Be alarmed not alert! ASPI, a Seven ‘exclusive’ and a think tank gravy train
As Peter Dutton, Coalition media and the security apparatus ramp up efforts to censor the internet, Michael West checks in on anti-China think tank, the Australian Strategic Policy Institute.
Woolies bigwig Banducci threatened with Big House. What’s the Scam?
Former groceries boss Brad Banducci was threatened with 6 months jail today for refusing to give a straight answer to questions about Woolies’ profits when grilled before the Senate. What’s the scam?
Albo’s love letter a secret for everyone but the Zionists. What’s the scam?
FOI access to an exchange of letters between PM Albanese and Israel’s president, Isaac Herzog, was denied on the grounds that it would “damage bilateral relations.” Yet “Albo’s warm letter” was widely shared by Australia’s publicly subsidised Israel lobby groups.
PM tackles Airbnb rort – follows MWM investigation
What’s the scam with Airbnb landlords claiming full-year tax deductions when they only let their properties for a fraction of the year? It forces up rents and drains the Budget of an estimated $5B per year but Albo has said he intends to fix it.
PWC Scamathon – Scam of the Week
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xel4emDZNYQ Good old PwC, Deportation Bill, the latest sneaky fossil fuel 'environment approval', Ute Tax, AUKUS nuclear wedge, junkets. Who will get the gong? Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheWestReport Merch:...
Government pays lawyers 5x fee estimates to hide advice on how to reduce gas prices. What’s the scam?
The Federal Government is going to extraordinary lengths to prevent the public who pays them seeing a paper that might encourage debate on how to get gas prices down. Rex Patrick reveals the cost of secrecy.
What’s the scam with Australia’s one million vacant properties? Renters may like to know
What’s the scam with Sydney Water, Melbourne Water and the electricity utilities declining to disclose Australian homes which are not connected to water or power?
Private schools, public subsidies: with $50k fees per child per year, how can tax breaks be justified?
Private schools are competing in an ‘arms race’ of vanity projects, even winning architecture prizes, so how can tax breaks on building funds be justified when public schools are struggling? Analysis of the taxing issue of private school funding by The Australia Institute’s Alexia Adhikari and Morgan Harrington.
Modular Reactors. Peter Dutton hasn’t done his nuclear homework
Is Peter Dutton’s proposed ‘rollout’ of modular nuclear reactors real policy or just politics? What research has he done to develop the policy? Not much, it seems
Mable the “Uber of the NDIS”. Are digital care platforms keeping clients safe?
Digital care platforms like Mable are seeking to bring higher levels of efficiency, choice and control to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). But are they striking the right balance between those principles and client safety?
“An Awkward Problem”: Julian Assange and the Australian dog that didn’t bark
Joe Biden says he’s “considering” an end to the prosecution of Julian Assange. Anthony Albanese says, “enough is enough,” but not much else. Rex Patrick and Philip Dorling discuss the latest developments in the Assange case.
Woolies bigwig Banducci threatened with Big House. What’s the Scam?
Former groceries boss Brad Banducci was threatened with 6 months jail today for refusing to give a straight answer to questions about Woolies’ profits when grilled before the Senate. What’s the scam?
What’s the scam with Australia’s one million vacant properties? Renters may like to know
What’s the scam with Sydney Water, Melbourne Water and the electricity utilities declining to disclose Australian homes which are not connected to water or power?
Scam of the Week: Rudd and Trump distraction
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_V817np9GCg The Donald Distraction, engineered by News Corp, was a convenient distraction in a week where we sent $5B to spur AUKUS jobs and growth ... in Derbyshire, UK. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheWestReport Merch:...
Forget the Bathurst 1000, enter the AUKUS 368. What’s the Scam?
While the Government this week announced another billion-dollar handout to foreign shipyards, this time in the UK, the mayor of Bathurst is putting his hand up for the town’s share of some od the $368B AUKUS loot. What’s the scam?
Updated – Favours and Maates: what’s the scam with Jim Chalmers giving the Fin Review a back rub?
Government ministers mollycoddling mainstream media is an age old practise, but dudding independent media and small business in favour of mates and big business goes too far. What’s the scam with Treasurer Jim Chalmers and the AFR?
Scam of the Week – The Taxman Can
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRViMDO_M24 TikTok, nuclear energy, the 'ute tax' politicians' expenses? Pfft. How about the Tax Office mollycoddling multinationals while targetting ordinary people with its Robodebt scheme! Patreon:...
What’s the scam with death threats – are they out of fashion?
Back in the day we used to get death threats. They were invariably anonymous and mostly delivered over the telephone in husky tones, but alas we only get lawyers’ threats these days
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