Heads I win, Tails you Lose: hand-outs for Australia’s biggest coal plant Eraring a smoking example of the folly of privatisation
Are taxpayers on the hook to bail out Australia’s largest coal plant, Eraring, after just ten years of privatisation? Michael West reports on the latest in taxpayer subsidies for fossil fuel corporations.
Business Council of Australia … or Business Council of Foreign Multinationals?
A new report confirms that Big Business in Australia is totally dominated by foreign owners, particularly the fossil fuels export sector now whining, make that ‘always whining’, about modest tweaks to curb their profiteering. What’s the scam?
Solar Rorts: being not as bad as the Coalition … is not good
What’s the scam with Labor’s $200m Community Batteries for Household Solar program? Is it as bad as Coalition pork barrelling rorts? No. Does the batteries program have merit? Unlike the Coalition Carparks rort, yes.
Ex-Mineral Council of Australia CEO our ambassador to the OECD
A former CEO of the Minerals Council of Australia was appointed as our ambassador to the OECD at the end of last year.
Coal to Ukraine comes from Coalition-party affiliated company
The company the PM has chosen to ship coal to the Ukraine has Coalition party links through its chairman, ex-Deputy PM Mark Vaile.
Lobbyland
Lobbyland is an online column dedicated to unravelling the political and corporate spin coming out of Australian politics.
Government showers $150 million on Big 4 already this year
The Government has splashed just over $150 million dollars on contracts with the Big Four consultancy firms, PwC, KPMG, EY and Deloitte in 2022 alone. The biggest winner is Deloitte which has already earned $63 million, followed by EY at $57 million, KPMG of $27...
Could this one reform stop Australia from going to war with China?
The AUKUS submarine deal reveals deep divisions about what Australia’s role should be in a US conflict with China. But what does the people of Australia think? And should they have a say?
Deathly silence from Perrottet and Minns to Sydney’s burials crisis as state election looms
As the NSW election looms, both major parties have buried a big problem, burials. Both Labor’s Chris Minns and Premier Dominic Perrottet have no answer to Sydney’s burial crisis. The city’s public cemeteries expect to run out of space in the next five years. The former boss of the government’s new cemetery manager speaks out in a scathing critique of the lack of accountability and leadership in Sydney’s $5 billion cemetery sector. Callum Foote reports.
Information Commissioner aiding and abetting the enemy
In a David and Goliath battle in the Federal Court today, Rex Patrick takes on Information Commissioner, Angelene Falk to challenge to the lengthy delays that plague freedom of information (FOI) requests being reviewed
Uncle Sam, can you target my Tomahawk, please?
Who will control the Tomahawk Missiles? News that Australia will purchase up to 220 Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles might seem like just another Defence purchase, but there’s a hidden sovereignty issue that needs to be examined.
Business Council of Australia … or Business Council of Foreign Multinationals?
A new report confirms that Big Business in Australia is totally dominated by foreign owners, particularly the fossil fuels export sector now whining, make that ‘always whining’, about modest tweaks to curb their profiteering. What’s the scam?
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