PHARMACY TOPS WORLD RANKINGS
For a consecutive year Monash University has ranked second in the world for Pharmacy and Pharmacology, only behind Harvard, in the QS 2018 World University Rankings by Subject released today.
Measuring the value created by Australia’s cooperatives and mutuals
Monash Business School researchers are partnering with some of country’s best-known cooperative and mutual enterprises (CMEs) to create a consistent way to measure the sector’s total social and economic value.
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A burden or a benefit? Economists debate the rise of robot workers
Economists believe the impact of technological change on the Australian labour market and income distribution will be relatively limited, and is unlikely to lead to more workers being unemployed for longer.
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Shedding light on the super system
Despite decades of study into our superannuation system, surprisingly little is known about the level of financial assets Australians have when they retire, particularly for households.
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Finkel's Clean Energy Target better than nothing: economists
A poll conducted jointly by Monash Business School and the Economic Society of Australia shows influential economists believe a Clean Energy Target (CET) should be adopted, despite concerns it is not the best economic design compared to a tax or cap
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The Buy Queensland strategy breaks international trade deals
The Queensland government’s new controversial procurement strategy stacks the deck of public tenders against interstate and international suppliers, and is illegitimate under Australia’s free trade agreements.
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If only we could see all the credit card fees we pay
Australians spend around A$48 billion per month on credit, charge and debit cards. But the different fees, surcharges and “reward points” on these cards can be confusing.
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Government’s oil and gas tax response will leave regional communities at a loss
Falling revenues from petroleum mining, that spurred a review of the Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (PRRT), have hit regional communities hard and these same communities aren’t likely to get any relief from the government response.
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