Heads I win, Tails you Lose: hand-outs for Australia’s biggest coal plant Eraring a smoking example of the folly of privatisation
Are taxpayers on the hook to bail out Australia’s largest coal plant, Eraring, after just ten years of privatisation? Michael West reports on the latest in taxpayer subsidies for fossil fuel corporations.
Boston Consulting and bonus kings McKinsey tell Senate to rack off. What’s the scam?
Tax dodgers Boston Consulting Group and McKinsey Australia have declined to appear before the Senate inquiry into consultants (the PwC tax leaks inquiry). What’s the scam?
Business Council of Australia … or Business Council of Foreign Multinationals?
A new report confirms that Big Business in Australia is totally dominated by foreign owners, particularly the fossil fuels export sector now whining, make that ‘always whining’, about modest tweaks to curb their profiteering. What’s the scam?
Angus Taylor gives $50 million to gas projects run by Liberal donor
Company that paid $27,500 for Liberal party membership in 2020-21 gets most of the dosh.
No plan to get coal to Ukraine, the department says
Wielding a chunk of coal, Scott Morrison told us not to be afraid. Now his government is shipping 70,000 tonnes of the fuel to Ukraine. Australia's product is harnessed to ‘’help’’ a nation under siege from Russia while giving Australia much-need brownie (coal) points...
Australian Democracy Network report
The Australian Democracy Network has released a report titled ‘Confronting State Capture’ which makes a compelling case that state capture is a problem eating away at the foundations of our democracy. The Network was founded in 2020 by the Human Rights Law Centre, the...
Later, losers …
But what is it about state Coalition parties? This century, Labor has won 25 state elections and the Coalition 11.
State of No Dissent: Liberals, Labor double down on protest laws despite Coco judgement
Labor and Liberal parties doubled down on their support for harsh anti-protest laws after a District Court judge overturned a 15 month prison sentence given to activist Deane Violet Coco last year. Wendy Bacon has the story.
Marles the drunken sailor: Rex Patrick on Defence Minister’s haste to defence spending waste
News yesterday that our Collins Class submarines will get fitted with Tomahawks reveals a serious lack of understanding about the tactical use of land attack missiles on submarines.
Pass or Fail? Liberal, Labor education pitches ahead of NSW election
Education is one key to the NSW election this Saturday. Student outcomes have been declining in NSW for years, while the gap between rich and poor students is growing. Callum Foote investigates the Liberal and Labor party policy platforms as part of our MWM series on election issues.
Could this one reform stop Australia from going to war with China?
The AUKUS submarine deal reveals deep divisions about what Australia’s role should be in a US conflict with China. But what does the people of Australia think? And should they have a say?
Boston Consulting and bonus kings McKinsey tell Senate to rack off. What’s the scam?
Tax dodgers Boston Consulting Group and McKinsey Australia have declined to appear before the Senate inquiry into consultants (the PwC tax leaks inquiry). What’s the scam?
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