Whistleblowers need better incentives, compensation and protection under Australian law, especially those in the private and not-for-profit sectors.
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African countries such as Ghana are leading the way in budget transparency with what is known as “citizen budgets”.
A survey has found that the percentage of foreign ownership is more worrying to Australians than the country-of-origin of the investment.
If the federal government abolishes the Road Safety Renumeration Tribunal, a minimum pay to improve the safety of truckers is less likely to ever be addressed.
China’s newly introduced “e-commerce laws” are actually just closing a loophole in regulation and shouldn’t be seen feared by Australian businesses trading with the country online.
Many of us will be able to vote for police chiefs next month, but has the system managed to soothe the concerns of its critics?
Steelmakers like Arrium need to move away from commodities and invest in steel products in growth industries.
Governments shouldn’t have to rely on major international information leaks like the Panama Papers to get information about companies’ tax avoidance abroad.
The city of Manchester now has control over it’s NHS budget, but what does this mean in real terms?
Changes to the way tourists on the Working Holiday Maker visa are taxed will deter them and may put more pressure on labour shortages.
Plans to stop universal credit payments in favour of a ‘national living wage’ will not address the long-standing poverty of many people in paid employment.
The Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) is trying to refocus debate on repairing the budget for the future.
Small nuclear reactors are one step closer to powering the UK’s future energy requirements.
It’s old-fashioned, out of date and varies massively from school to school.
Not all lobbying is bad. Some of it does a lot of good.
There’s a bunfight about whether local or national government should call the shots when it comes to fracking.
Even with free, private ballots, a quarter of us still end up voting for the ‘wrong’ presidential candidate. Here’s how to make sure you vote for the one who best matches your beliefs and hopes.
The Italian government tried to limit the type of companies that could use crowd-sourced funding with poor results, Australia can learn from this.
The government should be encouraging informal investors to put their money into start-ups, not barring them from tax offsets that encourage them to do so.
Why the British steel crisis needs strategic government intervention to give the industry a chance of survival.
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