Fizzy drinks tax alone won't solve childhood obesity nightmare

Mar 21, 2016 13:42 pm UTC| Health Law

George Osbornes sugar levy on soft drinks seems to acknowledge, at long last, that the food industry should be regulated to help consumers adopt healthier diets. A substantial body of evidence strongly supports a soda tax....

The Bali Process can do a lot more to respond to forced migration in our region

Mar 21, 2016 04:18 am UTC| Insights & Views Law

The Bali Process on People Smuggling, Trafficking in Persons and Related Transnational Crime will hold a full ministerial meeting in Bali this Wednesday. The meeting will bring together ministers from 45 member countries...

Penalty rate cut will hurt economy without helping business: Labor

Mar 20, 2016 15:59 pm UTC| Law Business

The federal opposition says that reducing penalty rates in the retail and hospitality sectors would widen the gender pay gap across the economy and hit consumption without bringing the claimed benefits to business and...

Workers would benefit from lowering company tax: Sinodinos

Mar 20, 2016 15:57 pm UTC| Politics Law

Cabinet secretary Arthur Sinodinos has made a strong pitch for giving priority to a company tax cut cut in the coming budget as the best way to boost growth, with a significant flow on for workers. As the budgets tax...

Corporation tax: the progressive case for getting rid of it

Mar 18, 2016 10:23 am UTC| Insights & Views Law

George Osborne, the UK chancellor, announced that corporation tax will be cut to 17% in 2020. But why stop there? Theres a very good case for thinking the unthinkable and getting rid of corporation tax altogether. For...

Does the First Amendment protect people who film the police?

Mar 18, 2016 10:21 am UTC| Insights & Views Law

This October, former police officer Michael Slager will stand trial for murder in the shooting death of Walter Scott following a daytime traffic stop last year in North Charleston, South Carolina. The critical evidence in...

Corporate tax: why conflict between firms and states is hard to crack

Mar 18, 2016 05:58 am UTC| Insights & Views Law

Benjamin Franklin, the former US President, is reported to have said: In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes. This statement couldnt be more true today. The recent row over...