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Let’s shout hooray for $2 a day!

Let’s shout hooray for $2 a day!

Tony will be Godking before we know it! The ravening hordes are already lurking at the gate. What will Tony do in his first 100 days?

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Behind Apple’s $17m daily tax dodge: loopholes and an Irish jig

Behind Apple’s $17m daily tax dodge: loopholes and an Irish jig

Plenty of Apple’s biggest money makers don’t pay taxes to any government, and the ones that do can pay as little as 0.05% on profits. The US loopholes and Ireland haven used by the tech giant.

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Female cricketers catch a raise, but other athletes struggle

Female cricketers catch a raise, but other athletes struggle

Australia’s female cricket team has won a pay rise that means some players will be able to quit their day jobs. But other female athletes struggle to balance training with work.

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Reporters as ‘co-conspirators’ in Obama’s war on journalism

Reporters as ‘co-conspirators’ in Obama’s war on journalism

The Obama administration is engaged in a war on investigative journalism, backed by national security laws. The internet may free up information, but it also aids government surveillance.

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Australian Story‘s sainthood problem: inside the ABC ‘cult’

The popular ABC show is a ratings winner and counters the nastiness that dominates other current affairs programming. But has Aunty gone too far to give its subjects a golden glow?

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The mystery of Treasury’s disappearing revenue: Parkinson explains

The Treasury Secretary’s discussion of what has gone wrong with revenue forecasting in recent years provides a context for the coming challenges on fiscal policy. Bernard Keane and Glenn Dyer report.

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The Power Index: election deciders, the tabloid editors at #9

How much power do the nation’s tabloid editors really wield when it comes to influencing our electoral process? Plenty, if you believe political operatives. Not only for what’s in print but how they influence the agenda for the rest of the day. For Labor it’s a lost cause.

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On time passing, and India changing: writer Anita Desai reflects

Thrice nominated for the Booker Prize, writer Anita Desai reflected on her place in India’s rapidly changing literary canon in a speech in Melbourne last night.

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No, News Ltd, RBA’s rate cut had nothing to do with the dollar

News Ltd columnists were quick to proclaim that the RBA had cut rates to combat the high Aussie dollar. Turns out, that was a crock — but where are their heartfelt apologies?

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iHype: don’t believe what you read on comparison site float

iSelect has dominated the Australian market and is a tasty prospect for stockmarket players. But don’t believe all of the hype you’re reading in the nation’s financial daily.

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In war between cyclists and drivers, something’s got to give

Motorists instinctively begrudge cyclists road space. The time has come for drivers to realise roads are not exclusively theirs, writes Alan Davies.

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Election Deciders
Forget Tony Abbott and Julia Gillard, who’ll really decide the federal election? The Power Index profiles the influential insiders, flacks and tabloid hacks whose frenzied focus will be firmly fixed
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