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What is the 'sugar tax' and who reckons it's a good idea?

At this point, it is a recommendation from a number of health experts, which would place a levy on sugary drinks in order to mitigate obesity rates, writes Crikey intern Sophie Heizer.

Mayne: why do so many government bodies keep executive pay secret?

The public has the right to know how much executives whose salaries are paid for by the taxpayer are paid, but there is a shocking lack of disclosure at most government agencies,

'Energy', 'families', 'work': Turnbull's obsessions during the first week of school

While the word to get the most attention this was “sycophant”, Malcolm Turnbull spent a lot more time talking about electricity during the first week of Parliament. A survey of his media appearances, speeches and answers in question time over Parliament’s first week back shows he used the word sycophant a mere five times (to […]

LEAKED: instructions for teachers to use coal in the classroom

A new educational program aims to get children looking at coal with as much love as Scott Morrison does. As discovered by satirist Ben Pobjie.

Has the Reserve Bank discovered magic pudding economics?

Reserve Bank governor Phil Lowe says company tax cuts are necessary to be internationally competitive, but how can we both cut taxes and invest in infrastructure write Bernard Keane and Glenn Dyer.

What is Roe 8 and why has it become a vote-winning issue in WA?

It would be WA's first toll road, and represents the first stage of the $1.6 billion Perth Freight Link.

How Centrelink is avoiding releasing debt system information

The Department of Human Services is flouting Freedom of Information guidelines in rejecting and delaying multiple requests for information on Centrelink's automatic data matching system.

'How can country that has failed so abysmally in its treatment of refugees be elected to the Human Rights Council?'

Gillian Triggs says it is very difficult for Australia to show moral leadership on much of anything, given the situation in Manus Island and Nauru ...

Rundle: destructive civil disobedience is the only answer to most recent Nauru horror

The call to such action falls neither equally nor fairly, but fall it does.