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PwC and the Adani mine triple dip. A conflict of interest? Surely not
A humble footnote on page 30 of the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility’s 2016-17 annual report reads: “PwC supported NAIF in the development of its...
Tax rorts, consultants, external Government advisors embed in Government departments. Golly gee what’s the...
Nearly one week after the police were called, the government cannot directly say if it can stop doing business with a firm whose ex-CEO...
You pay millions for these imbeciles to encourage conspiracy theories and misinformation. Why?
We get so used to the bonkers shit that goes on in the Australian Senate that it starts to seem unremarkable. Frustrating, exasperating, eye-rolling,...
Reframing tax policy to reset the rules of the monopoly game
Monopolists and rentseekers have been running rings round the democratic fiscal state for decades. It is obvious to everyone that the game is rigged....
Times have changed
Veteran economist and one-time Bob Hawke adviser Ross Garnaut put forward some Very Big Ideas in last night’s Jobs and Skills Summit keynote address,...
It’s not the economy, stupid, it’s climate change
Alan Kohler:
Anthony Albanese would have spent the past three nights in his hotel rooms staring, red-eyed, at the Australian Bureau of Statistics website, memorising...
The Big Gas Con – how fossil fuel giants are cheating Australia’s emissions system
by Callum Foote | May 15, 2022 |
An unholy alliance of carbon farmers and Big Gas lobbyists are quietly shaping Australia’s emissions reduction framework...
ScoMo: Australia could become an unrecognisable “public autocracy” if a national ICAC with...
By Emma Elsworthy,
Worm editorAustralia could become an unrecognisable “public autocracy” if a national ICAC with teeth was established — according to Prime Minister Scott...
Trapped: Australia’s economy is hostage to the housing market, and neither party is willing...
Jason Murphy writes in CrikeyScott Morrison wants to let you raid your super to buy a house. This is a naked vote ploy for...
Scomo and the Public Service: How Bad Can It Get?
The Report by the Secretary of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, Phil Gaetjens, into Bridget McKenzie’s handling of the Community Sport Infrastructure...















