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Nov 21, 2024 | 
mcall.com | Anthony O'Brien
Your View: Six things Trump can do to stimulate the economy
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Oct 4, 2024 | 
mcall.com | Anthony O'Brien
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Sep 5, 2024 | 
onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Anthony O'Brien
My colleagues Professors Foster and Hurley (2024) make a convincing case for the continued recognition and support of the specialty of mental health nursing. In making this case, they argue against the proposition that every nurse can be considered a mental health nurse. In this response, I argue, as I did a decade ago (O'Brien 2014), that there is an important sense that every nurse is a mental health nurse.
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Aug 15, 2024 | 
moneymag.com.au | Nicola Field |Jamie Williamson |Anthony O'Brien
Corporate cop sues ASX, four out of five small businesses not ready to go cashless, and big telcos delay 3G shutdown. Here are five things you may have missed this week. It's probably not what the ASX needs right in the middle of the company reporting season, but our stock exchange operator - ASX Limited (itself a listed company), is being sued by corporate watchdog ASIC. ASIC alleges that ASX made misleading statements regarding its CHESS (clearing house) replacement project.
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Aug 9, 2024 | 
mcall.com | Anthony O'Brien
Why has Joe Biden been such a lousy president? The main problem is that he ran headlong into O’Brien’s Iron Law of Politics: Leftists stink at governance. Wait, you say, Biden’s a moderate not a leftist. Actually he’s by far the most left-wing president in U.S. history. When many Democrats were urging him to drop out of the race, his most stalwart supporters were Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and others in the far-left Squad. They understand what his true views are.
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Jul 17, 2024 | 
moneymag.com.au | Anthony O'Brien |Mark Chapman
When was the last time you paid for a purchase with cash? Chances are that it was a while ago. According to the Reserve Bank's (RBA) most recent data, in 2022 cash was used for just 13% of consumer payments, down from 27% in 2019. As the graph shows, every sector has experienced a downturn in the use of cash. COVID may have hastened the decline, but cash was starting to fall off a cliff long before the pandemic.
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Jul 3, 2024 | 
mcall.com | Anthony O'Brien
“Creatures out of the Dark Ages have come marching into the present.” Thus George Orwell wrote on the rise of the Nazis and the resurgence of antisemitism in 1930s Germany. Alas, the creatures from the Dark Ages are still with us. The origins of antisemitism date to the first century, when most Jews did not accept Jesus as the messiah. But theological disputes are clearly not at the heart of current antisemitism.
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Jun 6, 2024 | 
moneymag.com.au | Mark Chapman |Tom Watson |Anthony O'Brien
With just a few weeks to go until the end of the tax year, you might think it's too late to knock your taxes for the year into shape. However, even this close to EOFY, there are still some last minute planning opportunities to maximise your refund for the year. So, what should you be doing as we head towards June 30?
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May 30, 2024 | 
moneymag.com.au | Anthony O'Brien |Tom Watson |Mark Chapman
Depending on their situation, employees may be celebrating the stage 3 tax cuts that will kick in from July 1, but for small business owners the end of the financial year often brings extra administrative chores and, ultimately, a tax debt. The nation's five million-plus small enterprises punch above their weight when it comes to tax revenue, contributing around one in every three dollars of total income tax collected.
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May 1, 2024 | 
mcall.com | Anthony O'Brien
Me: “Mr. President, can you tell me that you know nothing of economics without telling me that you know nothing of economics?”Joe Biden: “Happy to oblige: Corporate greed is the cause of inflation.”Me: “Excellent. Do you have another? Biden: “Sure: People with low incomes have a higher tax rate than do rich people.”Me: “Well done.”Biden: “Need any more?
