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Labor aims for $1.9b from multinational tax crackdown

The federal government lost an estimated $6bn in revenue in 2014 as a consequence of tax avoidance by multinational corporations with Australian operations, according to a new Oxfam report. Cracking down on use of debt...

The Uber Files show how a tech company convinced the world it was innovative rather than just illegal

Former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick in 2017 (Image: AAP/Evan Agostini/Invision)The Uber Files confirmed what had long been reported: top executives knowingly flouted the law to run a venture capital-fuelled war against workers’ rights, public transport...

What the oil and gas industry tells itself

Royce Kurmelovs reportsOn day two, Kevin Gallagher stepped to the main stage at the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre, where the oil and gas industry was holding its annual national conference, and began his...

With the persecution of Collaery ended, it’s time to hold the perpetrators to account

Bernard Keane writes in CrikeyBernard Collaery’s immediate ordeal is over. For four years he has been pursued by a vindictive government hellbent on punishing him not merely for helping, with Witness K, to expose...

Australia’s Timor-Leste intervention has a dark history — one perpetrators want to hide

Bernard Keane writes in CrikeyThe failure to prosecute the alleged perpetrators of war crimes committed during Australia’s intervention in East Timor — and the recognition that there was an active culture of cover-up in...

‘Patently ridiculous’: state government failures have exacerbated Sydney’s flood disaster

‘Patently ridiculous’: state government failures have exacerbated Sydney’s flood disaster Jamie Pittock, Australian National University For the fourth time in 18 months, floodwaters have inundated homes and businesses in Western Sydney’s Hawkesbury-Nepean Valley. Recent torrential rain...

Albo is Taking stock

Rachel Withers writes in The MonthlyIt was another big day for cleaning up the mess left behind, as the Albanese government continues to assess the inherited damage. But members of the government are...

Avoiding picking losers: industry policy for a more rational era

Bernard Keane writes in CrikeyThe Grattan Institute isn’t normally to be found advocating for industry policy and support of manufacturing. Its latest report, on industry policy in the context of the drive to net...

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