Lack of transparency makes the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control much less effective than it should be.
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Take a leaf from Kiwi book on obligations for those on welfare
The idea is that the government should track the lives of welfare recipients more closely and intervene in ways that forestall them remaining on welfare. This is sensible.
Labor hurting its own voters
The Queensland Government campaigned last election against asset sales, promising no rise in debt or taxes, yet every proposal to accelerate the Queensland economy involves at least one of these.
Show us the negative gearing modelling Bill
The fact they were over-claiming savings was confirmed by external modelling of the policy done by ALP think tank, the McKell Institute, the ANU, and since by the Parliamentary Budget Office.
What if Leak’s characters were white?
In terms of guilt, I think Leak has undermined his crusade by backing the #indigenousdads movement.
Chris Bowen serial offender on negative gearing
Chris Bowen claims Australian property "concessions" are the highest in the world, getting it wrong twice in the same sentence.
Economy and super, not Mediscare, decided the election
The coalition scrambled across the line by gaining enough votes from minor party voters on the economy, and also Mediscare, to cancel out problems with superannuation.
Textor Thesis fails empirical test
Winning the first or second preferences of the voters currently voting non-Greens minor party is the key to securing a workable majority in Australia's federal parliament.
Fix the deposit gap and leave negative gearing alone
The major issue with housing affordability is the time it takes to save a deposit, and abolishing negative gearing would do little for this while potentially devastating home values.
Housing affordability – the deposit gap
This analysis shows the major issue with housing affordability is the time it takes to save a deposit, not negative gearing, and that mortgage repayments themselves are quite affordable by the standards of the last 23 years.
