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Family trusts often cause more harm than good

  • Written by: Dale Boccabella, Associate Professor of Taxation Law, UNSW

There is very little, if anything, to commend discretionary trusts. The benefits they bring, and it’s hard to see many, are dwarfed by their destructive and damaging features.

Trusts are usually used to allocate money to members of a group, usually a family. Under a discretionary trust, the only way a beneficiary will get income or capital...

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Turnbull's Trump parody was only a brief Twitter hit in June

  • Written by: Axel Bruns, Professor, Creative Industries, Queensland University of Technology

Secretly recorded video of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull impersonating Donald Trump was a brief Twitter hit in June. But the month was dominated by Australian federal politics and other domestic issues, as Twitter users largely ignored news from Syria, North Korea and other trouble spots.

Beyond Turnbull’s impersonation, charges against...

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Anaesthesia: the gift of oblivion and the mystery of consciousness – book review

  • Written by: Kara Allen, Clinical Lecturer, Anaesthetist, University of Melbourne
imageA new book explores consciousness, awareness and memory when under the knife. from www.shutterstock.com.au

The French refer to the emergence from general anaesthesia as “réanimation” - literally to restore consciousness. This is a crucial attribute - that consciousness will return following the desired period of oblivion. This is...

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Constitution's wide net catches even MPs who had no idea they're foreign citizens

  • Written by: Helen Irving, Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Sydney
imageMatt Canavan has been told that he is an Italian citizen.AAP/Mick Tsikas

Cabinet minister Matt Canavan has become the latest federal MP to be tripped up by the Australian Constitution’s ban on dual citizens serving in parliament. On Tuesday, the Nationals senator resigned from cabinet, pending an investigation into whether he holds Italian...

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  7. Blood groups beyond A, B and O: what are they and do they matter?
  8. Scientific integrity must be defended, our planet depends on it
  9. Newspoll 53-47 to Labor, but respondent preferences better for Coalition
  10. Nationals' Matt Canavan quits as resources minister in latest citizenship blow
  11. Sorting out what happened in UNHCR and government talks on refugees important for credibility of both sides
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  20. Three ways the Charlie Gard case could affect future end-of-life cases globally
  21. The next pharmaceutical revolution could be 3D bioprinted
  22. UN condemnation and a sports boycott: Australia again called on to end offshore detention
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  25. From animal experiments to saving lives: a history of blood transfusions
  26. What it's like to live and work illegally in Australia
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  39. Knives are sharpening on the new home affairs office
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