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Turnbull cremates big business tax cuts after Senate kills them

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

The government has dropped its commitment to tax cuts for big businesses, after the legislation was defeated in the Senate on Wednesday.

Malcolm Turnbull said that instead, the government would consider how it could enhance its existing program of tax cuts for small and medium businesses, perhaps bringing forward these, although he gave no detail.

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With Cohen and Manafort both guilty, the pressure on Trump is rising

  • Written by: Timothy J. Lynch, Associate Professor in American Politics, University of Melbourne
With Cohen and Manafort both guilty, the pressure on Trump is risingA protestor outside the Virginia courtroom where Paul Manafort was convicted of fraud on Tuesday.Michael Reynolds/EPA

The guilty pleas by Michael Cohen, Donald Trump’s former lawyer and fixer, and conviction of Paul Manafort, Trump’s former campaign manager, this week no doubt deepen the US president’s legal problems.

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what is resignation syndrome and why is it affecting refugee children?

  • Written by: Louise Newman, Director of the Centre for Women’s Mental Health at the Royal Women’s Hospital and Professor of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne

Reports from Nauru are raising concerns about an outbreak of a severe trauma-related mental disorder known as traumatic withdrawal syndrome, or resignation syndrome.

Recent legal action resulted in urgent medical evacuation of a child in an unconscious state following a progressive social withdrawal and failure to speak, eat or drink. The child...

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  2. How does mental illness affect sentencing?
  3. The secrets to managing overseas postings for modern families? Start with the spouse
  4. Senate kills tax cuts for big business as Dutton canvasses for second leadership bid
  5. The Turnbull government is all but finished, and the Liberals will now need to work out who they are
  6. how meditation affects the brain to help you stress less
  7. From tech to fetish, shoes in fairy tales are a mark of status
  8. Politicised science on the Great Barrier Reef? It's been that way for more than a century
  9. Fewer Australian university students than ever before believe in creationism
  10. could someone take ownership of a planet or a moon?
  11. Are Australian bridges safe, and can we do better?
  12. Research shows 'merit' is highly subjective and changes with our values
  13. Fierravanti-Wells resigns from ministry, accusing Turnbull of ignoring Liberal party's conservative base
  14. Labor now does politics better than the Liberals
  15. What Australian states can learn from Trump dismantling climate change policy
  16. Malcolm Turnbull struggling to shore up his border
  17. Dutton v Turnbull is the latest manifestation of the splintering of the centre-right in Australian politics
  18. The Coming Back Out Ball is a film that honours queer elders, but avoids rocking the boat
  19. what matters in Australian culture
  20. we must develop a unified approach to the national airspace with drones in mind
  21. Why more investment in the NDIS may not boost employment
  22. Turnbull holds off Dutton challenge – for now – by 48-35
  23. What sea creature can attack and win over a blue whale?
  24. How to move energy policy models beyond bias and vested interests
  25. how leadership instability and revenge became woven into our political fabric
  26. University staff and students are at high risk of ill health. Here's how to make sure they can cope
  27. What do your earliest childhood memories say about you?
  28. Here's what a population policy for Australia could look like
  29. what is loss aversion and is it real?
  30. Babies need more than tummy time to strengthen necks and prevent flat heads
  31. Energy policy and Turnbull's leadership plunge into debilitating uncertainty
  32. is Peter Dutton ineligible to sit in parliament?
  33. Charles Blackman's poetic vision contained an undertone of dread
  34. Alcohol brewed from trees and other fermented drinks in Australia's Indigenous history
  35. a short history of Australia's aborted climate policies
  36. why do I get a headache when I haven't had my coffee?
  37. West of Sunshine's father-and-son story is endearing, but too short
  38. The gender gap in Australia’s hate speech laws
  39. Coalition slumps to 55-45 deficit in Ipsos, and large swing to federal Labor in Queensland
  40. different building designs could lessen future damage
  41. Malcolm Turnbull shelves emissions reduction target as leadership speculation mounts
  42. Superannuation trustees should find long-term assets for their pensioners
  43. Nicki Minaj flips the script on hip-hop hypermasculinity with her album Queen
  44. How 'bling' makes us human
  45. Technology hasn't killed public libraries – it's inspired them to transform and stay relevant
  46. Six things you should do when reading with your kids
  47. how the Islamic State honours its fallen soldiers – and how Australians do the same
  48. To keep patients safe in hospitals, the accreditation system needs an overhaul
  49. Can Australian streaming survive a fresh onslaught from overseas?
  50. View from The Hill – It's time for Turnbull to put his authority on the line

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