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Businesses get extension for instant asset write-off

  • Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Businesses get extension for instant asset write-offShutterstock

In its latest move to spur business investment, the government will extend its $150,000 instant assets write-off until the end of the year.

The six-months extension, which will be legislated, will cost $300 million in revenue over the forward estimates.

As part of the government’s pandemic emergency measures, in March it announced...

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Economists back wage freeze 21-19 in new Economic Society-Conversation survey

  • Written by Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
Economists back wage freeze 21-19 in new Economic Society-Conversation surveyWes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-ND

Australian economists narrowly back a wage freeze in the minimum wage case now before the Fair Work Commission, a freeze that could flow through to millions of Australians on awards and affect the wages of millions more through the enterprise bargaining process.

The annual case is in its final stages after...

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Free childcare ends July 12, with sector losing JobKeeper but receiving temporary payment

  • Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Free childcare ends July 12, with sector losing JobKeeper but receiving temporary paymentAAP/Lukas Coch

Free childcare will end on July 12, with the government saying it has “done its job” and demand is now increasing for places as the economy is reopening.

The system will return to the previous mean tested childcare subsidy scheme but with some transition funding for the sector and help for parents whose circumstances have...

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Labor trails federally and in Queensland; Biden increases lead over Trump

  • Written by Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne
Labor trails federally and in Queensland; Biden increases lead over TrumpAAP/Mick Tsikas

This week’s Newspoll, conducted June 3-6 from a sample of 1,510, gave the Coalition a 51-49 lead, unchanged from three weeks ago. Primary votes were 42% Coalition (down one), 34% Labor (down one), 12% Greens (up two) and 4% One Nation (up one).

Scott Morrison maintained his high coronavirus crisis ratings. 66% were satisfied...

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  6. We modelled the future of Leadbeater’s possum habitat and found bushfires, not logging, pose the greatest threat
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  8. the promise and peril of a Pacific tourism bubble
  9. Number of Australia's vulnerable children is set to double as COVID-19 takes its toll
  10. We've discovered how these deadly bacteria use a common sugar to spread through the body. It could help us stop them
  11. what can go wrong when governments let algorithms make the decisions
  12. Michelle Grattan on recession, the HomeBuilder program and Morrison's phone call with Trump
  13. Why do protests turn violent? It's not just because people are desperate
  14. Let's fix Australia's environment with any pandemic recovery aid – the Kiwis are doing it
  15. Fast moves in India-Australia relations risk pushing millions more into modern slavery
  16. the pandemic has put pressure on many relationships, but here's how to tell if yours will survive
  17. HomeBuilder might be the most-complex least-equitable construction jobs program ever devised
  18. There is no easy path out of coronavirus for live classical music
  19. HomeBuilder misses a chance to make our homes perform better for us and the planet
  20. There may not be enough skilled workers in Australia's pipeline for a post-COVID-19 recovery
  21. Curious Kids: why do we burp?
  22. After Robodebt, it's time to address ParentsNext
  23. High Court decision today on the long legal battle over New Acland Coal mine expansion
  24. Trump's photo op with church and Bible was offensive, but not new
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  27. the politics of dancing and thinking about cultural values beyond dollars
  28. Pandemic kills Indigenous referendum, delivers likely mortal blow to religious discrimination legislation
  29. Morrison government toughens foreign investment scrutiny to protect 'national security'
  30. In publishing Tom Cotton, the New York Times has made a terrible error of judgment
  31. New Zealand hits a 95% chance of eliminating coronavirus – but we predict new cases will emerge
  32. Scott Morrison’s HomeBuilder scheme is classic retail politics but lousy economics
  33. Heading back to the gym? Here's how you can protect yourself and others from coronavirus infection
  34. Statistician David Gruen and the race for real-time pandemic data
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  37. Lessons from history point to local councils' role in Australia's recovery
  38. a world first effort to return threatened pangolins to the wild
  39. Sixty years on, two TV programs revisit Australia's nuclear history at Maralinga
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