By Peter Breadon, Program Director, Health and Aged Care, Grattan Institute
Jessica Geraghty, Senior Associate, Grattan Institute
Sugary drinks cause weight gain and increase the risk of a range of diseases. But a tax can reduce sales and make us healthier.
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By Dale Boccabella, Associate Professor of Taxation Law, UNSW Sydney
Ranjana Gupta, Senior Lecturer Taxation, Auckland University of Technology
There’s a good reason your local volunteer-run netball club doesn’t pay tax. In Australia, various nonprofit organisations are exempt from paying income tax, including those that do charitable work, such as churches.
These exemptions or concessions can also extend to other taxes, including fringe benefits tax, state and local government property taxes and payroll taxes.
The traditional justification for granting these concessions is that charitable activities benefit society. They contribute to the wellbeing of the community in a variety of non-religious ways.
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By Luis Gómez Romero, Senior Lecturer in Human Rights, Constitutional Law and Legal Theory, University of Wollongong
María de la Macarena Iribarne González, Lecturer, School of Law, University of Wollongong
Nearly all countries in the region have criminalised either femicide or feminicide, which has had a tremendous impact on society.
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By Adam Simpson, Senior Lecturer, International Studies, University of South Australia
Insisting nuclear power is the only way for Australia to achieve net zero by 2050 is a classic move from the playbook of those who oppose urgent action on climate change.
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By Marina Deller, Casual Academic, Creative Writing and English Literature, Flinders University
Kate Douglas, Professor of English, Flinders University
Stand-up comedy has always been autobiographical, but now a new generation of comedians are adapting their lives (or some version of it) into scripted series.
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By Jose Antonio Lara-Hernandez, Senior Researcher in Architecture, Auckland University of Technology
Changing work habits and shifting environmental priorities demand new models of urban redevelopment. Architectural ‘exaptation’ uses the past to reimagine the future.
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By Richard B. (Ricky) Rood, Professor Emeritus of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, University of Michigan
Scenes from the Houston area looked like the aftermath of a hurricane in early May after a series of powerful storms flooded highways and neighborhoods and sent rivers over their banks north of the city.
More than 400 people had to be rescued from homes, rooftops and cars, according to The Associated Press. Huntsville registered…
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By Susitha Wanigaratne, Senior Research Associate & Social Epidemiologist, Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Children, University of Toronto
The myth of the ‘healthy immigrant’ has likely resulted in policymakers dismissing the health-care needs of newcomers to Canada. That’s why electoral participation is so important.
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By David Murakami Wood, Professor of Critical Surveillance and Securities Studies, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
The scaling back of Saudi Arabia’s colossal Line project from a 170 km long linear city to only 2.4 km is a clear warning to the viability of other urban mega-projects in a warming world.
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By Yvonne Su, Assistant Professor in the Department of Equity Studies, York University, Canada
Corey Robinson, Lecturer in International Relations, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Glasgow
Sean Rehaag, Director, Centre for Refugee Studies & Associate Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Canada
Recent comments about international students in Canada significantly abusing the asylum system are misleading and obscure the context needed to understand a complex issue.
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