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Morrison's $158 billion tax plan set to sail through Senate after deals with crossbenchers

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

The Morrison government will finish the first week of the new parliament with its election centrepiece - the $158 billion, three-stage tax package – passed into law.

The first stage of the tax relief – in the form of an offset for low- and middle-income earners when people submit their returns - will be available as soon as the Tax...

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Early days, but we've found a way to lift the IQ and resilience of Australia's most vulnerable children

  • Written by: Jeff Borland, Professor of Economics, University of Melbourne
Early days, but we've found a way to lift the IQ and resilience of Australia's most vulnerable childrenIt's looking as if it's possible to fix brokenness before it goes too far.Shutterstock

What happens in our first three years profoundly influences the rest of our lives.

Children who encounter extreme adversity in those early years – including prolonged exposure to physical or sexual abuse and living in a highly stressful family environment...

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Using virtual reality could make you a better person in real life

  • Written by: Thuong Hoang, Lecturer in Virtual and Augmented Reality, Deakin University
Using virtual reality could make you a better person in real lifeVR gives the user a sense of body ownership over a virtual avatar.Deakin University Asset Bank, Author provided

If you’ve ever participated in a virtual reality (VR) experience, you might have found yourself navigating the virtual world as an avatar. If you haven’t, you probably recognise the experience from its portrayal in film and on...

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Getting out of liquor and pokies will cost Woolworths, but deliver lasting benefits

  • Written by: Jason Pallant, Lecturer of Marketing, Swinburne University of Technology
Getting out of liquor and pokies will cost Woolworths, but deliver lasting benefitsBeing a company committed to 'family-friendly values' and corporate social responsibility does not sit well with profits from drinking and gambling.Dallas Kilponen/AAP

The Woolworths Group proclaims it celebrates “family-friendly values”.

Within its supermarkets the company has sought to demonstrate this commitment. Woolies gives out...

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  7. Jacqui Lambie plays the Harradine game
  8. Father Frank Brennan on Israel Folau and religious freedom
  9. Victoria's commitment to a non-fatal strangulation offence will make a difference to vulnerable women
  10. From Shark Bay seagrass to Stone Age Scotland, we can now assess climate risks to World Heritage
  11. Trump and Kim are talking (again). But the leaders have yet to find real common ground
  12. To be a rising star in the space economy, Australia should also look to the East
  13. how poverty makes it hard to escape mental illness
  14. Ultra-low unemployment is in our grasp. How Philip Lowe became the governor who lifted our ambition
  15. it's Jeremy Hunt (who?) vs Boris Johnson (yes, really), with the future of the UK at stake
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  18. A new exhibition captures the magic and power of tattoos across cultures
  19. a history from the forbidden fruit to Facebook
  20. Morrison and Albanese to discuss inquiry into press freedom
  21. Back-to-back Reserve Bank cuts take interest rates to new low of 1%
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  25. With China's swift rise as naval power, Australia needs to rethink how it defends itself
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  33. ACTU president Michele O'Neil on John Setka and the government's anti-union legislation
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  35. At the G20, a focus on sideshow diplomacy and photo opps, with limited material gains
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