The caravan to Israel – journalist jaunts, political passengers, diplomatic dispatches and jobs lost
With reports of workers in media, government, business, academia and medicine coming under pressure from the Israel war lobby – some losing their jobs – Jommy Tee examines the power of the Zionist lobby groups.
Half a bil per aerial truck for the Royal Australian Air Force – what’s the scam?
The Albanese Government’s purchase of new transport aircraft provides an interesting insight into the eye-watering costs of Defence procurement. What’s the scam?
Boston Consulting and bonus kings McKinsey tell Senate to rack off. What’s the scam?
Tax dodgers Boston Consulting Group and McKinsey Australia have declined to appear before the Senate inquiry into consultants (the PwC tax leaks inquiry). What’s the scam?
Beetaloo Inquiry: gas is for export, Santos admits
The Beetaloo Basin Inquiry reveals gas intended for export rather than the domestic market.
Crown found “unsuitable” laundering billions for Chinese Crime gangs. What’s the Scam?
The scam is that if you are a big money launderer for the Triads, better watch out, they might accuse you of “unsuitable” behaviour. But hey, keep your licence Crown and the authorities will make sure you are brutally, rigidly “independently monitored”.
NT Labor opens up Beetaloo
Should fracking go ahead in the Beetaloo, it will be impossible to meet Net Zero by 2050 targets.
Morrison’s dam could lose taxpayers $2.5 billion
Commonwealth funding for the Hell’s Gates dam based on faulty evidence.
Big Tech, weapons, tax havens, even Rupert Murdoch – secrets from the Future Fund investment vault
The secretive Future Fund’s chair Peter Costello might not like it, but Freedom of Information requests are continuing to peel back the lid on the Fund’s massive overseas investments.
Cost of living, rental crisis, soaring tolls loom large as NSW voters head to the polls
A voters head to the polls in NSW, the cost of living crisis looms very large as a defining electoral issue. Households across the state have been feeling the crunch. In the final instalment of our series highlighting the similarities and differences in Labor and Coalition policies, Callum Foote looks at which party will do the most to address everyday expenses.
Promises, promises: how Labor and the Coalition stack up on election health pledges
Stretched to breaking point by Covid, NSW’s public healthcare system is struggling to return to acceptable levels of staffing and efficiency. Labor is promising to remove the Coalition’s public services wages cap, while the Coalition promises to pour billions into attracting new healthcare workers.
Low Energy: Coalition and Labor neck and neck on coal and gas policy as NSW Election looms
Few substantial differences set the Coalition and Labor apart on fossil fuels and climate. Both parties support new coal and gas projects despite dire warnings from the IPCC. This is the latest in Callum Foote’s series investigating the policies of the major parties heading into Saturday’s election.
Half a bil per aerial truck for the Royal Australian Air Force – what’s the scam?
The Albanese Government’s purchase of new transport aircraft provides an interesting insight into the eye-watering costs of Defence procurement. What’s the scam?
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