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TAX AVOIDENCE
“We don’t have a shortage of supply; we have a glut of greed.”
While you’re sweating at the bowser and choosing between a heater or a steak, the suits in Canberra are busy polishing the shoes of...
PwC and the Adani mine triple dip. A conflict of interest? Surely not
A humble footnote on page 30 of the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility’s 2016-17 annual report reads: “PwC supported NAIF in the development of its...
Tax rorts, consultants, external Government advisors embed in Government departments. Golly gee what’s the...
Nearly one week after the police were called, the government cannot directly say if it can stop doing business with a firm whose ex-CEO...
You pay millions for these imbeciles to encourage conspiracy theories and misinformation. Why?
We get so used to the bonkers shit that goes on in the Australian Senate that it starts to seem unremarkable. Frustrating, exasperating, eye-rolling,...
Reframing tax policy to reset the rules of the monopoly game
Monopolists and rentseekers have been running rings round the democratic fiscal state for decades. It is obvious to everyone that the game is rigged....
Citizen’s Assembly
Picture this: It's summer holidays and you're sunning yourself on a beach when your phone pings.
It's a text message, all caps, asking you to...
High-profile independents say they would negotiate with either major party in event of hung...
Most prominent independent candidates say they would negotiate with either Labor or the Liberals in the event of a hung parliament, with many indicating...
The Verdict: Labor tax solution better than Coalition, worse than Donald Trump
by Callum Foote
Timid, worse than Donald Trump but better than the Coalition. That’s the verdict on Labor’s policy to combat multinational tax avoiders. Although...
Politicians make their own rules on funding
by Rosie WilliamsWhat lessons have been learnt in the wake of the funding rorts that have embroiled the Morrison government? Rosie Williams finds that the...
Thursday Mussing from Annabell
Beta blockers were the order of the day for Labor types in Canberra as Anthony Albanese — riding queasily on a new poll suggesting...















