New research suggests upcoming housing investor taxes will have a less dramatic impact than many fear. But some, especially retired investors, will be worse off.
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Incoming electoral reforms will cap the amount parties can spend on election campaigning, but it’s still far too high. Here’s what the rules should be instead.
Households might get relief on fuel they would have bought anyway, but cheaper petrol could encourage them to use more.
The most probable scenario is likely not what you think.
In inquiries and reviews, governments endlessly ask Indigenous communities what should be done, but rarely act on it. It’s time that changed.
Unfortunately, it is apparent federal and state governments are too often responding to men’s violence after the fact.
The treasurer says there’s ‘likely to be billions of dollars extra’ in higher bills on government debt in December’s budget update.
Some people with obsessive-compulsive disorder have experienced traumatic events as children, and develop a deeply held fear of who they are or might become.
Not all conservation threats come from overseas. Some are our own native animals.
Ahead of the release of Charles Spencer’s controversial memoir, Dennis Altman picks 5 reads shedding light on the British monarchy.
A Senate inquiry report into last year’s Optus outage provides the government with a blueprint to modernise the telco industry.
DNA analysis shows almost a third of what the invasive pests have been feeding their larvae consists of honey bees, making eradication vital.
Apple’s vision of constant recording that still ‘protects your privacy’ may help usher in a world where ambient surveillance is the norm.
Netflix is billing its new series as a ‘modern reimagining’ of the 1971 experiment. But over the past 55 years, the original has become much criticised.
When you’re pulled into a dispute with your kids, resist running a court case. We want to build our children’s conflict resolution skills instead.
There is a ‘deep disquiet’ within liberal democracies: a feeling, manifested on both sides of politics, that the conventional order has failed and is beyond reform.
Expecting backpackers to work in tough conditions for months, only to be entered into an uncertain visa ballot, is a gamble for farmers and regional communities.
There’s been a late rise of influenza A, mostly due to the ‘super K’ strain.
AI is a global technology. A global approach to regulating it is urgently needed.
The election has produced competing prescriptions for NZ’s grocery market – each targets a different barrier to genuine competition.
The prime minister says Australia sees membership as a way to enhance the nation’s voice on technology issues, including AI.
Saudi Arabia’s escalating conflict with the Houthis in Yemen will force its new defence partners Turkey and Pakistan to confront some difficult questions.
As renewed chaos grips the oil market, China is reaping the benefits of electric vehicles. But Australia’s reliance on diesel leaves it exposed.
The federal Senate inquiry into Australia’s youth justice and incarceration system should have mandated a minimum age of criminal responsibility.
The report has a more political streak than these long-term documents usually do.