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VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Turnbull's income tax proposal

  • Written by The Conversation Contributor

Malcolm Turnbull this week outlined a case for allowing the states to raise a portion of income tax for the first time since they were forced to give up income taxing powers during the second world war. Michelle Grattan tells University of Canberra Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Research Frances Shannon that politically the idea is a very hard sell.

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Modelling shows why premiers are wary of Turnbull's tax proposal

  • Written by The Conversation Contributor

If Australian states and territories were to levy an income tax based on residency, the revenue would vary considerably between jurisdictions with wealthier states benefiting more from such a regime compared to poorer jurisdictions, modelling shows.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is trying to sell this idea at a meeting of the Council of...

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Who's been our hottest PM?

  • Written by The Conversation Contributor

Politics is full of irony and it seems our climate is happy to lend a helping hand.

Witness the Great Barrier Reef’s encore to Greg Hunt’s recent award as the world’s best environment minister. Not that Greg could do anything about the coral bleaching, it being a response to a global problem.

Down south, the climate is doing its...

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