The Afghanistan War: Australia’s longest running deception
What our prime ministers said about Australia’s longest running military engagement, the War in Afghanistan. Michelle Fahy’s report follows secret information about the Afghanistan war obtained by The Washington Post.
Record underemployment as Government braces for volatile week, slew of new data
Australia now has a record number of underemployed workers, and total hours worked per person per month are also at an all-time low. Alan Austin reports on the latest job data which augurs for what many believe will be a dreadful week for the Government as a slew of economic data is about to be released.
Tanna & Taxation: correcting the Fin Review and Energy Australia
The Australian Financial Review attacked Senator Rex Patrick this week after Patrick attacked Energy Australia chief Catherine Tanna, suggesting she step down from the board of the Reserve Bank for running a company whose tax haven structure helped it pay zero tax on $30 billion of income.
The Afghanistan War: Australia’s longest running deception
What our prime ministers said about Australia’s longest running military engagement, the War in Afghanistan. Michelle Fahy’s report follows secret information about the Afghanistan war obtained by The Washington Post.
Record underemployment as Government braces for volatile week, slew of new data
Australia now has a record number of underemployed workers, and total hours worked per person per month are also at an all-time low. Alan Austin reports on the latest job data which augurs for what many believe will be a dreadful week for the Government as a slew of economic data is about to be released.
Tanna & Taxation: correcting the Fin Review and Energy Australia
The Australian Financial Review attacked Senator Rex Patrick this week after Patrick attacked Energy Australia chief Catherine Tanna, suggesting she step down from the board of the Reserve Bank for running a company whose tax haven structure helped it pay zero tax on $30 billion of income.
Coronavirus U-Turn: virus far worse than thought
Saudi Arabia stops Mecca pilgrimage, Japan shuts its schools, 80 per cent of Chinese exports are on lock down. Dr. James Freeman recants on his earlier article, affirms the global danger of Convid-19
Probing Probe: inside the Government’s Robodebt collector
The Probe Group, one of the Government’s "Robodebt" collectors, and whose executive team has ties to the Federal Treasurer and another federal minister, has seen its business prosper since the Coalition was elected in 2013. Jommy Tee investigates another case of...
Stokesed in Japan: the ambassador and the media mogul
Although best known as a media mogul, much of Kerry Stokes' wealth is derived from LNG, coal, iron ore and beef, of which Japan is a major importer. Boosting demand is a key role of Australia’s Japanese ambassador, Richard Court. As a director of three Stokes...
Tanna & Taxation: correcting the Fin Review and Energy Australia
The Australian Financial Review attacked Senator Rex Patrick this week after Patrick attacked Energy Australia chief Catherine Tanna, suggesting she step down from the board of the Reserve Bank for running a company whose tax haven structure helped it pay zero tax on $30 billion of income.
Ranking Australia’s billionaires as taxpayers
Which billionaires pay the most tax, and which pay the least?
Australia’s Top 40 Tax Dodgers 2020: fossil fuels dominate once more
It’s Top 40 Tax Dodgers time and Exxon has topped the charts again. This year, we are announcing all 40 in one go
The Afghanistan War: Australia’s longest running deception
What our prime ministers said about Australia’s longest running military engagement, the War in Afghanistan. Michelle Fahy’s report follows secret information about the Afghanistan war obtained by The Washington Post.
Pigs might fly: electioneering an airport at Cohuna
An unregistered lobbyist, a ministerial breach of the Lobbying Code of Conduct and a $2.6 million grant awarded during the election campaign minus pesky guidelines. Jommy Tee and Ronni Salt clear the pigs for take off.The deputy prime minister, Michael McCormack,...
Weird plan for billion-dollar privatisation of Australia’s visa system hits a snag
As secretive Liberal Party donors line up for the privatisation of Australia's visa processing, the deal has now been held up and may require new legislation to pass both houses of Parliament. Michael Sainsbury reports.The timeline for the Australian government’s...
Nuclear lobby takes aim at Victoria to tackle prohibitions
Having dithered on real action to tackle global warming, some in the Coalition are now taking a keen interest in solving it — by going nuclear. Noel Wauchope investigates what's behind the sudden push to overturn legislation prohibiting the exploration and mining of...
Coalition struggles to push coal and gas into Clean Energy Finance Corp
Plans by Scott Morrison and Angus Taylor to deliver power plants across the nation are in disarray; the $1 billion Grid Reliability Fund has not materialised, green bank investment has shuddered to a halt and the $300 million fund at the heart of the National Hydrogen Strategy has vanished
Santos blows $7 billion in five years and no relief for gas customers
As Santos reports its profits this week, there is one number you are unlikely to hear from chief Kevin Gallagher: $7 billion. That’s $7 billion in gas losses over five years
Record underemployment as Government braces for volatile week, slew of new data
Australia now has a record number of underemployed workers, and total hours worked per person per month are also at an all-time low. Alan Austin reports on the latest job data which augurs for what many believe will be a dreadful week for the Government as a slew of economic data is about to be released.
Regulatory Chill: tech giants lobby negotiators at secret Swiss talks to subvert national regulators
Global tech giants are lobbying Australian officials in secret talks in Geneva over a deal which could allow them to continue to operate without regulation, despite regulatory calls here to address Facebook and Google’s data abuse scandals and anti-competitive practices
Revealed: how the Murdoch men looted $1.4 billion in salary from public companies
News Corp’s Australian newspapers are quick to attack union leaders and local government bureaucrats for being overpaid, but somehow they’ve missed the biggest salary looting exercise by their own bosses in the history of public company capitalism.
The Living Dead: Babcock emerges as mystery cinema owner
For two years, the people of of Westborough, Massachusetts, tried to find out who owned their town cinema. They searched high and low. Alas, not even the tenant, Interstate Theater Inc, knew the owner
Uppercut: call for violence at Parliamentary Inquiry into accountants
It was hardly the venue for violence, the Joint Parliamentary Inquiry into Regulation of Audit in Australia. The Committee transcripts have now dropped and we can report on an extraordinary day in the history of audit, the day when, finally, there were calls for violence.
The Barangaroo Triangle: inside Westpac’s invisible banking regime
Westpac has been running an invisible banking system, invisible to regulators, where multinational company clients even had their on log-ons and could act like banks themselves
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