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Buffett rule a proxy for real tax reform

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imageWarren Buffett: "When a country needs more income they should get it from the people that have it."Fortune Live Media/Flickr, CC BY-ND

In 2011 investment guru and billionaire Warren Buffett wrote an opinion piece revealing he pays a lower rate of federal tax than most of the employees in his office. Although other commentators disputed this as a...

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Still no consensus for Bjorn Lomborg, the climate change refugee

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With much-cited forecasts that the year 2050 will see 200 million climate change refugees around the world, climate inactivist Bjorn Lomborg may qualify as Australia’s first climate asylum seeker. Yet it is not scorching temperatures or sea level rise he is seeking refuge from, but the political heat he attracts worldwide for...

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  1. Message in a bottle: the wine industry gives farmers a taste of what to expect from climate change
  2. No-one saw apps coming, but their future will be unmissable
  3. The ethics of 'gifted' genes: the road to Gattaca?
  4. Majors and the majority: planning for Australia's artistic legacy starts now
  5. China's market lesson will be one of wealth transfer
  6. Male champions of change for city women; but regional women's careers languish
  7. The case for quotas in politics: the absence of women isn't merit-based
  8. The problem with merit-based appointments? They're not free from gender bias either
  9. Microsoft CEO faces biggest test yet as he charts new course with Windows 10
  10. 'Is this really Europe?': refugees in Calais speak of desperate conditions
  11. Cecil the lion was a victim of deep-rooted and persistent arrogance towards wildlife
  12. Study: GM food labels do not act as a warning to consumers
  13. Folding graphene like origami may allow us to wear sensors in our skin
  14. Why killing lions like Cecil may actually be good for conservation
  15. Man Booker 2015: not much better than Lewis Carroll's caucus race
  16. How the Man Booker fiction prize became stacked in favour of the big publishers
  17. Gothic glory and pop-up parliaments: could past visions help rescue the crumbling Palace of Westminster?
  18. Auto industry must tackle its software problems to stop hacks as cars go online
  19. Turkey opens up old wounds with a new campaign against the PKK
  20. How merger optimism feeds investors a comforting tale of bumper earnings
  21. Very British scandal continues rich tradition of tabloid titillation – and never mind the ethics
  22. Bishop's wedding trips not yet under Finance department's microscope
  23. Have young people stopped fearing sexually transmitted infections?
  24. What the Scott Walker fundraising controversy means for 2016
  25. CRISPR/Cas gene-editing technique holds great promise, but research moratorium makes sense pending further study
  26. Stadium design: baseball's saving grace?
  27. What if your cute little angel starts to say dirty little words?
  28. Do you suffer from climate guilt? A dose of philosophy can help
  29. Britain should reform itself before pointing the finger at Brussels
  30. Windows 10: Microsoft's universal system for an increasingly mobile world
  31. Players may have to act on racist attack against Goodes: Soutphommasane
  32. Wong-Bernardi debate puts four myths about marriage on show
  33. Sustainable oil from algae: the technology is ready, but what about the politics?
  34. Don't expect the Lord Sewel story to prompt constitutional change
  35. Startling new concessions made by Syria's desperate president
  36. The sharing economy could end capitalism – but that's not all
  37. Is the NHS under threat from free trade?
  38. Hard Evidence: are universities strapped for cash?
  39. The Beatles, Help! and the creation of the modern British man
  40. Is Britain braced for a brazen raid on pensions and savings?
  41. Consumers in Asia buy luxuries for different reasons to the West
  42. Policing parenting: is the Family Court going to punish you for having a drink?
  43. Why we need to tread carefully in drawing up human rights rules for business
  44. In free speech debates, consider Christianity's history of liberalism
  45. Why local content in Africa's extractive sector won't work without home grown human capital
  46. Poaching prompts a review of Africa's transfrontier parks
  47. Booing Adam Goodes – racism is in the stitching of the AFL
  48. Friend or foe: what the shape of your face says about you
  49. Modifying student loan system could ensure access for all students
  50. Why, among so many issues, Bronwyn Bishop's helicopter trip gets our attention

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