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Merry Christmas

EMPORIUM
Wishing you a Merry Xmas and a joyful New Year This is not a commercial for TV ↓ It was organized by the Banc Sabadell on the cities 130th anniversary, for the enjoyment of all.   They are performing ♥ "Ode to Joy by Beethoven"  ♥ Enjoy!! We thought this made a delightful twist on...
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The Five Rules of Buying Political Influence

POLITICS
All this stuff about Sam Dastyari - but what about poor Huang Xiangmo? Bloke turns up here, observes how business has been traditionally done, pulls out the cheque book and finds himself painted as a cross between Karla and Blofeld with a touch of KAOS and Yellow Peril thrown in. The...
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Child sexual abuse royal commission: recommendations and statistics at a glance

BUSINESS
Child sexual abuse royal commission: recommendations and statistics at a glance Key recommendations The royal commission’s final report (pdf) has made 189 new recommendations, including: The federal government should establish a National Office for Child Safety, sitting within the department of prime minister and cabinet. Its first job should be to...
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Instead of rebuilding stadiums, the NSW government should focus on local sport and events

POLITICS
Peter FitzSimons Asked Premier Berejiklian "Where, in the history of the world, has a government ever modernised an existing piece infrastructure at a cost of billions of dollars and got an annual rate of return of 50 per cent to pay it back in two years? But, again, let me put...
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Emotional video of starving polar bear shows climate change impact

EMPORIUM
​The world's tragedies often have images that end up defining them: A five-year old screaming in Iraq after her parents were killed by US soldiers. A starving child being stalked by a vulture during a ruthless famine in Sudan. This video released this week of an extremely emaciated polar bear has...
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IEEFA Australia: Adani’s Bad Month

POLITICS
The potential for Adani’s Carmichael coal mine proposal in northern Australia took a dramatic turn this week as one major Chinese bank after another ruled out financing the project. The news comes shortly after Queensland state’s Labor Party government promised to block a federal taxpayer-funded loan to Adani if re-elected—and...
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Banking royal commission will expose the real cost of bad behaviour

POLITICS
Jenni Henderson, The Conversation Australia’s federal government has announced a royal commission into the financial services sector, following a letter from the big four bank heads supporting the move. The commission will run for 12 months, delivering a final report in February 2019, at an estimated cost of A$75 million. It...
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Why the big four asked for a parliamentary inquiry into banking

POLITICS
Why the big four asked for a parliamentary inquiry into banking George Rennie, University of Melbourne The major Australian banks are following familiar public relations tactics in requesting a parliamentary commission of inquiry into banking and financial services. When the public mood is against an industry, it will try to win the...
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Why is Corporate Tax Optional?

FUA AWARDS
The tax office has revealed 36% of the largest public companies and multinational entities in Australia paid no tax in the most recent financial year on record.. It covers the 2015-16 financial year, revealing key details of 2,043 of the largest companies with operations in Australia. There were 732 companies...
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New foreign interference laws will compound risks to whistleblowers and journalists

POLITICS
New foreign interference laws will compound risks to whistleblowers and journalists Increasingly, the language of ‘national security’ is invoked to protect a government’s broader interests. Keiran Hardy, Griffith University The Turnbull government has announced a crackdown on foreign interference in Australian politics and national security. Proposed laws include a ban on foreign...
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