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Political donations in Australia: Snapshot 2

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Infographic: a snapshot of political donations in Australia Emil Jeyaratnam, The Conversation; Michael Courts, The Conversation, and Reema Rattan, The Conversation Catch up on other articles in the series here. Emil Jeyaratnam, Multimedia Editor, The Conversation; Michael Courts, Deputy Section Editor: Politics + Society, The Conversation, and Reema Rattan, Global Commissioning Editor,...
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Tax rorts – Or Tax Minimisation

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ICIJ Key Findings 9 Dec 2014 Pepsi, IKEA, AIG, Coach, Deutsche Bank, Abbott Laboratories and nearly 340 other companies have secured secret deals from Luxembourg that allowed many of them to slash their global tax bills. PriceWaterhouseCoopers has helped multinational companies obtain at least 548 tax rulings in Luxembourg from 2002...
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Who is responsible for online betting bombardment

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South Australia's gambling tax highlights the regulatory mess of online betting William Hill is among the online bookies to be registered in the Northern Territory, where the tax and regulatory environment is more favourable. AAP/Lukas Coch Charles Livingstone, Monash University The South Australian government will introduce from July a “point-of-consumption tax” to claw...
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Paying the piper and calling the tune? Following ClubsNSW’s political donations

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Paying the piper and calling the tune? Following ClubsNSW's political donations Former NSW premier Barry O'Farrell struck a deal with ClubsNSW while in opposition. AAP/Dan Himbrechts Charles Livingstone, Monash University and Maggie Johnson, Monash University Part of the reason why the poker-machine lobby is successful in defeating any attempt to contain it is...
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Gambling industry finds plenty of political guns for hire to defend the status quo

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Gambling industry finds plenty of political guns for hire to defend the status quo Stephen Conroy is to head up a new gambling industry body, Responsible Wagering Australia. AAP/Mick Tsikas Charles Livingstone, Monash University Former Labor senator Stephen Conroy, who left parliament in September, has gone to work for the gambling industry as...
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Gambling lobby gives big to political parties, and names names

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Gambling lobby gives big to political parties, and names names The gambling lobby continues to provide substantial support to political parties. from shutterstock.com Charles Livingstone, Monash University and Maggie Johnson, Monash University The gambling industry declared A$1,294,501 in donations to Australian political parties in 2015-16. Our analysis of the latest Australian Electoral Commission...
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Coalition’s youth internship scheme failure

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Half leave Coalition's youth internship scheme without a job Exclusive: Retail workers’ union says young people are being used as ‘cheap labour for six months and then discarded’ The $750m youth employment scheme is aimed at helping young Australians into work. Half of those exiting the government’s low-paying youth internship scheme leave...
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Pigs at the trough – Revenues of $5billion or yearly cost of 9.5 million pensioners – Can’t afford to pay tax!

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Prime Minister Turnbull is pushing Tax Breaks for the Big End Of Town Why? The following corporations while generating revenues of almost $5billion dollars have decided that the Australian Taxpayers should subsidise their Management Fees, Directors Salaries and Asset purchases. Almost the entire cost of our welfare system goes into the...
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ATO $4.2 billion short of budget revenue target – misses the elephants in the room

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The article "ATO $4.2 billion short of budget revenue target" seriously misses the elephants in the room. While the article published in the SMH 31 October 2017 and makes fascinating treading - full article is below. The ATO’s own admission they have enormously more success with prosecutions against medium and...
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Citizenship five paid nearly $9 million in salaries they were not entitled to

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The five federal politicians disqualified over their citizenship status collected close to $9 million in taxpayer-funded salaries they were not entitled to. Former deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce accounts for $2.8 million of that money and his former Nationals deputy Fiona Nash $2.6 million. Both first entered parliament in 2005...
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