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Conflict of Ethics: the banks and the Ethics Centre
Chasing the murky money trail for the payments made by Australia's banks as punishment for their systemic fraud, Michael West finds some of the money has found a home at The Ethics Centre, in ethics programs for the banks. Who knew?
Tax
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PRRT Pipe-Dream: gas “crackdown” really a fawning tweak on a failed tax
High in their splendid eyries above Clarence and Collins streets, scores of tax advisers from EY, KPMG, PwC and Deloitte have been beating their fee-clocks by the hour, cooking up fancy new loopholes, plotting how to beat the system.
Energy
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Desperate Adani’s bid to kick-start Carmichael before election
The press release does not say they are starting the mine. It says they are starting the mine imminently. They have been starting the Carmichael coal mine imminently for many years
Government
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Inland Rail corrupt? An independent ICAC could investigate but can an Integrity Commission?
Prime Minister Scott Morrison caved in to crossbench pressure this morning announcing a...
Business
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Australia’s whistleblower laws in the balance, as parliamentary deadline looms
For advocates of whistleblowing reform, there’s a lot on the line today. It’s the last...
Markets
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Lendlease nasty surprise may not be the last
Shares in construction behemoth LendLease tanked on Friday, dusting almost $2 billion in a day. Is there more blood yet to be shed, and what the blazes is chief executive Steve McCann doing selling shares in his own stock?
The Scomo-ment
Chronicles of a Fleeting Prime Minister
Scomo-ment
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The Lucky Country: Spoilt for Choice by Second-Raters
Liberals have a depth of second-rate talent possibly unmatched in Australian parliamentary history
Despatch
News Takes and Updates
Despatch
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Privatisations still need scrutiny despite A-G report
Coincidently, while we were busy chiding the state government yesterday for its mega-willy-nilly privatisation program, the NSW Auditor-General, Margaret Crawford, issued a report which was critical of the $16 billion sale of Ausgrid.
Sydney Democracy Network
Sydney Democracy Network
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Revolving Doors
24 Former Australian politicians with links to fossil fuel & resource extraction industries.
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