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Bigger breaks for smaller business will come at a cost

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imageSmall business are bound to be happy with Joe Hockey’s tax cut - but gaming of the system may be inevitable.AAP/Sam Mooy

Treasurer Joe Hockey’s surprising transformation into the ghost of Wayne Swan in this year’s Federal Budget has brought about some welcome tax breaks for a swathe of businesses at the smaller end of town. From...

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Budget infrastructure spending serves mainly political goals

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imageSpending on infrastructure in the federal budget appears to serve mainly political aims.AAP Image/Dan Himbrechts

Tony Abbott famously told Australians he wanted to be known as the infrastructure prime minister and in the 2013 election campaign committed to “retain and strengthen the role of Infrastructure Australia, to create a more...

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  2. Budget brief: what's in the budget on climate change and renewables?
  3. Federal Budget 2015 – environment experts react
  4. Debt disaster is so last year – now Hockey's giving a helping hand
  5. This budget won't fix Australia's limping economy. It shouldn't try
  6. Not all corporate tax avoiders will be snared by new rules
  7. Missed opportunities on coherent pension policy reform
  8. The rise and rise of the 2015 El Niño
  9. Sexism in science: one step back, two steps forward
  10. ATAR found to be a poor predictor of how well students do at uni
  11. 21st-century character designs reflect our concerns, as always
  12. There's money for the arts in the budget – but with strings attached
  13. Consent to take part in research needs to be much easier
  14. Many feared dead as second quake hits devastated Nepal
  15. Why sales of bottled water overtaking soft drinks is nothing to celebrate
  16. Best-ever election for women gives Britain a more balanced cabinet
  17. In defence of pollsters: they never said they could predict the UK election
  18. How Greece's liquidity problem could cause an unplanned Grexit
  19. Venice Biennale 2015: the Arsenale stuffed with guns, stripped of hope
  20. How chaos in Libya spawned a security nightmare in the Mediterranean
  21. Is Devo Manc a good model for English devolution? Almost ...
  22. The battles ahead for Nicky Morgan and Jo Johnson's Tory education reforms
  23. Tom Devine: is this the end of the Union as we know it?
  24. Budget brief: how does science and research funding fare?
  25. INFOGRAPHIC: The budget winners and losers
  26. We need to protect the whistleblowers who save our skins but pay the price
  27. Education budget can’t shake the Gonski ghost
  28. Federal Budget 2015: health experts react
  29. Budget brief: will I lose my age pension?
  30. Budget brief: are there any surprises for small business, including sole traders?
  31. Path to budget surplus built on shifting foundations
  32. Federal Budget 2015: Small business wins in grab for confidence
  33. Research shows nurses are short on time, not compassion
  34. How smart is it to allow students to use mobile phones at school?
  35. How Bill Simmons' innovative style led to his rise – and fall – at ESPN
  36. Stormwater innovations mean cities don't just flush rainwater down the drain
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  38. It doesn't take a brain surgeon to decipher the unemployment rate
  39. Rising CO2 levels are changing how fast forests cycle water
  40. After last year's 'crazy brave' comes the hangover budget
  41. INFOGRAPHIC: 2015 federal budget at a glance
  42. Why abolishing the Human Rights Act will be a rough ride for Michael Gove
  43. How we discovered the three revolutions of American pop
  44. Why we musn't assume smoking and drinking only leads to certain cancers
  45. How we recreated the early universe in the laboratory
  46. Cornwall and Yorkshire show regional identities run deep in England, too
  47. Why falling oil prices should not undermine investment in green energy
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