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ACTU negative gearing plan would impact 300,000 Aussies

By Martin Duck The Australian Council of Trade Unions is pushing to limit negative gearing and capital gains tax discounts to just one investment property. So who stands

The Art of allowing your brain to wander and reset

By Anna Kenyon Every day, we’re faced with constant opportunities for stimulation. With 24/7 access to news feeds, emails and social media, many of us find ourselves

Brisbane’s Bluey a model of resilience for children

By Bradley Smith She’s six years old, lives in Brisbane and might just be one of the best resilience coaches on television. We’re talking about Bluey, the animated

Retail Trade: A journey through 75 years of retail statistics

By the Australian Bureau of Statistics Today marks the end of the Retail Trade publication with the ABS publishing its 771st and final monthly retail trade

Expert views on including YouTube in social media ban

The Federal Government has confirmed video-sharing platform YouTube will be included in the upcoming social media ban for children aged 16 and under. In recent days, the

Privacy focus heats up as new weapons unleashed

By McCullough Robertson Lawyers Australia’s federal privacy regulator has a new enforcement toolkit and a clear-eyed vision about how to deploy it in a strategic and

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What’s in store for the global economy for the rest of 2025

By Drew Klease Through the daily news cycle and the headlines streaming out of Washington, it can be easy to lose sight of the bigger picture. With the first half of the

Epstein list has Teflon Trump under pressure

By Emma Shortis Conspiracy theories are funny things. The most enduring ones usually take hold for two reasons: first, because there’s some grain of truth to them, and

Will stripping childcare centre funding keep children safe?

By Erin Harper Childcare centres will lose their eligibility for fee subsidies if they don’t meet safety standards, according to a new bill introduced to Federal

Ghosted by a friend? How to handle the hurt

By Megan Willis When we talk about “ghosting”, we usually think it relates to dating. But what happens when you’ve been ghosted by someone you’ve known for years

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