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...
Facebook could pay millions of pounds in UK tax after approving fundamental changes to its corporate structure in Europe.
Starting in April, the world’s largest social network will change its policy so that revenue generated...
Former ministers Warren Truss and Ian Macfarlane are among 16 retiring MPs who will benefit from a generous six-figure parliamentary pension. Photo: Andrew Meares
The majority of federal politicians who have announced their retirement this...
A U.S. watchdog agency is preparing to investigate whether the Federal Reserve and other regulators are too soft on the banks they are meant to police, after a written request from Democratic lawmakers that...
South Texas PGA junior Taylor Crozier plays the opening shot on a new golf course designed by Tiger Woods, and scores a hole-in-one, sending the crowd wild. The 11-year-old managed the feat on Wednesday...
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...
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...
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...