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Shorten announces company tax compromise but business still critical

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Shorten announces company tax compromise but business still criticalBill Shorten's tax cuts compromise follows a fierce backlash from business and an outcry from some senior colleagues.AAP/Joel Carrett

Opposition leader Bill Shorten has backed down on his controversial declaration on Labor’s company tax policy, announcing a compromise that would allow firms with turnovers under $50 million to keep the tax...

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Michelle Grattan on Shorten's leadership worries

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

Michelle Grattan speaks with Institute for Governance and Policy Analysis Director Mark Evans about the week in politics. They discuss Bill Shorten’s leadership worries, flip flops on company tax cuts, the upcoming by-elections, and where the government is on support for the national energy guarantee.

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Michelle Grattan does not work for,...

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The ethics of Apple’s closed ecosystem app store

  • Written by: Michael Cowling, Senior Lecturer in Educational Technology, CQUniversity Australia
The ethics of Apple’s closed ecosystem app storeAfter 10 years, could Apple finally be losing their control over the way apps are installed on their platform?Shutterstock

This July marks the tenth birthday of the iOS App Store.

The App Store originally launched alongside the release of the 3G model – 12 months after the original iPhone. The store gave developers the opportunity to write...

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why retailers want you to know about their green credentials

  • Written by: Louise Grimmer, Lecturer in Marketing, Tasmanian School of Business and Economics, University of Tasmania
why retailers want you to know about their green credentialsIs it really that hard to switch to paper or cloth bags?Guus Baggermans | Unsplash

Australian supermarkets phasing out single-use plastic bags is just one example of how retailers are fiercely engaged in a race to be “green”. Other examples are dumping plastic straws, buying back used products and reducing unnecessary packaging.

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