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Election FactCheck: is Labor planning to increase taxes by $100 billion over ten years?

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor

Labor has no plan for Australia except to increase taxes by $100 billion over ten years. - Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, Liberal Party of Australia email to subscribers, May 8, 2016.

Tax is shaping up to be a hot button issue in this election, with both major parties aiming to paint their opponents as high taxers. So is Prime Minister Malcolm...

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Explainer: why protecting the Red Cross emblem matters

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor
imageThe Red Cross has a 150 year history of providing impartial humanitarian aid. Toby Bradbury, CC BY-NC-SA

The Red Cross is a symbol we all know well – we see it everywhere, on pharmacy signs, children’s dress-ups, toy sets, Halloween costumes, even ads for mobile phone repairers. The Red Cross has become a generic sign of medical aid, a...

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Why Shorten wants to kill off spectre of Labor-Greens deal in a hung parliament

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor
imageBill Shorten has spent the last two-and-a-half years trying to shed memories of the dysfunction of the Rudd-Gillard years.AAP/Mick Tsikas

The election is still nearly two months away, making prediction precarious. However, there are some certainties. And these help explain the thermonuclear war that has broken out between Labor and the Greens over...

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  3. Do smart people tend to be more liberal? Yes, but it doesn't mean all conservatives are stupid
  4. What if young people designed their own learning?
  5. Indigenous reconciliation is hard, it re-opens wounds to heal them
  6. Experience and di Natale position the Greens as a formidable election force
  7. Antarctic ice shows Australia's drought and flood risk is worse than thought
  8. The herd driven housing bubble that could trigger an apartment bust
  9. Why we need environmental accounts alongside national accounts
  10. Is a story about heterosexual coupling the queerest film of the past year?
  11. Erectile dysfunction often has a psychological basis
  12. The DAO: a radical experiment that could be the future of decentralised governance
  13. Aspiring treasurer Chris Bowen looks fit for purpose
  14. Why nosebands should be loosened on dressage horses at the Olympics
  15. FactCheck: does Labor have a $19.5b black hole in its funding plan?
  16. What the Reserve Bank memo really says about negative gearing
  17. Call yourself a cosmetic surgeon? New guidelines fix only half the problem
  18. A Moon Shaped Pool and the unmistakable alchemy of Radiohead
  19. Lessons from living below the extreme poverty line on $2 a day
  20. Indonesia sets new rules for ride-sharing companies
  21. Why Bill Shorten 'stars' in both sides' election ads
  22. How your garden could help stop your city flooding
  23. Super contribution cap changes could end up benefiting the rich
  24. Comment moderation during the election
  25. Media picture of urban consolidation focuses more on a good scare story than the facts
  26. The Turnbull of old
  27. From donkey votes to dog whistles, our election language has a long and political history
  28. Queensland moves to control land clearing: other states need to follow
  29. Explainer: why we can't fix the structural deficit without tax and spending reform
  30. Memo to Michelle Guthrie: as local newspapers die, might the ABC help out?
  31. When the scrotum is empty: undescended testes don't only affect kids
  32. Blockchain is useful for a lot more than just Bitcoin
  33. Go target the Liberals, Albanese tells the Greens on his tail
  34. Rushed reform benefits no one in the end
  35. The Philippines: former sick man of Asia suffers relapse
  36. Five ways Reg Grundy changed Australian TV (for better or worse)
  37. Fraudulent loans point to due diligence problems at Australia's major banks
  38. #ausvotes Revisited: Social Media in the 2013 Australian Federal Election
  39. Health Check: how to get off the couch and into exercise
  40. The Logies: a yearly advertisement for Australian TV
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  42. Liberal divisions can be a source of strength, not weakness, in the election campaign
  43. Build in good services from day one for healthier communities: lessons from Selandra Rise
  44. Black Velvet: redefining and celebrating Indigenous Australian women in art
  45. Coalition gains slightly in post-budget polls
  46. We all live downstream – it's time to restore our freshwater ecosystems
  47. Towards a collaborative city: the case for a Melbourne Metropolitan Commission
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