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Tax deductions
Landlords tipped to claim billions more in tax losses as homes sit vacant
Australia's 2 million landlords will miss out on billions of dollars in rental income over the next two years as tenants struggle to pay, with housing market researchers suspecting many more property investors will claim a financial loss.
- by Jennifer Duke
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Tourism
Tourism industry braces for $55 billion hit with overseas travel likely banned until July 2021
Scott Morrison said on Friday it was "not unreasonable" to assume international tourism will not resume until mid-2021.
- by Mike Foley and Jennifer Duke
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China relations
'Flabbergasted': Dastyari calls for judicial inquiry into foreign influence in politics
The former Labor senator Sam Dastyari called for a royal commission or commission of inquiry to "get to the bottom of it".
- by Jennifer Duke
Investigation
Dyson Heydon
Dyson's 'dirty deeds': the public v private face of 'sexual harasser'
Eminent jurist, a loner, the Great Dissenter, a brilliant legal mind: former High Court justice Dyson Heydon's treatment of women tarnishes his legacy.
- by Jacqueline Maley and Kate McClymont
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Media & marketing
ABC plan to expand regional coverage was ignored and kept secret
An ABC plan to expand its regional coverage if the federal government reversed budget cuts was ignored and kept secret from National Party MPs.
- by Rob Harris and Zoe Samios
Energy
Labor’s climate policy: olive branch or white feather?
Labor’s bipartisan push on climate policy has been met with criticism that they are failing in their duty as an opposition party.
- by Nick O'Malley and Mike Foley
What You Said
Readers debate government's changes to university fees
'The overhaul of university funding is really significant ... I think the comments speak to how passionate people are about Australia's education system.'
- by Aimie Rigas
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NBN
High-speed NBN upgrades will depend on consumer demand: Fletcher
NBN Co is turning its attention to how it will it spend more than $4 billion available for investments and upgrades to the network, which is 99 per cent rolled out.
- by Fergus Hunter
Opinion
China's Spy Secrets
Our China spy law bares its teeth with raid on Labor MP
When Australian police and intelligence action puts the national relationship with China in the dock, it's more than sensitive. It's explosive.
- by Peter Hartcher