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do we need company tax cuts?

  • Written by: Janine Dixon, Economist at Centre of Policy Studies, Victoria University

In this series - Budget policy checks - we look at the government’s justifications for policies likely to be in this year’s budget and measure them up against the evidence.

In this piece we look at the need for company tax cuts.


Business investment in Australia declined steadily for four years after peaking in 2013. In early 2016, the...

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How injuries change our brain and how we can help it recover

  • Written by: Michael O'Sullivan, Professor, Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland
How injuries change our brain and how we can help it recoverNew brain cells can form after injury. from www.shutterstock.com

This is part of our series on Changing the Brain, about what’s happening in our brain in various mental states and how we can change it for the better and worse. You can read the other articles here.


Injury to the adult brain is all too common. A brain injury will often show up...

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Why Democrats have filed a lawsuit against Russia – and what Australian politicians should learn from it

  • Written by: Sandeep Gopalan, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Academic Innovation) & Professor of Law, Deakin University
Why Democrats have filed a lawsuit against Russia – and what Australian politicians should learn from it

Last week, the Democratic Party in the United States brought an unprecedented lawsuit against a foreign country, Russia, and persons connected to the Kremlin. Predictably, this has received condemnation from Republicans and the Trump campaign. The Russian government – the primary target of the case – has not responded publicly.

Democrati...

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Interest only loans are an economic debacle that could bust the property market

  • Written by: Richard Holden, Professor of Economics and PLuS Alliance Fellow, UNSW

Vital Signs is a regular economic wrap from UNSW economics professor and Harvard PhD Richard Holden (@profholden). Vital Signs aims to contextualise weekly economic events and cut through the noise of the data affecting global economies.

This week: This risks of interest only loans that the RBA is ignoring and more revenue for the government ahead...

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  1. how pleasure affects our brain
  2. China's recycling 'ban' throws Australia into a very messy waste crisis
  3. It's funny to name species after celebrities, but there's a serious side too
  4. Designing the compassionate city to overcome built-in biases and help us live better
  5. Friday essay: recovering a narrative of place
  6. Museum or not? The changing face of curated science, tech, art and culture
  7. Banning soldiers displaying death symbols is about the right military mindset, not political correctness
  8. Can the Turnbull government make the election all about tax?
  9. Pregnant women are at increased risk of domestic violence in all cultural groups
  10. How courts and costs are undermining ASIC and the ACCC's efforts to police misbehaving banks and businesses
  11. How 'new power' is driving journalism in the digital age
  12. Kidnapped democracy: how can citizens escape?
  13. Some women feel grief after an abortion, but there's no evidence of serious mental health issues
  14. Academics call on Facebook to make data more widely available for research
  15. Experiment shows Einstein's quantum 'spooky action' approaches the human scale
  16. can they make us smarter?
  17. As a new defence chief comes in, Australia must focus its attention on its neighbours
  18. do we need ribbon-cutting infrastructure for jobs and growth?
  19. Where has Melbourne's political graffiti gone?
  20. Kyoto has many things to celebrate, but losing its trams isn't one of them
  21. Where did trees come from?
  22. Turnbull government abandons $8.2 billion Medicare levy increase
  23. The biggest clash of heroes and villains in Avengers: Infinity War
  24. Clarrie Combo, Mrs Brown and Aboriginal soldiers in WW2
  25. Women have been neglected by the Anzac tradition, and it's time that changed
  26. Robert Kelly on the Korean summits
  27. Yes, your kids can run all day – they’ve got muscles like endurance athletes
  28. Don't be misled: sign up for GetFacts
  29. what is the link and who is at risk?
  30. Labor's Newspoll lead narrows federally and in Victoria
  31. Why short 'unconscious bias' programs aren't enough to end racial harassment and discrimination
  32. A Tasmanian Requiem is a musical reckoning, and a pathway to reconciliation
  33. Gallipoli commemorations of Turkish youth tell us much about politics in Turkey
  34. As North Korea builds a season of summits, the stakes on denuclearisation remain high
  35. does Australia need personal income tax cuts?
  36. We can change our brain and its ability to cope with disease with simple lifestyle choices
  37. Eight things that should be included in screen guidelines for students
  38. Melbourne Airport is going to be as busy as Heathrow, so why the argument about one train line?
  39. How Kendrick Lamar's Pulitzer win blurs lines between classical music and pop
  40. Fracking can cause social stress in nearby areas: new research
  41. From pancakes to soccer balls, new study shows how galaxies change shape as they age
  42. Despite living amongst plants with large seeds, extinct giant moa dispersed only tiny seeds
  43. Abbott suggests sacking bank regulators as ASIC feels the heat
  44. Media reporting on women in the military is preserving a male dominated culture
  45. Australian governments don't work with each other and it's holding back regional economies in trouble
  46. is there an optimal time of day to work out?
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