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Budget 2020 at a glance: the cuts, the spends, and that...

By Wes Mountain, The Conversation The budget deficit is projected to hit $213.6 billion, a record 11% of GDP, before winding back: https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/zNq6R/2/ https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/GlQMD/2/ Instead of falling, as...
Business + Economy
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Budget 2020 | Photo credit: AAP:Lukas Coch

The budget’s tax cuts have their critics, but this year they...

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...
Business + Economy
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Back in black | Photo: Wes Mountain

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...
Business + Economy
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Treasurer Josh Frydenberg | Photo credit: AAP:Lukas Coch

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...
Business + Economy
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Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern | Photo: AAP/Bianca de Marchi

One-way trans-Tasman travel bubble to start mid-October

By Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra The first stage of a trans-Tasman travel bubble will start from October 16. But it will only be one-way...
Politics + Society
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Studying can be made easier by removing distractions and spacing study out over a couple months. Photo: Shutterstock

Study habits for success: tips for students

By Pankaj Sah, The University of Queensland Right now, thousands of Australian school children and university students are taking a well-earned break from the classroom....
Education
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