States could levy own income tax: PM

States could levy own income tax: PM

The Prime Minster has proposed states and territories could be able to levy their own income tax. Malcolm Turnbull said the idea would be discussed at this week’s Council of Australian Governments (COAG) meeting. “This is the beginning of a journey. What...
Twitter – 10 years in 140 characters

Twitter – 10 years in 140 characters

Twitter has marked its 10th birthday this week, with the social forum now firmly cemented in popular culture. Twitter has more than 320 million active users, and the word “hashtag” has been added to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary in 2014. Twitter...
Special fat could help treat diabetes, report

Special fat could help treat diabetes, report

A breakthrough by Australian scientists has found a special kind of fat could be used to possibly treat diabetes. Scientists at Sydney’s Garvan Institute of Medical Research have found individuals with more brown fat, fat that uses energy to produce heat, had smaller...