Government Archives - Michael West

Julian Assange: A Court of Star Chamber — cruelty beyond belief

by Professor Stuart Rees -- 11 Dec 2019 -- Comment Analysis, Featured, Government

Julian Assange’s Star Chamber

Royal Attrition: Government caves to a “few big interests”, ignores Aged Care Inquiry reforms

by Dr Sarah Russell -- 10 Dec 2019 -- Comment Analysis, Featured, Government

aged care transparency and accountability

#29Leaks shows need for reforms on creating companies, says UK anti-corruption chief

by George Greenwood -- 09 Dec 2019 -- Government

The Formations House leak shows need for reforms on creating companies, says UK anti-corruption chief. Report from Christian Eriksson, David Brown and George Greenwood.

Economic stagnation unlikely to improve under current Government policy vacuum

by Michael Keating -- 09 Dec 2019 -- Comment Analysis, Government, The Economy

Wednesday’s release of the national accounts for the September quarter confirmed what we already knew — economic stagnation continues. Michael Keating steps into the policy vacuum with solutions.

Operation Slippery: Russian aviation magnate diverts Australian Defence profits to tax havens

by Michael West -- 04 Dec 2019 -- Featured, Government

Australia’s Department of Defence is keeping silent. Yet it has serious questions to answer over...

Cormann’s Cuts: another plank in the push for privatisation of Australia’s visa system

by Abul Rizvi -- 03 Dec 2019 -- Government

Is the surge in Chinese and Malaysian asylum applications the reason the Government is so desperate to hive off the visa system? Abul Rizvi 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.

Franking Credits: Government wins as bank payouts fall, but Labor …?

by Michael West -- 12 Nov 2019 -- Government, Markets, The Economy

If Labor hoists the white flag and dumps its franking credits policy, it endorses a bizarre regime of cash hand-outs for wealthy share market investors. Michael West reports on the bank profit season, welfare for the wealthy and the winner from plunging bank payouts – Government

Latest Aussie Tax Haven Sale: Pyramids of Brookfield get Treasurer’s tick to take aged care empire

by Michael West -- 06 Nov 2019 -- Government, Markets

Five people died at a children’s hospital in Scotland built by Brookfield, billions have been stripped offshore in Australian assets, yet Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has approved the sale of the nursing home and retirement village business Aveo.

Privatisation: public left in the dark on Sydney Ferries deal with French

by Neil Baird -- 01 Nov 2019 -- Comment Analysis, Government

Sydney Ferries has effectively been privatised,” writes Australia’s top maritime publisher and journalist Neil Baird.

Declaring a water emergency means putting people before profit

by Quentin Grafton and John Williams -- 01 Nov 2019 -- Comment Analysis, Environment, Government

The current drought in Eastern Australia has focused the attention of all Australians on water but...

Reserve Bank condemns Coalition mismanagement … not in so many words

by Alan Austin -- 31 Oct 2019 -- Government, The Economy

Monetary policy can be helpful but fiscal stimulus is also clearly needed to halt Australia’s flagging economy. Such was the latest message from the Reserve Bank Governor Philip Lowe as the Coalition stubbornly clings to its budget surplus. Alan Austin reports.