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The territory ahead of the states: ACT streaks to the fore on progressive policy

ECONOMY
To those who equate the ACT and federal governments as one and the same, it will come as a shock that, short of location-location, the two could not be further apart. The ACT government achieved two national firsts this week with the opening of a fixed pill-testing site and an...
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‘Wellbeing’. It’s why Labor’s first budget will have more rigour than any before it

ECONOMY
‘Wellbeing’. It’s why Labor’s first budget will have more rigour than any before it Peter Martin, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University What if the most important thing in Jim Chalmers’ first budget is the thing his critics are writing off as a gimmick? Australia’s new treasurer has a lot...
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Jobs for mates is corruption. Dangerous corruption

ELECTIONS
Bernard Keane reports in CrikeyFor generations, jobs for mates — or what used to be labelled jobs for the boys — were treated as an unfortunate but inevitable tendency by political parties to look after their own, with both sides disinclined to criticise the other for the practice given...
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Labor aims for $1.9b from multinational tax crackdown

ECONOMY
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 to avoid taxes Labor plans to raise $1.9 billion from multinational businesses by cracking down on...
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Political donations reform is overdue — Labor shouldn’t waste time with inquiries

ELECTIONS
Australian Trade Minister Don Farrell’s commitment to lowering the political donation disclosure threshold to $1000 and requiring real-time reporting of donations is a welcome step in transparency for the mechanisms of state capture — if they can be legislated. Remember, most parties — including Labor, which has been doing it...
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Coalition spent almost $3.8 billion in 2021 on Consultants

ELECTIONS
In the run-up to the Federal election, the government’s use of external consultants has come under the microscope. Spending on consultants has surged with the Coalition entering into more than 8400 contracts worth almost $3.8 billion since July 2021. In the run-up to the Federal election, the government’s use of...
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The Uber Files show how a tech company convinced the world it was innovative rather than just illegal

BUSINESS
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 and government itself. On Monday, a coalition of media outlets across the world published revelations about...
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What the oil and gas industry tells itself

COAL
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 presentation with an unscripted joke. A short man with a broad Scottish brogue, the Santos...
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With the persecution of Collaery ended, it’s time to hold the perpetrators to account

ECONOMY
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 the malignant crimes of the Howard government in Timor-Leste, but for trashing basic concepts of...
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‘Pushing bullshit’: Leaked docs reveal Dutton’s education farce

FUA AWARDS
Peter Dutton’s attempt to reignite the education wars ignores a key point of very modern history: it was the Coalition that signed off on the revised national curriculum in April, just days before the federal election was called. Education ministers across Australia had also met in February to consider...
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