/NYT

Over the past month a huge political dispute has sprung up in the US about the fairness of its tax system. It is fuelling debates between Democratic presidential rivals, and it is raising questions about the fairness of tax...

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Westpac's scandal highlights a system failing to deter corporate wrongdoing

  • Written by Elise Bant, Professor of Law, University of Melbourne

The news that Australia’s anti money-laundering regulator has accused Westpac of breaching the law on 23 million occasions points to the prospect that powerful members of corporate Australia are still behaving badly.

This despite the clear lessons offered by the Banking Royal Commission.

Regulators are still struggling to find the right...

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  1. How to manage your essential medicines in a bushfire or other emergency
  2. A push to make social media companies liable in defamation is great for newspapers and lawyers, but not you
  3. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the Westpac scandal
  4. What do Sydney and other cities have in common? Dust
  5. Australian teens do close to the least physical activity in the world
  6. Why New Zealand courts should take poverty into account in sentencing decisions
  7. Albanese promises a 'productivity project' in an economic vision statement harking back to Hawke and Keating
  8. Vital Signs. Untaxing childcare is a bold idea that seems unfair, but might benefit us all
  9. Smoke haze hurts financial markets as well as the environment
  10. Five ways parents can help their kids take risks – and why it’s good for them
  11. a short, shaky history of curing with vibrations
  12. These young Muslim Australians want to meet Islamophobes and change their minds. And it's working
  13. Friday essay: George Eliot 200 years on
  14. How 1 bright light in a bleak social housing policy landscape could shine more brightly
  15. why does wood crackle in a fire?
  16. Scott Morrison will go into 2020 with a challenging cluster of policy loose ends
  17. New report shows the world is awash with fossil fuels. It's time to cut off supply
  18. Enough ambition (and hydrogen) could get Australia to 200% renewable energy
  19. Dramatic and engaging, new exhibition Linear celebrates the art in Indigenous science
  20. NZ remains unscathed by US-China trade war, but that's no reason for complacency
  21. The NDIS is changing. Here's what you need to know – and what problems remain
  22. Why Australia can no longer avoid responsibility for its citizens held in Syria
  23. An American company will test your embryos for genetic defects. But designer babies aren't here just yet
  24. A collapsing star in a distant galaxy fired out some of the most energetic gamma rays ever seen
  25. Veterans have poorer mental health than Australians overall. We could be serving them better
  26. Lack of information on apartment defects leaves whole market on shaky footings
  27. Extinction of ice age giants likely drove surviving animals apart
  28. How Hitler memes made their way around the world and into the Fair Work Commission courtroom
  29. We live in a world of upheaval. So why aren't today's protests leading to revolutions?
  30. Buttigieg surges to clear lead in Iowa poll, as Democrats win four of five US state elections
  31. It's hard to breathe and you can't think clearly – if you defend your home against a bushfire, be mentally prepared
  32. Climate change will make fire storms more likely in southeastern Australia
  33. To feed the world in 2050 we need to build the plants that evolution didn't
  34. Innovation competitions are the next big thing. Here are 8 ways to make them work
  35. cricketers are leading the charge for inclusive masculinity
  36. Make the study of economics "more sexy": Chris Bowen
  37. Putting homes in high-risk areas is asking too much of firefighters
  38. If weight loss is your only goal for exercise, it's time to rethink your priorities
  39. how the ABC took Australian animals to the people
  40. Instead of showing leadership, Twitter pays lip service to the dangers of deep fakes
  41. why coastal floods are becoming more frequent as seas rise
  42. There's a yawning gap in the plan to keep older Australians working
  43. Old white men dominate school English booklists. It's time more Australian schools taught Australian books
  44. Government to inject economic stimulus by accelerating infrastructure spend
  45. Government makes changes to error-prone robo-debt collection
  46. Evacuating with a baby? Here's what to put in your emergency kit
  47. We modelled 4 scenarios for Australia's future. Economic growth alone can't deliver the goods
  48. reckoning with the past or retreating into it?
  49. Don't (just) blame echo chambers. Conspiracy theorists actively seek out their online communities
  50. a dangerous new phase for the Hong Kong protests

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