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Charity
Rounding up for charity at the register? Soon you’ll be able to claim it on tax
The $2 minimum for tax-deductible charity donations has been in place since 1927. Now the government plans to remove it.
- by Shane Wright
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The clause in your job contract that costs you $500 a year – and Australia $7 billion
It’s not just chief executives. Almost half of Australian workers have signed contracts that restrict their ability to move jobs. New research shows the drag on the economy.
- by Shane Wright
State of US vote system puts ours in good light
The only upside of watching US elections and electoral processes is, as Peter Hartcher says, to develop or renew one’s own appreciation of Australia’s electoral system
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LGBTQ
Six MPs defy Albanese over census backflip that baffled Coalition
Assistant Health Minister Ged Kearney took a rare step in breaking with the government’s position, taking the revolt to six government MPs.
- by Paul Sakkal, Natassia Chrysanthos and Olivia Ireland
Loyalty comes at a cost: the apps holding back Australian shoppers
Customers staying loyal to businesses and making choices against their own interests are the target of a policy overhaul aimed at turbocharging the economy.
- by Millie Muroi and Shane Wright
Private school charity status sacrosanct despite calls to scrap it
A plan to boost donations to charities has proposed ending tax-deductible giving to private schools, but the move has been shut down by the federal government.
- by Shane Wright and Lucy Carroll
How much do you actually save at Aldi? The cheapest supermarkets revealed
Mystery shoppers from the independent consumer group Choice visited 81 supermarkets across the country to investigate the price differences of Aldi, Coles and Woolworths.
- by Olivia Ireland
The fight brewing over the beer giants that have captured the Australian market
The assistant competition minister says Australians are “paying too much for a schooner” and independent brewers say the consumer watchdog should investigate.
- by Rachel Clun
Can Miranda Kerr and a chimp make economics more interesting? Turns out, yes
Andrew Leigh, a federal minister who is also a long-distance runner, races readers through the history of economics in his latest book.
- by Shane Wright
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Competition
States sign up for new competition agenda to lift wages
A closed-door meeting of competition experts has been held to discuss the federal government’s plans to renew competition policy across the country.
- by Shane Wright
Reform planning laws to stamp out monopolies, assistant minister for competition says
The Albanese government has secured a commitment from state and territory treasurers to revitalise national competition policies.
- by Sumeyya Ilanbey
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