There's a good reason we're so interested in the US election: it matters
Apr 04, 2016 00:31 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Kim Beazley was Australian ambassador to the United States from 2010 until January 2016, and a former leader of the federal Labor Party. He is now a senior fellow at the Perth USAsia Centre. This is the first of an...
Difference in a federal system should be cherished not feared
Apr 03, 2016 23:46 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The knee-jerk response to the Turnbull Governments proposed federalism reform is to complain that if the states controlled funding to their own schools, this could result in differences between the states, which is bad and...
Dramatic night in South Africa leaves president hanging on by a thread
Apr 02, 2016 12:18 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
South African President Jacob Zuma apologized to his nation on national television at 8 in the evening after a dramatic 36 hours that ended with him hanging onto power by a thread. The day before his televised apology...
Why the living wage won’t compensate for tax credit cuts
Apr 02, 2016 03:42 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics Law
Wage poverty is endemic in Britain because wages are thought of as a price for a job, rather than as a means of earning a living. The introduction of the so called national living wage what really should just be viewed...
Apr 01, 2016 16:07 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Following the March 2016 bombings in Brussels, Donald Trump stated: We have to be smart … Were taking in people without real documentation. We dont know where they are coming from … they could be...
The implosion of Turnbull’s “big idea” will raise further doubts about his substance and style
Apr 01, 2016 09:08 am UTC| Politics
Premiers and chief ministers on Friday delivered a humiliating public blow to Malcolm Turnbull, bluntly telling him they didnt want even to think about his big idea to allow them to raise income tax. The plan that would...
Modelling shows why premiers are wary of Turnbull's tax proposal
Apr 01, 2016 02:14 am UTC| Politics
If Australian states and territories were to levy an income tax based on residency, the revenue would vary considerably between jurisdictions with wealthier states benefiting more from such a regime compared to poorer...