As much of the foreign media has been shut out of Iran and communications have been cut and/or monitored in much of iran, twitter has become a major source of news coming out of iran. As much as many here on slashdot like to bash twitter, its clear that social networking tools such as twitter and facebook can be immensely useful in this sort of repressive situation. The traditional media have struggled to cover this, and there has been a lot of criticism of outlets such as CNN for not being on the ball.
The Huffington Post has a good blog covering much of the news coming out of twitter and blogs and some reporters still in iran.
The Guardian has perhaps the best reporting of the mainstream media, with a live blog that covers official reporters and some unofficial sources.

I wont claim to know much when it comes to claiming dedictions. Theres so many loopholes that you may not be able to take advantage of some once you reach a certain income level, so you could in fact lose out (though thats probably to do exploiting loopholes rather than the original intentions of the tax office)

Yep,
Would be nice if they presented it that way on the website to help people understand that they will not going to go home with less money because of income tax after a 5% pay rise.

I'm not sure how you figure you lose out in australia.

Tax rates 2008-09
Taxable income
Tax on this income

$0 - $6,000
Nil

$6,001 - $34,000
15c for each $1 over $6,000

$34,001 - $80,000
$4,200 plus 30c for each $1 over $34,000

$80,001 - $180,000
$18,000 plus 40c for each $1 over $80,000

$180,001 and over
$58,000 plus 45c for each $1 over $180,000

For every extra dollar you earn, you're still going to take home at least 55 cents of that.

Interesting to see that part of the article summary is a direct copy and paste from theregister.co.uk and not a link back to the original article?

"After careful review and consideration, we are pleased to inform you that we have stopped collecting New York sales tax, effective August 21, 2008," reads an email the company tossed at customers late last week, including at least one loyal Reg reader. "This decision was driven by your direct and candid feedback and our continued commitment to you as our valued customers."