Tax increases are one of the most effective ways of deceasing smoking, and Big Tobacco's Big Concern.Daniel Munoz/ReutersEarlier this week opposition leader Bill Shorten confirmed that should Labor return to government, it was considering raising the tobacco tax further. A planned A$40 billion would be raised by the increases.
There is popular...
Haunted by the spectre of Copenhagen, the man in charge of COP21, French foreign minister Laurent Fabius, is determined that it will be “a success”. After a long and distinguished political career (he was Prime Minister in the 1980s) this is his last hurrah and he wants to go out triumphant.
The French Government has been putting in the...
Last week there was much speculation that the government will propose raising the GST to 15% from its current 10% at the next election. So far this talk has failed to either dent Turnbull’s ratings or the Coalition’s two party lead. Here is this week’s poll table; note that Morgan is currently a week out of alignment with...
Disadvantaged children find schools increasingly irrelevant to their lives.www.shutterstock.comThere is a growing number of young people giving up and dropping out of school in Australia.
Kids as young as eight are switching off during these fundamental school years and missing out on huge chunks of their education.
The reports keep piling up,...
In environments where the ground itself is constantly shifting, breaking, and being reshaped, every component must be built to endure. Mining operations are among the most demanding in the industria...
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If you’re in business, you might have seen it before. A team of capable and smart people just suddenly slows down, and things start spiraling out of control. On paper, everything looks perfect, but ...
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Across Australia, a lot of tradies are busy. There’s no shortage of demand in industries like plumbing, electrical, landscaping, and building. But being busy doesn’t always mean running a smooth or...
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