Australia is the biggest exporter of gas, bar none, in the world, yet we are paying the seventh-highest prices for gas in the world. Callum Foote reports on the gas cartel and the myth there is a gas “market”.
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Have the Barilaros avoided GST on their luxury estate? What’s the scam?
It appears John Barilaro, and his wife Diane have avoided paying over a hundred thousand dollars in GST from renting out their luxury getaway ‘Dungowan Estate’ despite it potentially qualifying as a commercial residential premises. What’s the scam?
Sitting Ducks: spread of Carbon Border Tax schemes leaves Australia defenceless on climate
The sudden, global move to tax carbon puts billions of Australian coal and gas exports at risk, indeed this country’s largest sources of income. Hard on the heels of the EU’s carbon border tax declaration, the US declared a carbon border scheme. Others are poised to follow. Callum Foote and Michael West report on the immense risk to Australia’s largest source of income.
John Barilaro’s daughter breaches lockdown twice: What’s the scam?
The ACT Police have confirmed that NSW Deputy Premier John Barilaro’s daughter entered Canberra on July 12, breaking the public health order for a second time, having travelled from her home in Queanbeyan to Sydney on July 9. John Barilaro has refused to answer questions about the incident.
La Fiesta Barilaro: What’s the Scam?
A alleged member of the family of Deputy Premier John Barilaro has been allegedly fined by the NSW Police for allegedly breaching lockdown in NSW and ACT. What's the alleged scam?The scam is that Michael West Media has declined to identify the persons allegedly...
NSW got four times Victoria’s lockdown subsidies: What’s the Scam?
The Federal Government gave NSW Northern Beaches residents seven times the lockdown support that it gave beleaguered Victorians during their extended lockdown last year. What’s the scam?
The Business of Covid: Gladys Berejiklian hides “the health advice” as pandemic threatens Sydney
Despite continual claims she acted on health advice, despite continual pleas to the NSW public to follow the health advice, Premier Gladys Berejiklian let slip that advice from business played a part in her handling of the pandemic and the Sydney lockdown. What is the health advice? Callum Foote and Michael West investigate.
Who to believe on Bondi Cluster: Limousine Man or NSW Government?
Data published, and quickly updated, by the NSW Department of Health reveals there may have been locally acquired cases in NSW on June 13, four days before “Limousine Man” was recorded as being the Bondi Cluster’s “Patient Zero”. Callum Foote investigates the mess that is Covid data.
Carbon Bomb Beetaloo: world goes net zero, yet Coalition steps on the gas, Labor nods
Tracts the size of Bulgaria open for oil and gas exploration, along with generous government subsidies for foreign oil companies. Just as the world is tackling climate change, Australia is accelerating its fossil fuel production, and in almost every state and territory. Callum Foote investigates the bizarre hand-outs for a foreign hedge fund drilling for gas and the carve up of the NT’s Beetaloo Basin.
Bungled Roll-out: Greg Hunt dissembles, confusion reigns over Pfizer vaccine deal
The vaccine rollout remains mired in confusion. Health Minister Greg Hunt is making contradictory claims about how many doses of the Pfizer vaccine the government could have bought in the middle last year. Callum Foote reports.
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