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NSW family hooked up to “free power,” as sonnenFlat deal rolls out across Australia

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The first of the Australian households to take up the offer of “free energy” from German battery storage maker Sonnen, are having their systems installed, leaving them completely free from electricity costs for two years and paving the way for Sonnen to become a player in the national energy...
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The public should be ‘shocked, dismayed and disgusted’ at the major banks

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The public should be 'shocked, dismayed and disgusted' at the major banks ANZ and NAB have settled with ASIC over manipulation of the Bank Bill Swap Rate. Pat McConnell, Macquarie University The Australian public should be dismayed and disgusted that the major banks are still attempting to cover up the extent...
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The Trans-Pacific Partnership is back: Why lobbyists are pushing

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The Trans-Pacific Partnership is back: experts respond Deborah Gleeson, La Trobe University; Belinda Townsend, Australian National University; Kimberlee Weatherall, University of Sydney; Pat Ranald, University of Sydney, and Peter Robertson, University of Western Australia The latest incarnation of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is said to have “fewer bad bits”. But as...
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Pin-stripe mafia’ corrupt Australia’s Tax System – the Big Four

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How the 'pin-stripe mafia' design corporate tax avoidance. Podcast audio from the Tax Justice Network is both informative and disturbing. The current tax system is broken beyond repair. After two years of the OECD trying to patch up the system, even its biggest members the EU and US have given up...
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Politics Australian Style – Big Money Donors

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Summary of the A$30,640,335 Donations reported by Donors to All parties - 2015-16 Ranked Largest 1st Summary of the A$6,702,877.00 Donations reported by ALP - 2015-16 Ranked Largest 1st Summary of the A$15,480,777.00 Donations reported by Liberal - 2015-16 Ranked Largest 1st Summary of the A$2,194,287 Donations reported by Greens- 2015-16 Ranked Largest 1st Summary of the A$100,00.00...
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Why the Adani project should be rejected

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Adani was always going to be a significant issue in the forthcoming Queensland state election. It is a divisive issue and one where the major players have sought to play excessive, short-term, politics in recent years. With an urgent global challenge to transition to a low carbon society, Paris Agreement...
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The ACCC investigation into the NBN will be useful. But it’s too little, too late

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Industry guidance - view ACCC Report ↓ The ACCC investigation into the NBN will be useful. But it's too little, too late Allan Asher, Australian National University The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has launched a public inquiry into the National Broadband Network (NBN). Already, Telstra and Optus have come forward,...
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Three strategies to fight the tax avoidance revealed by the Paradise Papers

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Three strategies to fight the tax avoidance revealed by the Paradise Papers The first strategy is to require the public disclosure of country by country reporting of company tax affairs. Shutterstock Roman Lanis, University of Technology Sydney and Brett Govendir, University of Technology Sydney The release of more than 13 million financial and...
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It’s time for a royal commission into banking regulation

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It's time for a royal commission into banking regulation Pat McConnell, Macquarie University The handling of recent financial scandals show that regulators are confused about what they do, or should do. And as a result the regulation of the financial system, which is vital to a strong functioning economy, is just...
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NARU – CORPORATE RAPE

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Nauru has been in the news ever since the Pacific Solution began in 2001, but the history of the tiny island nation has been one of extraordinary waste. Now the expulsion of its chief justice has prompted new questions about the rule of law on the island, writes Keri Phillips. Today...
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