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A long history of political corruption in NSW — and the downfall of MPs,...
By David Clune, University of Sydney
New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian has become ensnared this week in the sensational ICAC hearings into alleged corruption...
Can a High Court challenge of Melbourne’s lockdown succeed? Here’s what the Constitution says
By Luke Beck, Monash University
Just days after Victorian Premier Dan Andrews signalled the state won’t be ready for a major loosening of COVID-19 restrictions...
Self-harm in immigration detention has risen sharply. Here are 6 ways to address this...
By Kyli Hedrick, University of Melbourne and Rohan Borschmann, University of Melbourne
Newly published data have revealed the number of self-harm incidents in Australia’s immigration...
Sorry Melbourne. The chance of reaching an average 5 COVID-19 cases by mid-October is...
By Jodie McVernon, University of Melbourne and James McCaw, University of Melbourne
Melburnians are addicted to the Victorian health department’s daily tweet of the state’s...
Want an electric car, but think you can’t afford one? Here’s how to buy...
By Alina Dini, Queensland University of Technology
Many Australians say they would consider buying an electric car. But unfortunately, new electric vehicles don’t come cheap.
Even...
Nearly half a million poultry deaths: there are 3 avian influenza outbreaks in Victoria....
By Michelle Wille, University of Sydney and Stacey Lynch, University of Melbourne
As we navigate a global human pandemic, avian influenza (or “bird flu”) has...
Budget 2020 at a glance: the cuts, the spends, and that big deficit in...
By Wes Mountain, The Conversation
The budget deficit is projected to hit $213.6 billion, a record 11% of GDP, before winding back:
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Instead of falling, as...
The budget’s tax cuts have their critics, but this year they make fiscal sense
By Richard Holden, UNSW
This year’s budget is something of a play in two acts. Act one involves large economic stimulus to help plug the...
Budget 2020: promising tax breaks, but relying on hope
By Peter Martin, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
Tax cuts aren’t the half of it.
The personal income tax cuts promised in the...
Budget 2020: Frydenberg tells Australians, ‘we have your back’
By Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
Accelerated tax cuts, cash splashes for pensioners, massive incentives for business to invest and a subsidy to hire unemployed...