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How raising tax for high-income earners would reduce inequality, improve social welfare in New Zealand

  • Written by: Nicolas Herault, Academic, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, University of Melbourne
How raising tax for high-income earners would reduce inequality, improve social welfare in New ZealandTax reforms generally imply a trade-off between average income and inequality. from www.shutterstock.com, CC BY-ND

If we asked people in New Zealand what they think the best income tax reform would be, we would expect a range of responses. People will no doubt have different views about which of the four income tax rates and corresponding income...

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Leila Waddell, Australian violinist, philosopher of magic and fearless rebel

  • Written by: Alice Gorman, Senior Lecturer in Archaeology and Space Studies, Flinders University
Leila Waddell, Australian violinist, philosopher of magic and fearless rebelLeila Waddell performing during the Rites of Eleusis.

Leila Waddell (1880-1932) was a country girl from Bathurst, NSW, who entered the world stage as an acclaimed violinist - and left it having influenced magical practice into the 21st century.

Her early life focused on music. She studied violin and joined the Sydney music scene, teaching genteel...

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native water rats have worked out how to safely eat cane toads

  • Written by: Marissa Parrott, Reproductive Biologist, Wildlife Conservation & Science, Zoos Victoria, and Honorary Research Associate, BioSciences, University of Melbourne
native water rats have worked out how to safely eat cane toadsWater rats in Western Australia are safely hunting cane toads.Author provided

Australia’s water rats, or Rakali, are one of Australia’s beautiful but lesser-known native rodents. And these intelligent, semi-aquatic rats have revealed another talent: they are one of the only Australian mammals to safely eat toxic cane toads.

Our research,...

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where do phobias come from?

  • Written by: Lara Farrell, Associate Professor and Clinical Psychologist, Griffith University
where do phobias come from?Phobias are an intense fear of very specific things like objects, places, situations or animals.Shutterstockwhere do phobias come from?

If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskids@theconversation.edu.au.

Where do phobias come from? – Olivia, age 12, Strathfield, Sydney.

Phobias are an intense fear of very specific things like...

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