It is little wonder that trust in government is bruised by the day. The secrecy and dissembling over Australia’s largest infrastructure project, WestConnex, is a case in point.
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Donald Trump promised to put America, and especially American workers, first in every decision,...
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what they had not anticipated was that Robertson would go public and that his “allegations” – rather than being unfounded and defamatory, reckless, disparaging, dishonest, misleading, extremely false and denigrating – were true.
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Lawmakers in South East Asia should follow Australia’s lead and stomp out “glamorous” cigarette...
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Four years ago, Christine Milne, then Greens leader, rang out of the blue to chat about multinational tax avoiders. We discussed terms of reference for a possible Senate Inquiry. The final report came down yesterday evening. Billions of dollars have since flowed into the national coffers as a result of that inquiry.
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The ultimate “take-out” is that the cost of government is rising, not falling, despite the cuts to bureaucracy and despite the rhetoric of private sector efficiency
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Noticed the price of an Uber sneaking up lately? Rising fees perhaps from online travel agencies...
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Of the half a billion dollars earmarked for the Great Barrier Reef in Tuesday’s Budget, the lion’s share goes to a foundation with climate-denial links and whose patrons make the largest donations to the ruling Liberal National Party coalition
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Wherever taxpayer dollars up for grabs, rent-seekers will be there by the dozen. In Australia’s aged care sector, governments pick up some 70 per cent of the chit while private providers rake in the profits, often deploying aggressive tax avoidance schemes. The upshot is that taxpayers effectively get hit twice.
Read MoreExclusive interview with head of Australia’s biggest infrastructure project, DisConnex. Project secrecy, cost, engineering and impending privatisation.
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In the light of the yet to be published report on the social and economic benefits of the NBN,...
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There has been great surprise at the revelations of bad behaviour by this country’s biggest...
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