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Oligarchs of the Treasure Islands: Pwc,KPMG, Deloitte,EY

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Newly compiled data reveals Defence has spent nearly $4 billion on large consulting firms over the past decade, more than all other Australian government departments combined. Although presenting as “the guardians of commerce” they are unregulated and unaccountable; they have infiltrated governments at every level and should be broken up. This...
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Bentleys, brown paper bags and bundles: Newcastle again. Politics 101

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While Crakanthorp has said the (landholdings and property declarations) “omissions” were discovered as a result of his “self-reporting”, the premier seemed to refute that. On Thursday news media reported that Crakanthorp’s chief of staff, Elliott Stein, reported the issue to the premier after raising repeated concerns with the MP. Bentleys,...
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Morrison is a symptom, not the cause, of the decline in Australian politics

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In focusing on Scott Morrison’s shocking record in government, and/or on his pathetic and self-pitying response to Commissioner Holmes’ Robodebt report, we must not lose sight of the fact that Morrison is symptomatic of a great deal of what is so terribly wrong in contemporary Australian politics. He is...
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The gospel of Scott Morrison is his most poisonous legacy

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Maeve McGregor asserts that even with the long march of time, Scott Morrison’s compulsion for lying and utter shamelessness remains both unmoved and spectacularly obvious; there’s simply no escaping the poverty of the man’s essence. And so it was unsurprising to watch the former prime minister emerge, embittered and self-consumed, from the...
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Scott Morrison should resign

POLITICS
The weak explanations and defences offered by Morrison and his ministers have raised the general expectation that they should be pursued further. Morrison should hang his head in shame and do the right thing by resigning from parliament. The Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme has identified appalling dishonesty and...
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Behavioural ‘experts’ quietly shaped robodebt’s most devilish details– and their work in government continues

ECONOMY
Behavioural ‘experts’ quietly shaped robodebt’s most devilish details – and their work in government continues Peter Martin, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University One of the things still worrying me about robodebt was the attention to detail. By that, I am not referring to the crude system by which hundreds...
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Big four gouged $10b over a decade and kept taxpayers in the dark

BUSINESS
The numbers are staggering. In the past decade Australia's state and federal governments have forked out more than $10 billion on the big four accounting firms — money that could have paid for 200 schools, 10 or more prisons, four world-class hospitals or a third of the annual Medicare...
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John Hewson asserts that Scott Morrison should resign

POLITICS
The Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme has identified appalling dishonesty and lapses in government processes that had serious consequences for the innocent, and their families, who were hounded for non-payment of fictitious “debts”. The final report clearly documented the poor performance of several government ministers and senior public...
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Our political swamp will not be cleansed by the disgracing of Morrison

POLITICS
There is a danger in the ongoing humiliation of Scott Morrison that he becomes a convenient fall guy for a wider system failure. Morrison’s conduct in office, and his subsequent refusal to accept the conclusions of a library shelf of damning reports into his misuse of power, is an extreme...
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Buckle up: The federal Jan. 6 indictment might be around the corner

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Special counsel Jack Smith in Washington on June 9. (Tom Brenner for The Washington Post) Special counsel Jack Smith has been toiling away for months, calling witnesses before grand juries and litigating against claims of privilege in his investigation of twice-indicted former president Donald Trump. Given the accelerated pace of...
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