Month: April 2015
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Closing tax loopholes in Australia
A report commissioned by GetUp has found that Australia could generate up to $2.5 billion in revenue by limiting tax loopholes through using an Australian version of the ‘Buffet Rule.’ According to the Australia Taxation Office, 75 Australians who earned significantly over $1 million in a year paid virtually no tax, and each spent huge…
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Anne of Green Gables actor Jonathan Crombie dies at 48
Canadian actor Jonathan Crombie who is best known for playing Gilbert Blythe in the Anne of Green Gables series died from a brain haemorrhage on April 15 in New York. Crombie, who was the son of former Toronto Mayor and Canadian Cabinet Minister David Crombie, went on to star in The Drowsy Chaperone on Broadway in 2007 and…
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Testament of Youth Review
[dropcap size=big]S[/dropcap]wedish star Alicia Vikander (A Royal Affair) stunningly brings to life Vera Brittain’s memoirs of England before, during and after the First World War. In the beginning we see Vera as an aspiring writer to be, with glazed eyes over Oxford and of the knowledge she hopes to attain. We see the flourishing hope of young love…