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Why rents will rise under Labor's negative gearing proposal

  • Written by: Nigel Stapledon, Andrew Roberts Fellow and Director Real Estate Research and Teaching Centre for Applied Economic Research, UNSW Australia

In the current housing tax debate a number of studies have come out arguing that while prices will fall (by varying amounts) rents will not be affected. That rents will be unaffected is surprising and (in my view) wrong.

Outside of the heat of an election, the Henry Tax Review’s comprehensive review of the tax system argued for lower taxes on...

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What now for Australian research in a post-Brexit world?

  • Written by: Andrew Holmes, President of the Australian Academy of Science, Laureate Professor Emeritus, University of Melbourne
imageAftershocks from the UK's withdrawal from the European Union will be felt in Australian research.Shutterstock/argus

Nobody can yet predict exactly what the ramifications will be now the United Kingdom has voted to leave the European Union but UK science commentators are already foreshadowing Brexit Mark 2 – a Brain Exit of researchers.

Brexit...

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Charging for credit and debit card use may become the norm under new rules

  • Written by: Steve Worthington, Adjunct Professor, Swinburne University of Technology

New standards on how much businesses can surcharge their customers for credit or debit card purchases start in September. However, it’s not clear how the rules will be policed and whether this will lead to all businesses enforcing a surcharge, rather than just those who choose to.

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has revised the...

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A fringe group no more, the Greens put the frighteners on the two major parties

  • Written by: Narelle Miragliotta, Senior Lecturer in Australian Politics, Monash University
imageGreens leader Richard Di Natale will be hoping to snatch seats from the major parties in Saturday's election.AAP/Julian Smith

At the Greens campaign launch in Melbourne last Sunday, Richard Di Natale made it clear to the major parties that:

We’re here to stay. Get used to it.

Di Natale’s defiant declaration reflects the party’s...

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  1. Weekly Dose: new morning after pill makes it difficult to choose which to take
  2. Treasure from trash: how mining waste can be mined a second time
  3. Six ways to improve equity in Australian universities
  4. How the relationship between social media and traditional media has shaped this election
  5. If democratic citizenship is a universal right, how can we so neglect citizenship education?
  6. Coalition likely to win following Brexit
  7. Four game-changing lessons from Eating in Stockholm
  8. Policy primers: what you need to know before election day
  9. Election 2016: how well are the major parties meeting the needs of rural and regional Australia?
  10. Business Briefing: Zombie measures, crackdowns and Brexit worries
  11. Google's murky Washington lobbying is making Apple look good
  12. The system often forgets children of people with cancer: here's how to help them
  13. The next solar revolution could replace fossil fuels in mining
  14. Does a planet need plate tectonics to develop life?
  15. It's time for the 'science of sensibility' to return
  16. Engie's Hazelwood super profit highlights our tangled web of energy policy
  17. Coalition squeezes welfare lemon again
  18. Coalition targets welfare in $2.3b pre-election savings pitch
  19. Bill Shorten says the lesson of Brexit is that people shouldn't be left behind
  20. The off-topic Conversation #99
  21. Election FactCheck: Has the Coalition invested an average of $5 billion more per year into Medicare than Labor did?
  22. To eliminate misogyny, the AFL needs social change, not just crisis management
  23. Post-Brexit, Australia's best option is a trade pact with EU
  24. Ancient Deep Skull still holds big surprises 60 years after it was unearthed
  25. How the desire for masculinity might drive some disadvantaged young men to substance abuse
  26. The Rise of the Joyful Economy
  27. The voter paradox: we say we don't want a minority government, but we're happy to vote for one
  28. Risks, ethics and consent: Australia shouldn't become the world's nuclear wasteland
  29. What’s the 'ethnic vote' going to do in Australia's top-ten ethnic marginal seats?
  30. Full response from Pathology Australia
  31. Full response from Catholic Health Australia
  32. Election FactCheck: has the Coalition cut bulk-billing for pathology and scans 'to make patients pay more'?
  33. Despite the rhetoric, this election fails the feminist test
  34. Unit pricing saves money but is the forgotten shopping tool
  35. Labor's proposed competition reforms do little to address inequality
  36. Doctors still provide too many dying patients with needless treatment
  37. Bad behaviour in bars and pubs is a problem, but most of Australia's alcohol is drunk at home
  38. We can have fish and dams: here's how
  39. Let's talk about the space industry in Australia's election campaign
  40. Abbott would have lost 'resoundingly': Turnbull
  41. The Indi Project: 'Soft' voters trust Turnbull over Shorten to run the country
  42. Lessons from Brexit: the fruits of globalisation must be shared with low- and middle-income groups
  43. Brexit: act in haste...
  44. The Briefcase: does Australia's 'most exploitative reality show' breach broadcasting rules?
  45. Election FactCheck: Have 300,000 new jobs been created in the last calendar year and were almost two-thirds held by women?
  46. How time-poor scientists inadvertently made it seem like the world was overrun with jellyfish
  47. Australia should aim for a trade deal with the UK post Brexit
  48. Australia doesn't need a plebiscite on same-sex marriage – Ireland's experience shows why
  49. Higher education gets short shrift in the election campaign, and we are all the poorer for it
  50. Health Check: is caffeine actually bad for kids?

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How to Rent a Car for Uber in Melbourne: What Every New Driver Needs to Know

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