Before the government considers company or personal income tax cuts, it should help the states replace property stamp duties with a broad based land tax argues the Australian Council of Social Service.
It is well recognised by tax experts that land taxes are a more efficient tax than stamp duty. Indeed Treasury modelling released earlier this month...
The common brushtail possum has made itself well at home in Australia's cities. Possum image from www.shutterstock.comYou’re drifting off to sleep when, suddenly, there’s a bump and a thump and an unearthly shriek. But never fear, if your home is making these noises you probably don’t have ghosts, but a family of common brushtail...
Big Tobacco will go to extraordinary lengths to ensure moves to quell smoking rates fail.AAP/Lukas CochThere now appears to be bipartisan recognition in Australia of the political stench of cigarettes. Labor governments have taken a dim view of smoking for at least a decade, but now even the Liberal Party is joining the attack.
As the campaign...
Treasurer Scott Morrison has warned Australian banks not to pass on to customers the $121 million user-pays charge imposed on them to finance a strengthened Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC).
The banks will pay for almost all the $127 million four-year package, which the government hopes will take the sting out of...
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