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New bill will challenge tobacco control efforts in Indonesia

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imageIndonesians smoke 300 billion cigarettes in a year.AAP Image/NEWZULU/W.F SRIHARDIAN

In 2010, a video of a smoking toddler in Indonesia went viral, showing the extent of unhealthy addiction to cigarettes that the country has.

Five years after the shocking video surfaced, Indonesia is still behind in tobacco control and seems to be regressing....

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Why the small business tax break could pay for itself

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imageImmediate tax deductions for small business are designed to boost investment and confidence. AAP.Julian Smith

The immediate tax deduction for small business announced in the Federal Budget has been broadly welcomed, but what may have been missed is the fact that what the Government doesn’t collect now, it will collect later.

As part of the...

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