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Half a century ago, Sir Garfield Barwick famously articulated the idea that taxpayers are entitled to arrange their affairs within the law to their best ...

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Australia’s 1986 Fringe Benefits Tax (FBT) is nearly 40 years old and makes a client lunch a tax trap. Unless an employer pays FBT, entertainment ...

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Australia’s fashion industry has slid into a discount and die state, driven by a permanent-sale scenario that nobody wins. November’s Black Friday/Cyber Monday promotions now ...

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The collapse of the Santos sale has brought into sharp focus a factor often overlooked in Australian deal-making: sovereign risk. For decades, South Australia marketed ...

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Rising interest rates and the effect of sticky inflation driving price rises together with a slowing in the labour market have had a significant impact ...

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Introduction The consumer services industry is a quintessential pillar of the Australian economy, embodying a vast swath of sectors from retail and hospitality to tourism, ...

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Lettuce Over the past few months, lettuce prices have been skyrocketing, with social media users posting pictures and memes of iceberg lettuces ranging from $10 ...

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Australia’s fashion and textile industry Contrary to widespread popular belief Australia’s fashion and textile industry is much more than high-end designer fashion, encompassing a complex ...

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Challenges in Hospitality Sector Even before the coronavirus, hospitality was a sector in crisis. Skyrocketing rents, fierce competition, and stagnant prices had reduced already tight ...