The Trump Tax Returns: Donald deducts $US70,000 for hair-styling
“A serious tax cheat” is how his biographer David Cay Johnston describes Donald Trump. Johnston reports on the New York Times investigation into the finances of the US president, revealing Trump has previously lost two income tax fraud trials.
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Australia v New Zealand: GDP just a fraction of the picture Mr Treasurer
Comparing the GDP numbers of New Zealand and Australia to try to make a point is a superficial comparison, writes Alan Austin. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg should also include employment and debt levels, exports and health outcomes, for starters.
Cuts to JobSeeker, Jobkeeper: out of the frying pan and into the fire
Hefty cuts to JobSeeker and JobKeeper mean that Australia now faces a potentially more deadly epidemic than Covid-19. But it is largely avoidable, writes Michael Tanner.
Tax shysters PayPal investigated by AUSTRAC for money-laundering, counter-terror financing
Hard on the heels of its Westpac sting, Austrac is close to prosecuting Paypal for offences under the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing laws. Michael West reports.
King of Lemons: Australia swindled by Lockheed Martin and its Joint Strike Fighter
The Joint Strike Fighter has been plagued by problems since it was just a sketch on paper, when in 2002 John Howard jumped the gun and committed to buying them. But the F-35 still has its champions in Australia with some wanting to buy 200 to get ready for a war with China.
Backflips and somersaults – the NBN black comedy takes a new twist
There are those who do back-flips, and triple backward somersaults with a twist. Then there is Communications Minister Paul Fletcher. The sad saga of the National Broadband Network continues as the Government this week announced a large scale upgrade to fibre, and heralds it as “an idea whose time has finally come”.
The Trump Tax Returns: Donald deducts $US70,000 for hair-styling
“A serious tax cheat” is how his biographer David Cay Johnston describes Donald Trump. Johnston reports on the New York Times investigation into the finances of the US president, revealing Trump has previously lost two income tax fraud trials.
Australia v New Zealand: GDP just a fraction of the picture Mr Treasurer
Comparing the GDP numbers of New Zealand and Australia to try to make a point is a superficial comparison, writes Alan Austin. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg should also include employment and debt levels, exports and health outcomes, for starters.
Cuts to JobSeeker, Jobkeeper: out of the frying pan and into the fire
Hefty cuts to JobSeeker and JobKeeper mean that Australia now faces a potentially more deadly epidemic than Covid-19. But it is largely avoidable, writes Michael Tanner.
Tax shysters PayPal investigated by AUSTRAC for money-laundering, counter-terror financing
Hard on the heels of its Westpac sting, Austrac is close to prosecuting Paypal for offences under the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing laws. Michael West reports.
King of Lemons: Australia swindled by Lockheed Martin and its Joint Strike Fighter
The Joint Strike Fighter has been plagued by problems since it was just a sketch on paper, when in 2002 John Howard jumped the gun and committed to buying them. But the F-35 still has its champions in Australia with some wanting to buy 200 to get ready for a war with China.
Backflips and somersaults – the NBN black comedy takes a new twist
There are those who do back-flips, and triple backward somersaults with a twist. Then there is Communications Minister Paul Fletcher. The sad saga of the National Broadband Network continues as the Government this week announced a large scale upgrade to fibre, and heralds it as “an idea whose time has finally come”.
Rich Thinking: Canberra Bubble wage delusions spawn a bizarre plan to flatten taxes
Forget the “average” wage, half of working Australians earn less than $57,000 a year. Rich think they are poor, poor rich. Elizabeth Minter reports on the government’s strange plan to flatten taxes so everybody who earns between $45,000 and $200,000 pays the same rate.
Feeding the Chooks: Scott Morrison’s marketing triumph over mainstream media
Scott Morrison has perfected the art of media manipulation by briefing a select club of Canberra correspondents on the same day, rather than leaking to individual media outlets. Callum Foote and Michael West report on the marketing genius of the Prime Minister and the increasingly meek mainstream media.
Advance Australia Unfair: tax cuts to favour men over women, old over young, rich over poor
Women and young people have borne the brunt of the Covid Crisis. They are set to lose again when the Government hands down its $158 billion tax cuts package. Elizabeth Minter reports on the unfairness of the government’s plan for economic recovery.
A masterful PR campaign: the links between Hollywood, luxury cars and the arms industry
Luxury cars are inextricably linked with the weapons industry. When James Bond saves the world in his faithful Aston Martin he is glamourising the very industry he is ostensibly trying to defeat. Tasha May reports.
