Opinion: Why Australia’s governments need corporate memories
Interconnected structures and processes of government are critical for leadership to shift the needle and make substantial change.
Seven men admit role in Uber Eats style drug courier business
Sydney needs brains and soul to match its beauty
Sydney must think hard about how to reimagine and reinvent itself for the future if it is to retain its leading position as Australia’s global city.
NSW transport boss to receive more than $800,000 payout
Old Blighty
Insults and expletives turn parish council Zoom meeting into internet sensation Guardian
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How Can We Compare Tax Systems?Posted on 17 December 2020 | by Teck Chi Wong, Robert Breunig and Miranda Stewart Beyond tax rates, how can we compare tax systems? In a recent policy brief, we reviewed and evaluated some recent efforts to make cross-country comparisons of tax systems, particularly those using indices and rankings to evaluate competitiveness and complexity. We find that indices are useful in identifying tax reform trends across the world… |
A benediction for the weary public servant
Before I can face another tip sheet, webinar or guide with any genuine enthusiasm, I need words that nourish.
A Swedish Nurse Has Won The Opportunity To Have An Entire Film Festival To Herself
The nurse, who has been working on COVID-19 wards for months, beat 12,000 other applicants to the Goteborg Film Festival, where she’ll live alone on a lighthouse for a week, watching 60 films. Lisa Enroth “said she hoped to enjoy ‘being part of a totally different kind of reality for a week.'”- BBC
Figuring Out The Writers That Figure Out The Future
“The most important promise underlying much of the canon inaugurated by Future Shock is that with the right foresight, readers can not only prepare for what’s coming, but also profit from it. This whiff of insider trading presents the future as a commodity, an exercise in temporal arbitrage in which knowledge of new developments yields a financial edge.” – The Atlantic
Why Big Superstar Cities May Be In Trouble
Derek Thompson: “Last year, I wroteabout how even a modest remote-work revolution—no more than 10 percent of Americans working remotely full time after the pandemic is over—could affect the U.S. labor force (e.g.: fewer hotel workers) and party politics (e.g.: more southern Democrats). But the more I researched remote work and spoke with experts, the more I realized I had only scratched the surface of its implications for the future of the economy, the geography of opportunity, and the fate of innovation. Here are four more predictions.” – The Atlantic