Big Sugar, Big Pharma: Sydney University compromised by academic research breach
Sydney University has stonewalled claims of failing to police serious conflicts of interest in its academic research which may have benefited big pharma and sugar companies such as Novo Nordisk. Who knew what and when, asks Andrew Gardiner.
What’s the scam with Australia’s one million vacant properties? Renters may like to know
What’s the scam with Sydney Water, Melbourne Water and the electricity utilities declining to disclose Australian homes which are not connected to water or power?
Scam of the Week: Rudd and Trump distraction
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_V817np9GCg The Donald Distraction, engineered by News Corp, was a convenient distraction in a week where we sent $5B to spur AUKUS jobs and growth ... in Derbyshire, UK. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheWestReport Merch:...
Commbank to take BankWest digital, close branches ATMs. What’s the scam?
Commonwealth Bank took over BankWest during the GFC in 2008. They were chasing the residential loan book, wiped out all the commercial loans sparking years of legal action. Westpac took out St George around the same time, shrinking the players in banking.
What’s the scam with Snow Hydro 2.0 Chris – are they boring a secret bottomless money pit?
It’s a document that purports to explain $6 billion in public expenditure. Yet Minister Chris Bowen is putting every hurdle in the way to stop public scrutiny. What’s the scam?
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 Act administered by the ACCC. What’s the scam?
Divorced from Reality | Scam of the Week
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkJpU4Ad72g Will the foreign spy and his 'A Team' - the anonymous, mysterious, traitorous, former politician in our very midst take out Scam of the Week? Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheWestReport Merch:...
The Hunger Games of renting. Most liveable cities in the world or dystopian nightmare?
The Reserve Bank held rates yesterday, offering some respite for mortgage holders. However, relief is nowhere in sight for the 30% of us who rent, especially in the cities.
Melbourne Grand Prix, fuel efficiency standards and fake news
The long overdue introduction of Fuel Efficiency Standards in Australia is meeting with the usual resistance from the fossil fuel lobby and car enthusiasts. The Melbourne Grand Prix is an annual reminder of their deceit.
AUKwardUS: Peter Dutton’s Albo nuclear wedge may cost us hundreds of billions
Peter Dutton’s proposal for Australia to adopt nuclear power is a dumb idea, but it’s good politics. Anthony Albanese’s AUKUS hand-cuffs neutralise his response. As Parliament gears up for another sitting week Rex Patrick reports on a nasty political wedge.
The Attorney, the World Court and climate accountability
Australia is about to intervene in a legal case of global significance relating to the obligations of countries to protect the earth’s climate system.
What’s the scam with Australia’s one million vacant properties? Renters may like to know
What’s the scam with Sydney Water, Melbourne Water and the electricity utilities declining to disclose Australian homes which are not connected to water or power?
Divorced from Reality | Scam of the Week
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkJpU4Ad72g Will the foreign spy and his 'A Team' - the anonymous, mysterious, traitorous, former politician in our very midst take out Scam of the Week? Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheWestReport Merch:...
University Reform Analysis + Jason Clare MP | Insiders
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tccYzKco8T8 The Universities Accord report calls for a serious overhaul of the higher education sector. The main recommendation is for a new target – 80% of working age Australians having some form of tertiary education by 2050 – up...
Advance Australia astroturfers | Scam of the Week
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D90Ec-vY5ss Westy talks Scam of the Week: media and political hijinx, Advance Australia scam artists, Woolies and Coles, ANZ and Suncorp, Albo and Dutton.
Advance Australia astroturfers | Scam of the Week
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D90Ec-vY5ss Westy talks Scam of the Week: media and political hijinx, Advance Australia scam artists, Woolies and Coles, ANZ and Suncorp, Albo and Dutton. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheWestReport Merch:...
ANZ swallows Suncorp – have they overruled common sense?
What’s the scam? If the ABC Four Corners investigation into the supermarket duopoly of Coles and Woolies this week had a prevailing message it was that less competition, ergo, fewer players in a market, was bad for consumers. Why then have competition authorities waved through ANZ’s $5b bid for Suncorp?
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 Justice in London next week. We requested permission to attend via the court’s broadcast link but were refused. What’s the scam?
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