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The Netflix tax - coming to a country near you

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imageIntroducing a so-called 'Netflix" tax in Australia makes sense.AAP/NewZulu/Richard Goldschmidt

The arrival of Netflix in Australia has brought into sharp relief the GST base erosion problem caused by global digital commerce. Along with the non-taxation of low-value imported goods, the absence of GST on services and digital products imported by...

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Doxxing, swatting and the new trends in online harassment

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imageWhen the SWAT team bursts into your bedroom, it's not only unpleasant but potentially deadly.Jason Eppink/Flickr, CC BY

Imagine this: there’s a knock at your door. “Pizza delivery!” It’s the fifth time in the last hour that you’ve had to say to a delivery-person: “No, I really didn’t order anything.”...

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  2. What should we tell our children about money?
  3. Europe has finally woken up to migrant deaths in the Med – but can it deliver a united response?
  4. Divided we stand: nationalism on the march across Europe
  5. Debut novelist Emily Bitto wins the Stella Prize
  6. Enormous hole in the universe may not be the only one
  7. Is your website mobile-friendly? Google update will hit you badly if not
  8. Fact Check: has austerity held back economic growth?
  9. If media companies do block VPN sites, you can build your own Personal Cloud VPN
  10. Manifesto Check: Labour's housing policy won't help those most in need
  11. Shorten's superannuation policy to hit accounts over $1.5 million
  12. Ley prescribes more talks on reform for 'sluggish' and 'bloated' Medicare
  13. A deal between the SNP and Labour looks easier than ever to strike – here's why
  14. Explainer: Northern Irish politics
  15. Shoppers face little chance in the 'confusopoly' of the supermarket world
  16. Manifesto check: SNP health pledges pose questions for the whole UK
  17. Why the parties have to get over their fear of talking tax rises
  18. Cartoon politics: the literary ghosts of elections past and present
  19. Greville Janner is just the latest twist in a slow-burning scandal
  20. Miliband on Newsnight shows strengths and limits of Labour message
  21. Banning conversion and reparative therapies for youth: one step forward
  22. Born this way? How high-tech conversion therapy could undermine gay rights
  23. China's AIIB helps resolve Asia's soaring infrastructure needs
  24. Dispersants sprayed in wake of Deepwater Horizon oil spill more toxic than oil alone
  25. From braille to iPad: a new app enables the blind to learn online
  26. What the writing on the (bathroom) wall reveals about sex and culture
  27. TV5 Monde take-down reveals key weakness of broadcasters in digital age
  28. Manifesto Check: SNP migration plans focus on international students
  29. Government versus pharmacists in search for big savings
  30. Explainer: the wild storms that lash Australia's east coast
  31. Productivity – the number one economic issue missing from the British election campaign
  32. From crowns and lace to bubble bath necklaces – the morphing meaning of luxury
  33. Sex offending may be in the genes but knowing that won't prevent it
  34. James Anderson record will stand test of time – here's why
  35. Has George Galloway met his match in Bradford West?
  36. What use would a digital bill of rights be?
  37. The Creative Victoria Taskforce is not the worst idea, and here’s why
  38. Star Wars offers enduring themes that appeal to our deepest selves
  39. Google wants more mobile-friendly websites in its mobile searches
  40. State of imprisonment: prisoners of NSW politics and perceptions
  41. Why you should get up, stand up and even lie down at work
  42. China's monetary easing to bolster growth, tackle shadow banking
  43. Fostering before the age of two helps children in institutional care deal better with stress
  44. University balance sheets tell us only some are right to cry poor
  45. Australian police tread a thin blue line on corporate sponsors
  46. Trials a step forward for medicinal cannabis but what comes next?
  47. Dumping of markets advisory board is another independent voice lost
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