Category: Business

A Gilead Tale: Big Pharma drug prices kept in check by generic imports

by Hazel Heal -- 12 Dec 2019 -- Business, Comment Analysis, Featured

US government sues Gilead to bring down drug prices

Our quest for transparency sees hackers and journalists dying for your right to know

by Kim Prince -- 05 Dec 2019 -- Business, Featured

On the fringes of our financial world secret money is coming up against hackers and journalists...

Bellamy’s $1.43 billion price tag doesn’t equal an Australian icon

by Marcus Reubenstein -- 28 Nov 2019 -- Business, Markets

A week after approval of its takeover of Bellamy’s, China Mengniu picks up a bundle of Australia’s best-known dairy brands … and some criticism as part of the bargain. Marcus Ruebenstein reports.

Where can Australians find trustworthy news and opinion?

by Alan Austin -- 27 Nov 2019 -- Business

If it is true as some assert that federal Labor cannot win elections in Australia because the mainstream media continually misrepresent its record, then what is the solution? One strategy is to replace those outlets with media which deliver trustworthy news. Alan Austin reports.

FATF caves as Australia keeps propping up property market with black money

by Nathan Lynch -- 20 Nov 2019 -- Business, Government

Nathan Lynch investigates the dark side of Australia’s 30-year economic miracle — credit growth, real estate and the business of providing a secure home for international flight capital.

Water Barons: Gina Rinehart pitches cattle against sawfish

by Triskele -- 19 Nov 2019 -- Business, Environment

Triskele looks at a proposal by Gina Rinehart to build the biggest irrigation farm in the northern hemisphere using offtake flood water from the Fitzroy River. The plan is at odds with the state government’s 2013 election commitment to create a landmark Kimberley National Park

Tabcorp’s welfare payment from RSL veterans fund keeps pokie losses ticking

by Stephen Mayne -- 10 Nov 2019 -- Business

The RSL in Victoria is captured by the pokies lobby and Tabcorp. As we remember the fallen on Remembrance Day, don’t forget the dubious deals and scandals besetting the RSL, writes journalist and anti-gaming campaigner Stephen Mayne

Tax Cut Flop: 1080 fails to revive torpid retail sector

by Alan Austin -- 09 Nov 2019 -- Business, The Economy

Alan Austin unpacks September’s miserable retail sales data as the economy staggers from one record low to another.

Experts reject privatisation of Australia’s visa system, except two experts

by Michael Sainsbury -- 22 Oct 2019 -- Business, Government

Experts have roundly condemned the Federal Government’s move to privatise Australia’s visa processing system, leaving Peter Dutton’s department as the only champion of the deal.

Oracle and Accenture: big tax dodgers queued for visa privatisation prize

by Michael West and Michael Sainsbury -- 16 Oct 2019 -- Business, Tax

Should the Government award contracts to tax cheating multinationals? The subject is likely to be covered when the Parliamentary Inquiry into the Big Four accounting firms kicks off late this year, the Big Four themselves being the ringmasters of global tax chicanery