Feeding the Chooks: Scott Morrison’s marketing triumph over mainstream media
Scott Morrison has perfected the art of media manipulation by briefing a select club of Canberra correspondents on the same day, rather than leaking to individual media outlets. Callum Foote and Michael West report on the marketing genius of the Prime Minister and the increasingly meek mainstream media.
Tone deaf: aged care providers’ PR campaign strikes wrong note
Hiring properly qualified staff, staff-resident ratios and a commitment to be transparent and accountable for the $13 billion in annual taxpayer funding would help private providers of aged care “change the conversation” and “win the hearts and minds of middle Australia”. Dr Sarah Russell reports.
The Trump Tax Returns: Donald deducts $US70,000 for hair-styling
“A serious tax cheat” is how his biographer David Cay Johnston describes Donald Trump. Johnston reports on the New York Times investigation into the finances of the US president, revealing Trump has previously lost two income tax fraud trials.
Tax shysters PayPal investigated by AUSTRAC for money-laundering, counter-terror financing
Hard on the heels of its Westpac sting, Austrac is close to prosecuting Paypal for offences under the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing laws. Michael West reports.
Rich Thinking: Canberra Bubble wage delusions spawn a bizarre plan to flatten taxes
Forget the “average” wage, half of working Australians earn less than $57,000 a year. Rich think they are poor, poor rich. Elizabeth Minter reports on the government’s strange plan to flatten taxes so everybody who earns between $45,000 and $200,000 pays the same rate.
Cuts to JobSeeker, Jobkeeper: out of the frying pan and into the fire
Hefty cuts to JobSeeker and JobKeeper mean that Australia now faces a potentially more deadly epidemic than Covid-19. But it is largely avoidable, writes Michael Tanner.
King of Lemons: Australia swindled by Lockheed Martin and its Joint Strike Fighter
The Joint Strike Fighter has been plagued by problems since it was just a sketch on paper, when in 2002 John Howard jumped the gun and committed to buying them. But the F-35 still has its champions in Australia with some wanting to buy 200 to get ready for a war with China.
Holding comedians to account: Nine and News miss John Barilaro, hit Friendlyjordies instead
Once venerable, the Nine Entertainment-owned Fairfax press has sunk to holding comedians to account and protecting corrupt government. Michael Tanner on the rise of vloggers and the stoush between Youtuber Friendlyjordies and the mainstream media.
Gas Gush: the toadies of mainstream media trot out government’s fossil fuel fracking campaign
The fossil fuel giants got a big leg-up today as News Corp, Nine Entertainment, ABC News and Guardian Australia faithfully splashed the latest government gas plans on their front pages.
Time for Rio to right its wrongs and set up HQ in Australia again
The destruction of the sacred Juukan Gorge caves highlighted the folly of Rio Tinto’s decision-making in moving its headquarters to the UK, a world away from local knowledge and in breach of the original merger conditions. It’s time Rio ended the remote-control management and returned its team to the country that provides the bulk of its profits, writes Shane West.
Desperate Dalrymple: Brookfield dumps coal port on mums and dads in ASX float as Queensland moots bail-out
The giant coal port Dalrymple Bay is up for sale. The financial engineering wizards from Brookfield want out. Brookfield’s debt is humungous, and green hydrogen is looming as a mortal threat to coking coal. They can’t offload it to professional investors, so they are now targeting the mums and dads for a float on the ASX,
Australia v New Zealand: GDP just a fraction of the picture Mr Treasurer
Comparing the GDP numbers of New Zealand and Australia to try to make a point is a superficial comparison, writes Alan Austin. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg should also include employment and debt levels, exports and health outcomes, for starters.
Backflips and somersaults – the NBN black comedy takes a new twist
There are those who do back-flips, and triple backward somersaults with a twist. Then there is Communications Minister Paul Fletcher. The sad saga of the National Broadband Network continues as the Government this week announced a large scale upgrade to fibre, and heralds it as “an idea whose time has finally come”.
Are we there yet? MWI, Australia’s economic momentum
MWI is a weighted index of the most recent published economic data, daily forward-looking market data and present economic sentiment. It is a blend of indices and financial market prices which both capture where the economy has been and foreshadow where it is headed.
Pearls & Irritations
What is unforgivable about the Victorian shut down policies is that they are working
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Remember the Stasi who ran East Germany’s government
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Downer on Palestine: to the Manor Born
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European disarray pushes Iran, Turkey into China camp (Asia Times Sep 17, 2020)
If Tehran and Ankara were to fall out of Europe’s orbit it would be a strategically costly error for the West. The surprise announcement in July that Iran was negotiating a wide-ranging, 25-year...
The Foreign Interference law is more a political stunt. But what about Rupert Murdoch’s foreign interference?
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