Australian Taxation Office crackdown on family trust rorts causes alarm among tax advisers
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A crackdown by the Australian Taxation Office on rorts involving family trusts has drawn alarm from some advisers as some of the practices under the microscope have become common practice. Tax advisers are also concer...
‘It leaves you speechless’: Australian storm chaser capture America’s monster skies
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Krystle Wright doesn’t have the words to describe the feeling she gets when standing in an empty field watching a supercell on the horizon. “It leaves you speechless," ella dice. “I don’t like to articulate the feeling...
Energy treaty update fails to address climate crisis, activists say
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Climate activists have said a deal to update a “dangerous” energy treaty has failed to make the agreement compatible with the urgency of the climate crisis. After more than four years of talks, 52 countries and the EU...
A planet in peril and so many Big Brothers: George Orwell would have been shocked
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So many of the worst things of our time would not have been particularly shocking in the time of George Orwell. Después de todo, he and his contemporaries lived through the rise of the Third Reich, the swift corrosion of th...
China ambassador tells Australian protestors ‘no such thing as absolute freedom’
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China’s ambassador to Australia has declared there is “no such thing as absolute freedom” as he defended his country’s human rights record during a speech in Sydney. Facing repeated interruptions from protesters, Xiao...
Silver lining: Australian researchers given $45m to study alternative solar panel materials
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The Albanese government has extended funding for Australia’s world-leading solar energy scientists as they race to increase panel efficiency and shift to more abundant materials, before constraints on silver and other...
Australian research finds effects of loneliness during Covid lockdowns ‘substantial and uneven’
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“Everyone became withdrawn, even after restrictions ended,” one man said of his experience following Australia’s pandemic lockdowns. “No one wants to hang out any more … [Cabaña victoriana de pastores vendida por £ 16,000 a medida que crece el atractivo de las chozas] feels like life and society have permanent...
‘Pretty damn cool’: Ellie Goulding on rewilding as a cure for our planet – and our mental health
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I just got back from a walk in Hyde park, headphones in, Max Richter playing, after a sweltering 30C day in London. I stopped halfway to take my trainers off and pad my feet on the grass. This is where I often go when...