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Fairness isn't optional. How to design a tax system that works

  • Written by: Fabrizio Carmignani, Professor, Griffith Business School, Griffith University
Fairness isn't optional. How to design a tax system that worksNo-one would ask low earners to pay the same as high earnersShutterstock

This is part of a major series called Advancing Australia, in which leading academics examine the key issues facing Australia in the lead-up to the 2019 federal election and beyond. Read the other pieces in the series here.


Any discussion of the tax system requires a common...

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The US-North Korea summit ends abruptly in Hanoi

  • Written by: Benjamin Habib, Lecturer in International Relations, Department of Politics and Philosophy, La Trobe University
The US-North Korea summit ends abruptly in HanoiAs the US-North Korea summit comes to an abrupt end, denuclearisation is a fantasy that is leaving Washington as the odd man out on the Korean Peninsula.AAP/KCNA

Korea-watchers around the world are scrambling to tease out the meaning of the abruptly concluded US-DPRK summit in Hanoi. I want to cast a critical eye on denuclearisation itself as the...

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Warringah Votes – Abbott's challenger has yet to 'penetrate the streets'

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

Zali Steggall is a poster person for a batch of high profile centre-right independents contesting seats in the May election.

Her bid to oust Tony Abbott from his Liberal heartland Sydney seat of Warringah is receiving national attention and the former prime minister is clearly feeling under pressure.

But according to qualitative research in the...

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Tony Abbott and Zali Steggall on Warringah votes

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Tony Abbott and Zali Steggall on Warringah votes

The Sydney electorate of Warringah will be one of the most fascinating battlegrounds in the May election, with a high profile independent Zali Stegall challenging former prime minister Tony Abbott.

Despite the seat being on about 11 per cent, Abbott describes this as a “full on marginal seat campaign”.

Abbott is running hard on local...

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  31. How to Rule the World is a biting and urgent satire of Australian politics
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