AUKUS to JAUKUS or JAUKUSI – what’s next? The Indians are coming!
Japan mooted as the next to join the AUKUS pact? India too, encouraged to join the anti-China team. But first, ...
Kim Wingerei
Kim Wingerei is a businessman turned writer and commentator. He is passionate about free speech, human rights, democracy and the politics of change. Originally from Norway, Kim has lived in Australia for 30 years. Author of ‘Why Democracy is Broken – A Blueprint for Change’.
Fake news or no news? The folly of the News Media Bargaining Code
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While the Government this week announced another billion-dollar handout to foreign shipyards, this time in the UK, ...
Facebook pulls plug on ‘News Media Bargaining Code’ – what’s next?
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Qantas gets customers to pay surcharge during promo. What’s the scam?
Is Qantas jacking up fares to pay for a time-limited promotion? That is illegal under the Consumer & Competition ...
Empire building in the Beetaloo, funded by Federal Government gas grants
Has Empire Energy been given Research & Development grants in preparation for fracking in the Beetaolo Basin, ...
Those pesky colonial journalists and justice for Assange. What’s the scam?
Julian Assange's case to be allowed an appeal of his extradition to the US is coming up in the High Court of ...
Banana Shire takes AUKUS by storm. What’s the scam?
The by-now mythical figure of $368 billion for the AUKUS submarine mirage is creating a frenzy. So far, we've seen ...
War, what is it good for? Not for news anymore, it seems
Israel struck a Mosque in Gaza yesterday, fired rockets into Lebanon and raided the West Bank, but if you read ...
Westpac cops puny fine for insider trading. What’s the scam?
Westpac has been fined a paltry $1.8 million for a trade that netted the bank over $20M in behaviour akin to ...
Crimes and misdemeanours, ex-PwC high flyer David Collard arrested
David Collard is well known to our readers. The ex-PwC partner and failed entrepreneur is now facing court in New ...
The housing crisis we didn’t have to have, and how to fix it
Alan Kohler's recent Quarterly Essay is a valiant attempt to put the housing crisis into a historical and ...
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