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CommInsure: Who’s who in the Commonwealth Bank’s life insurance scandal?

CommInsure, one Australia's biggest life insurers with about 4 million policy holders, has been caught out using unscrupulous practices buried in the fine print of their contracts to deny, delay or avoid paying claims. Meet...

All Political Parties Donor List 2013 -2014

Summary of Donations reported by Donors to All parties - 2013-14 Column1 Column2 Column3 Gainsdale Pty Ltd #Sustainable Population Party $68,150.00 26 Summers Pty Ltd #Sustainable Population Party $53,000.00 Australia Chinese Business Elite Awards Pty Ltd ALP $260,000.00 Austar Group Melbourne Pty Ltd ALP $45,000.00 Chevron Australia Pty Ltd ALP $36,300.00 Pacific Equity...

Diversity and local voices at risk as media owners aim to become emperors of everything

Communications Minister Mitch Fifield has announced a shake-up of Australia’s media ownership laws. So, what rules are being scrapped? And how might their axing affect Australia’s media sector? The rules On the chopping block are the...

Big four accounting firms avoid scrutiny in multinational tax avoidance

Not convinced: Labor Senator and tax avoidance inquiry committee Chair Sam Dastyari says corporate tax cheats should be named and shamed by the tax office. The Senate Inquiry into corporate tax avoidance is due to...

Morrison ticks off sale of Australia’s biggest dairy to Chinese buyer

February 23, 2016 by Michelle Grattan Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Treasurer Scott Morrison has approved the $280 million sale of Australia’s largest dairy farming business to the Chinese-owned Moon Lake Investments. Morrison announced he had...

Should Australians follow the British lead and boycott tax avoiders?

Elfriede Sangkuhl, The Conversation December 18, 2012 In the UK the recent boycott of Starbucks by consumers has helped elicit a pledge from the coffee giant to pay £20 million in taxes over the next...

Card giant MasterCard lowers local tax bill

MasterCard lowers its local tax bills through deals with Singapore's Government The wonderful thing about investigating multinational tax avoidance is that, despite the corporate spin and obfuscation, there is a hard number that you can...

Storyboard and design eLearning on your iPad “Free”

Adobe Captivate Draft is a pre-production design and storyboarding tool for planning eLearning courses. The iPad app allows Instructional Designers, eLearning Developers and Training Teams to rapidly design and easily implement online courses. One of...

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