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Tax reform might happen if we could see everyone's tax return

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The Federal Budget has been delivered and Australians are headed for the polls. In this series, Reform Revisited, we ask writers for innovative ways to tackle our reform agenda.

It might sound odd to us in Australia, but Norwegians have been able to see how much their fellow citizens earn, and how much...

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Build in good services from day one for healthier communities: lessons from Selandra Rise

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Building new residential communities is no mean feat. Building healthy new communities is an even greater challenge. Released today by VicHealth, our five-year study into the creation of one such community, Selandra Rise in Melbourne’s south-east growth corridor, points to the need for providing good services and integrated planning early on....

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Black Velvet: redefining and celebrating Indigenous Australian women in art

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imageA picture of strength: lifelong activist Bonita Mabo OA in front of her portrait as a young woman, which features in her granddaughter Boneta-Marie Mabo's first solo exhibition.Josef Ruckli, courtesy of the State Library of Queensland, CC BY

* Warning: This article contains graphic language that may upset some readers, while Aboriginal and Torres...

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  2. We all live downstream – it's time to restore our freshwater ecosystems
  3. Towards a collaborative city: the case for a Melbourne Metropolitan Commission
  4. The NSW government is choosing to undermine native vegetation and biodiversity
  5. Fans deserve fair play in major sports, not cheating and corruption
  6. The off-topic Conversation #92
  7. Student loan caps must be part of total redesign of vocational funding system
  8. Lessons from history in how to run a good election campaign – or how to avoid a really bad one
  9. Rapid transition to clean energy will take massive social change
  10. What if tax reform was a fundamental human right?
  11. Memo to Michelle Guthrie: expert ideas for the new ABC era
  12. Why do some old men have big red noses? No, it's not alcohol
  13. Integrity in sport needs to grow from the grassroots level
  14. Will the internships program help young people get jobs?
  15. Coalition and Labor close in Ipsos and Newspoll as election race starts
  16. In the Nakamoto fiasco, Reddit proves a more reliable source of crowdsourced analysis
  17. The President of Humility
  18. Negotiating the media minefields in a world where radio is no longer king
  19. Election explainer: what does it mean that we're having a double-dissolution election?
  20. Policy primers: what you need to know for Election 2016
  21. Election survival guide: nine tips for politicians and one for us
  22. The 2016 election race formally starts as Malcolm Turnbull goes to the governor-general
  23. Sea-level rise has claimed five whole islands in the Pacific: first scientific evidence
  24. Disclose political donations in 'real time': Sinodinos
  25. 'Retrospective' claims on super changes are a furphy
  26. Nicholls toppling Springborg lays bare the still-uneasy marriage of Queensland’s Liberals and Nationals
  27. Do you even lift? Why lifting weights is more important for your health than you think
  28. Transparency in moderation
  29. Antibody injections could be stepping stone to HIV vaccine
  30. Coastal communities, including 24 federal seats at risk, demand action on climate threats
  31. EcoCheck: can the Brigalow Belt bounce back?
  32. From the mouth of babes: how can I call my writing poetry when it doesn’t rhyme?
  33. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the budget that launches an election
  34. Open data on Australian companies could be the best response to tax avoidance
  35. Rhythm on the brain, and why we can't stop dancing
  36. Politics podcast: Andrew Leigh on Labor's budget reply
  37. Michelle Guthrie should look to UK and reality TV to achieve a more diverse ABC
  38. Finding a dignified resolution for West Papua
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  40. Friday essay: the quest for legacy – how pop music is embracing high art
  41. Grattan on Friday: Budget lays election foundation, but Turnbull bungles
  42. Shorten avoids the traps and plays to Labor's strengths in budget reply
  43. Super and personal tax tweaks will drive more people into the property market
  44. Essay: a sober, responsible budget, but negative gearing a blind spot
  45. Vital Signs: the interest rate cut that could lead to less business investment
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