'$800-a-year slug': deficit tax to hit hard
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Teacher stabbed to death in class
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There was a way to find black box
No one paid attention to what they had to say following Air France crash - and MH370 is still missing.
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Grocon stung after fatal wall collapse
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MPs beg PM to rethink leave scheme
Abbott is being urged by Liberals to scale down his signature $5.5 billion paid parental leave scheme.
'Deficit tax' flagged on high earners
People earning more than $80,000 a year could be hit with a ''deficit tax'' with the scale rising with income, according to reports.
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Budget should hit super, pensions, GST
Joe Hockey is set to tackle the deficit with a range of measures. Other ways could be just as effective.
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Fabrics that never fade
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High frequency trade has been likened to legalised scalping. Gazumping more like it.
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