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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....
Violence Has Forced 60 Million People From Their Homes
Migrants and refugees flooding into Europe have presented European leaders and policymakers with their greatest challenge since the debt crisis. The International Organization for...
Paid access to politicians
The former chairman and co-founder of Aspen Medical has revealed how the company obtained access to senior ranks of the Coalition government by participating...
Leaders’ debate will shape the final weeks of the campaign
By SMH's David RoweThere were many big moments in the debate between Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese on Sunday night, but one key point...
Needling Albanese over his Covid workload is a sign that Morrison is starting to...
Katharine Murphy on politicsAustralia newsThe PM desperately needs to turn the spotlight back on to Albanese, so he is using playground tactics to goad...
Alan Tudge, Scott Morrison and who knows what about Rachelle Miller’s reported $500,000 payout
Katharine Murphy The Guardian's Political editor writes
One of the stranger stories in this campaign has been the travails of Alan Tudge – Schrödinger’s minister...















