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An unfinished political obituary for Stuart Robert, a flat circle

POLITICS
As the explosive Synergy 360 controversy shows, one can never truly take comfort in the idea the worst has already come to pass with Stuart Robert. The man is a flat circle, evangelically unburdened by the weight and sting of conscience. His ensuing and almost preternatural ability to spread scandal thin and...
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Berejiklian was corrupt — ICAC’s findings matter and should echo outside NSW

POLITICS
Corruption in Australia has a specific image. Money in brown paper bags. Bureaucrats on the take from developers. Politicians giving themselves and their mates lucrative opportunities. And the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) has served up plenty of those in its time. According to ICAC, Daryl Maguire fits the...
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Labor is not Shit like them! Or?

FUA AWARDS
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PwC’s sublime combination of breathtaking arrogance and dazzling ineptitude

FUA AWARDS
NSW Greens MLC Abigail Boyd told the inquiry the sale was a "PR exercise" and asked Ms Stubbins if that was an admission PwC could not conduct government business in an "ethical manner." NSW Labor senator Deborah O'Neill said she was concerned the sale to Allegro was an example of...
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State capture: Tax avoidance on a mega scale

ECONOMY
Labor has caved on its country-by-country tax reform in an embarrassing volte-face which betrays all Australians, many of whom pay more tax income tax than multinational tax avoiders who are able, via offshore related party transactions, to pay zip. Ironically, it was the transparency reforms of the Abbott/Hockey regime which...
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Afghanistan war crimes: investigating the generals is the only way to end cover-up calls

POLITICS
Chief of the Defence Force, General Angus Campbell, announces the findings of the Inspector-General of the Australian Defence Force Afghanistan Inquiry in November 2020. source: Department of DefenceAustralia’s military leaders need to be held to account for command failures in Afghanistan. It’s no surprise that calls of a cover-up...
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There’s more than reputation at stake: PwC faces penalties, including possible jail time

POLITICS
There’s more than reputation at stake: PwC faces penalties, including possible jail time Michael Adams, University of New England and Michael William Blissenden, University of New England What penalties does the consulting giant PricewaterhouseCoopers face for sharing confidential government tax policy information and (in its words) betraying the public’s trust? At most, there’s...
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The whistleblower and the war criminal: David McBride and Ben Roberts-Smith

POLITICS
Under the thick fog of the 9/11 attacks, John Howard — ordinarily not given to vaulting, Churchillian oratory — delivered a thundering address to the Australian Defence Association (ADA) in late October 2001 on his decision to commit Australia to what would prove an unwinnable war. Threaded with righteous anger, the speech...
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Anatomy of a Cover-Up: whistleblower warned PwC and Lendlease of $1b tax scam

POLITICS
PwC advised Lendlease on the billion-dollar tax scam which is now subject to Australian Tax Office audit. As Lendlease whistleblower Tony Watson fights the giant in court over his dismissal as a tax lawyer, documents obtained by MWM show Watson warned a PwC tax partner and group finance chief...
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Money, power, influence: How ‘media monsters’ used journalism to cement their empires

LOBBYIST
Carl Sagan said that in order to understand the present, it’s necessary to know the past. Nowhere does this apply with greater force than to the Australian media and its place in the nation’s power structure. Media Monsters, Sally Young’s second volume on the history of the Australian media, is indispensable...
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