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Carbon Tax Repeal: Why The Promised Household Savings Never Came
The removal of the carbon tax was meant to save the average household about $550 per year. 12 months on, have we got our savings? An analysis by the Herald Sun newspaper says no. In any event, trying to measure the savings from the carbon tax is a mug’s game. Here’s why.
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Why The NBN Means Australia Post Should Be Privatised
Australia Post, and its predecessors, go back over 200 years. The first Australian postmaster began work in the colony of New South Wales in 1809. At federation, the colonial post offices were combined into the Post Master’s General department, and in 1975 the name ‘Australia Post’ was born. So with such a long history of…