The Reefgate ‘rort’ may be the biggest scandal in Australian political history — but is just the latest in a long line of taxpayer cash splashes from Turnbull to his cronies, including the Murdochs. By Dave Donovan. MALCOLM TURNBULL giving almost half-a-billion dollars of public money to his business cronies is, perhaps, […]
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Australia’s biggest ever financial scam unfolded in plain sight
The biggest financial swindle in Australian history was not masterminded by a smooth-talking shyster in silk tie and fancy loafers. It didn’t involve complex money shifting to the Bahamas, the establishment of sham companies or falsified documents. By Jessica Irvine. Illustration: John Shakespeare The biggest financial scam ever perpetrated against […]
Cowper MP Luke Hartsuyker announces he is quitting politics
Luke Hartsuyker, the member for Cowper which covers the whole of the Coffs Coast, this morning announced his retirement from federal politics. by Peter Daniels The member for Cowper (pictured) has spent 17 years representing the electorate and says his decision to retire was ‘not easy’. “It was not an […]
The Trump Administration’s Giant F**k You to Working People: Playing Games with Capital Gains Tax Rates
Okay, I’m going to plead guilty to playing lawyer without a license. The NYT reports that the Trump administration is proposing to unilaterally (as in no congressional action) change the way that capital gains are calculated for tax purposes. By Dean Baker The plan is to allow people to index […]
PM personally approved $443m fund for tiny Barrier Reef foundation
Head of Great Barrier Reef Foundation tells Senate inquiry money was offered at meeting with Turnbull and Josh Frydenberg Malcolm Turnbull was at the meeting where $443.8m in funding was offered to a small not-for-profit foundation without a competitive tender process or any application for the money, an inquiry has […]
Canberra Times suggests Cowper MP ‘set to retire soon’.
From Twitter on a Canberra Times report published Monday 30 July 2018.
34 years ago, a KGB defector chillingly predicted modern America
This is quite prophetic ! By Paul Ratner President Trump was almost universally panned for the press conference that followed the meeting with Russia’s President Putin in Helsinki, Finland. Trump was seen as capitulating to Russia by refusing to confront Putin on the issue of past and present interference in […]
Seduction by Trump is corruption of conservatism
The infatuation of Australian conservatives with Donald Trump continues unabated as the authentic Trump breaks free from the chains of restraint — yet seduction by Trump constitutes the corruption of conservatism and threatens its moral and intellectual standing for many years. by Paul Kelly The more conservatives applaud Trump, the […]
Tackling inequality has the potential to drive the kind of economic growth Australia has been looking for
Tackling inequality has the potential to drive the kind of economic growth Australia has been looking for by Stephen Koukoulas In the decade or so since the global banking and financial crisis plunged the world into the Great Recession, policy makers around the world have been adopting a range of […]
Australian energy market ‘confusing and unfair’: ACCC
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has called for sweeping reform of the national electricity market to lower power prices and restore consumer confidence. By Michelle Grattan In its damning report, to be released on Wednesday, the ACCC says consumers face a confusing and unfair market. Discounts are misleading and […]