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Momentum builds to drop company tax cuts

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Original article by Phillip Coorey
The Australian Financial Review – Page: Online : 1-Aug-18

Treasurer Scott Morrison says "sensible governments" do not respond to by-election results by engaging in knee-jerk reactions. His comments come amid growing calls within the government to take a pragmatic approach to its corporate tax cuts package in the wake of the "Super Saturday" by-election results. Many believe the government should try to get as much of the package through the Senate as possible and then move on, rather than take the cuts to the next federal election if the Senate rejects the overall package. Morrison says the results of the by-elections on 28 July could not be attributed to just one issue.

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE TREASURY AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF HOME AFFAIRS AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF FINANCE AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET ONE NATION PARTY CENTRE ALLIANCE AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY

Electorate polling is still the best way to measure voters’ intentions

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Original article by David Briggs
The Australian – Page: 7 : 1-Aug-18

The merits of electorate polling have come under scrutiny in the wake of the results of the "Super Saturday" election. Although the published polls may not have got the actual margins correct in some instances, they did correctly predict all the winning candidates. Although there is no doubt that polling in individual electorates is more difficult than polls that are conducted on an Australian-wide basis, electorate polls remain the best way of assessing voter intentions.

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Gig economy is a myth, report finds

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Original article by Eryk Bagshaw
The Age – Page: 8 : 31-Jul-18

The latest Melbourne Institute Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey has found that self-employment has been on a gradual decline since the survey began in 2000. This appears to be at odds with the general perception that the "gig economy" is becoming an increasingly important component of the Australian economy. The percentage of adult-aged workers who are self-employed and who have employees has fallen from 8.6 per cent in 2001 to 5.5 per cent in 2016. Interviewing for the HILDA survey is conducted by Roy Morgan.

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UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE. INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH ROY MORGAN LIMITED

Crackdown to strike at sport cheats

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Original article by Chip Le Grand
The Australian – Page: 1 & 4 : 1-Aug-18

A report into the integrity risks to Australian sport has called for the establishment of a national sports integrity commission. Authors of the report included James Wood, who led a royal commission into police corruption. The report’s other recommendations include that match-fixing be made a federal criminal offence, that a national sports tribunal be established, that athletes, coaches and officials who provide inside information to bookmakers be subject to possible jail, and that the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority be given more powers and resources.

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AUSTRALIAN SPORTS ANTI-DOPING AGENCY AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF HOME AFFAIRS AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF HEALTH AUSTRALIAN CRIME COMMISSION AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE

China to send a frigate to Australia for military exercises

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Original article by Andrew Tillett
The Australian Financial Review – Page: Online : 1-Aug-18

Defence Minister Marise Payne has confirmed that China will be sending a frigate to take part in Exercise Kakadu in September. Exercise Kakadu are a major series of war games that the Australian navy holds every second year. It will be the first time that China has taken part in Exercise Kakadu, with its participation coming despite the current poor state of relations between Australia and China. Payne says it is unlikely that China will be taking part in any live-fire drills as part of its involvement in Exercise Kakadu, which will be held off the coast of Darwin.

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF DEFENCE AUSTRALIAN STRATEGIC POLICY INSTITUTE LIMITED LOWY INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL POLICY UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA. NATIONAL SECURITY INSTITUTE

ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence firms to 119.8

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Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 1-Aug-18

ANZ-Roy Morgan Australian Consumer Confidence increased in the week ending 29 July, rising 0.8% to 119.8, with four out of five sub-indices posting gains. Households’ views towards current financial conditions bounced 2.9% last week, more than recovering the 1.9% fall in the previous week. Similarly, households were also more optimistic about future financial conditions, which increased 2.3%. Consumers’ assessment of current economic conditions jumped 4.1% to 112.0, entirely reversing the 3.8% fall in the prior week. Views towards future economic conditions edged up 0.3%. Going the other way the ‘time to buy a household item’ subindex tumbled 4.3% to 136.9, its lowest point in eight weeks.

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Pope accepts resignation of archbishop Philip Wilson

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Original article by Simone Fox Koob
The Canberra Times – Page: 9 : 31-Jul-18

The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference has advised that Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Philip Wilson as Archbishop of Adelaide. His resignation follows his conviction in May on charges he concealed child sexual abuse back in the 1970s, and followed calls from both Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and opposition leader Bill Shorten for the Pope to sack Wilson over his conviction.

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Education fails to budge work and pay divide

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Original article by Patrick Durkin
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 6 : 31-Jul-18

The latest Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey reveals mean household income only rose by 2.4 per cent between 2009 and 2016. It found that more women held a university degree than men in 2016, but that in households with married couples that have children, women do 65 per cent of the housework but only 29 per cent of the paid work. The gap between male and female pay has only narrowed slightly between 2001 and 2016, while 68 per cent of people who become unemployed find new employment within a year.

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Union sues over ACT light rail wages

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Original article by Ben Butler
The Australian – Page: 20 : 31-Jul-18

The Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining & Energy Union has launched legal action against John Holland and CPB. The CFMMEU alleges that contractors working for them on the $700 million Canberra light rail project have underpaid staff by over $700,000, and because John Holland and CPB are in charge of the project, they are responsible for the alleged underpayments. The Australian Building & Construction Commission audited the pay records of WorkPac, one of the contractors involved in the project, and claimed to have found nothing wrong. However, the CFMMEU states this was because it did not interview any of the workers on the project.

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CONSTRUCTION, FORESTRY, MARITIME, MINING AND ENERGY UNION OF AUSTRALIA JOHN HOLLAND PTY LTD CPB CONTRACTORS PTY LTD AUSTRALIAN BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION COMMISSION WORKPAC PTY LTD

Trade body dumps on steel protection

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Original article by Primrose Riordan
The Australian – Page: 2 : 31-Jul-18

The World Trade Organisation has criticised Australia’s anti-dumping policies in a new report. The WTO claims Australia was the third most active member country in 2017 in terms of imposing anti-dumping measures and the fourth most active in initiating anti-dumping investigations. Trade Minister Steven Ciobo will tell the Committee for Economic Development of Australia on 31 July that Australia has resisted giving into the "siren song of protectionism", while trade expert Alan Oxley contends most of Australia’s anti-dumping measures are aimed at trying to protect the local steel sector.

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WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE COMMITTEE FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF AUSTRALIA AUSTRALIA. ANTI-DUMPING COMMISSION ITS GLOBAL