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Not all corporate tax avoiders will be snared by new rules

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imageTreasurer Joe Hockey has announced new rules allowing the Tax Commissioner will have the power to to recover unpaid taxes and issue a fine of an extra 100% of unpaid taxes, plus interest.AAP Image/Lukas Coch

Hockey’s budget announcement of two major tax integrity measures was flagged before the budget was handed down, but even that came as...

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Missed opportunities on coherent pension policy reform

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imageFor every $1000 of assets the pension will be reduced by $3 a fortnight, under changes proposed in the federal budget.AAP Image/Alan Porritt

Changes to the pension foreshadowed by Social Services Minister Scott Morrison have been enacted as a flagship policy of the 2015-2016 federal budget.

Mr Morrison has said the changes, which still need the...

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  3. 21st-century character designs reflect our concerns, as always
  4. There's money for the arts in the budget – but with strings attached
  5. Consent to take part in research needs to be much easier
  6. Many feared dead as second quake hits devastated Nepal
  7. Why sales of bottled water overtaking soft drinks is nothing to celebrate
  8. Best-ever election for women gives Britain a more balanced cabinet
  9. In defence of pollsters: they never said they could predict the UK election
  10. How Greece's liquidity problem could cause an unplanned Grexit
  11. Venice Biennale 2015: the Arsenale stuffed with guns, stripped of hope
  12. How chaos in Libya spawned a security nightmare in the Mediterranean
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  14. The battles ahead for Nicky Morgan and Jo Johnson's Tory education reforms
  15. Tom Devine: is this the end of the Union as we know it?
  16. Budget brief: how does science and research funding fare?
  17. INFOGRAPHIC: The budget winners and losers
  18. We need to protect the whistleblowers who save our skins but pay the price
  19. Education budget can’t shake the Gonski ghost
  20. Federal Budget 2015: health experts react
  21. Budget brief: will I lose my age pension?
  22. Budget brief: are there any surprises for small business, including sole traders?
  23. Path to budget surplus built on shifting foundations
  24. Federal Budget 2015: Small business wins in grab for confidence
  25. Research shows nurses are short on time, not compassion
  26. How smart is it to allow students to use mobile phones at school?
  27. How Bill Simmons' innovative style led to his rise – and fall – at ESPN
  28. Stormwater innovations mean cities don't just flush rainwater down the drain
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  31. Rising CO2 levels are changing how fast forests cycle water
  32. After last year's 'crazy brave' comes the hangover budget
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  35. How we discovered the three revolutions of American pop
  36. Why we musn't assume smoking and drinking only leads to certain cancers
  37. How we recreated the early universe in the laboratory
  38. Cornwall and Yorkshire show regional identities run deep in England, too
  39. Why falling oil prices should not undermine investment in green energy
  40. Is the BBC safe in the hands of Britain's new culture secretary?
  41. BOM: We're calling it, the 2015 El Niño is here
  42. Julian Assange, true descendant of America's crusading journalists
  43. No need to pickle children: get Big Food to cut salt for better health
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  45. Climate change is hitting African farmers the hardest of all
  46. The crossbench ideology that could bring reform unstuck
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