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The budget is the government's Plan B, but what's Plan C if polls stay bad?

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
imageAustralia's Treasurer Scott Morrison addresses the media in Melbourne, Sunday, May 14, 2017. Julian Smith/AAP

The government inoculated itself against the post budget polls. Budgets don’t produce bounces, people said.

True for the most part – though there were Newspoll bounces (3 points or better) in 1996, 1999, 2000, 2009, and 2012.

Never...

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WannaCry hackers had no intention of giving users their files back even if they pay

  • Written by: David Glance, Director of UWA Centre for Software Practice, University of Western Australia
imageWannaCry Ransomware DemandsAvast

As the effects of the WannaCry global ransomware attack continue to be felt, there is evidence emerging that the hackers are not decrypting the files of victims who decided to pay the US $300 ransom.

A commenter on cybersecurity expert Troy Hunt’s blog recounted that one of his customers had paid the ransom...

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Wondering if health fund premium rises are justified? Don't look to Bupa's accounts for answers

  • Written by: Michael West, Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Sydney

Bupa Australia, the local offshoot of a shadowy global enterprise with a slew of tax haven connections, overtook Medibank Private as Australia’s biggest health insurer late last year.

An investigation of its financial statements shows Bupa’s Australian entities include a hidden partnership structure with links to tax havens. The...

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Shifting the tax burden to middle-income earners will undermine jobs and growth

  • Written by: Patricia Apps, Professor of Public Economics, Faculty of Law, University of Sydney

The government’s idea of raising the Medicare levy, while also removing the 2% budget deficit levy on incomes above A$180,000, is less “transformational” and more signature Liberal policy. It shifts the tax burden towards middle income earners, as opposed to Labor’s plan to direct higher tax rates towards higher income...

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  1. After 'WannaCrypt', should governments stockpile software vulnerabilities? Experts respond
  2. What types of people will lead our great energy transition?
  3. 'Show me the sole': the exhilarating sight of sneakers on show
  4. Helping drug users get back to work, not random drug testing, should be our priority
  5. The off-topic Conversation #123
  6. Why do some graziers want to retain, not kill, dingoes?
  7. Navigating the post-truth debate: some key co-ordinates
  8. Los Angeles Overnight – one of the best films you will (probably) never see
  9. Coalition two-party vote slips in post-budget Newspoll
  10. From 'white flight' to 'bright flight' – the looming risk for our growing cities
  11. The gender pay gap is hurting productivity
  12. Why bad moods are good for you: the surprising benefits of sadness
  13. Terahertz spectroscopy: the new tool to help detect art fraud
  14. Fairytale no more: when love turns to hatefully ever after
  15. Australia’s biggest emitters opt to 'wait and see' over Emissions Reduction Fund
  16. Fireworks, feelings, and fraught relations at Eurovision 2017
  17. Massive global ransomware attack highlights faults and the need to be better prepared
  18. Former FBI director James Comey very likely caused Trump's win
  19. Drug testing welfare recipients raises questions about data profiling and discrimination
  20. Black is the New White gives the comedy of manners an irreverent makeover
  21. Two years after the earthquake, why has Nepal failed to recover?
  22. The federal budget doesn't do enough to save free-to-air TV
  23. Weekly Quiz: what is Colony Collapse Disorder?
  24. Don't be fooled, the Medicare Guarantee Fund provides no real guarantee
  25. Remembering Bill Tutte: another brilliant codebreaker from World War II
  26. Should we worry about Islamism in Indonesia?
  27. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the 2017 budget
  28. Distrust of experts happens when we forget they are human beings
  29. Every critic counts: why Fairfax must keep its arts journalists
  30. Why media reform in Australia has been so hard to achieve
  31. La théologie a-t-elle sa place à l’université ?
  32. Shorten fights on fairness in budget reply, but will it be enough?
  33. Friday essay: smile and stay thin – life as a 60s air hostess
  34. Not a lizard nor a dinosaur, tuatara is the sole survivor of a once-widespread reptile group
  35. Found: 'lost' forests covering an area two-thirds the size of Australia
  36. Assessment design won’t stop cheating, but our relationships with students might
  37. There's a strong link between anxiety and depression, and sleep problems, and it goes both ways
  38. Budget 2017 charts new social and affordable housing agenda
  39. Grattan on Friday: With Malcolm Turnbull in pursuit, Bill Shorten decides to run faster
  40. Labor to oppose Medicare levy for lower and middle earners
  41. Vale Mark Colvin: eternal optimist and journalistic force of nature
  42. Budget 2017: welfare changes stigmatise recipients and are sitting on shaky ground
  43. Mental health funding in the 2017 budget is too little, unfair and lacks a coherent strategy
  44. The 2017 budget has axed research to help Australia adapt to climate change
  45. Aussies don't always copy the US - unlike Americans, our self-esteem has stayed the same since the 70s
  46. Budget 2017: a glimmer of support for innovation and advanced manufacturing
  47. Budget 2017: lack of competition is why government is moving so hard against the banks
  48. Speaking with: Mia Woodruff about using 3D printing to replace body parts
  49. Survival of the fittest? Perhaps not if you're a Tasmanian devil
  50. The off-topic Conversation #122

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