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Parliamentary inquiry into free speech resolves nothing, so 18C should be left alone

  • Written by: Katharine Gelber, Professor of Politics and Public Policy, The University of Queensland
imageFederal parliament should leave section 18C untouched. AAP/Lukas Coch

The inquiry into freedom of speech in Australia by the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights has reported to parliament. Unsurprisingly, it has focused most of its recommendations on the procedures and processes associated with the role of the Australian Human Rights...

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Despite superannuation changes, one tax loophole remains

  • Written by: Kevin Davis, Research Director of Australian Centre for FInancial Studies and Professor of Finance at Melbourne and Monash Universities, Australian Centre for Financial Studies
imageAssets held until the retirement phase in super, can then be sold with no, or minimal, capital gains tax payable.www.shutterstock.com

The Howard government, when flush with revenue, made a bad tax decisions which continue to haunt current policy makers. It removed the tax on the retirement phase of superannuation, this has been partly resolved by...

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Fitbit's decline is a reflection of the end of the over-hyped promise of wearables

  • Written by: David Glance, Director of UWA Centre for Software Practice, University of Western Australia
imageThe end of wearables?Fitbit Inc

As the market leader, Fitbit has always been regarded as being synonymous with wearables in general. Its launch as a public company was at a point when the hype of wearables was at a peak with claims of the technology bring about a revolution in healthcare.

Unfortunately, the revolution never happened and Fitbit...

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Tasmania's pokie problem: stress and disadvantage exploited more than anywhere else in Australia

  • Written by: Charles Livingstone, Senior Lecturer, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University
imageIf you live near a pokie venue, you are more likely to gamble and suffer harm.from shutterstock.com

The Tasmanian parliament is in the middle of an inquiry into the way poker machines will be regulated and licensed after 2023. The inquiry’s terms of reference include:

Consideration of community attitudes and aspirations of the gambling...

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  1. Victoria's world-first change to share sperm or egg donors' names with children
  2. As global food demand rises, climate change is hitting our staple crops
  3. Stronger, faster and more deadly: the ethics of developing supersoldiers
  4. Faggots, punks, and prostitutes: the evolving language of gay men
  5. Don't deride the experts: Universities Australia chair
  6. Parliamentary inquiry sidesteps making recommendation on 18C
  7. Labor leads 55-45 in Newspoll as Turnbull's ratings tank
  8. An adman's perspective on Adman: Warhol Before Pop
  9. Untrammelled Christensen may become even more outspoken
  10. Lack of workers with 'soft skills' demands a shift in teaching
  11. Architecture, undistracted
  12. Airport privatisations have put profit before public safety and good planning
  13. Multinational tax dodgers are the real leaners
  14. Delays and confusion cloud roll-out of new cervical cancer screening program
  15. Politics podcast: Ken Coates on the future of higher education
  16. The Oscars celebrated the humble, while avoiding the overtly political
  17. Leaving the past behind: what became of the anal personality?
  18. Nigeria
  19. Philippines
  20. Iraq
  21. Yemen
  22. Turkey
  23. Syria
  24. Saudi Arabia
  25. Sahel region, Africa
  26. South Sudan
  27. Venezuela
  28. Brazil
  29. United States
  30. India
  31. Afghanistan
  32. Pakistan
  33. North Korea
  34. Indonesia
  35. China
  36. War, conflict, economic strife: the world in 2017 is rife with hot spots, but leavened by hope
  37. Ukraine
  38. France
  39. Russia
  40. Germany
  41. We’re not racist, but … Ray Martin, the media and racism’s missing link
  42. Ruling on assisted dying drug Nembutal sets important precedent
  43. Severe heatwaves show the need to adapt livestock management for climate
  44. Younger is not always better when it comes to learning a second language
  45. As the Liberal Party continues to fracture, we may be watching its demise
  46. How racism and a lack of diversity can harm productivity in our workplaces
  47. Nokia's revised 3310 mobile phone is the latest tech to target retro-adopters
  48. How fake drugs end up in our public health system (and how to spot them)
  49. Politically, the government seems on a hiding to nothing in the penalty rates battle
  50. Explainer: what is 'precipitable water', and why does it matter?

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