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“We don’t have a shortage of supply; we have a glut of greed.”
While you’re sweating at the bowser and choosing between a heater or a steak, the suits in Canberra are busy polishing the shoes of...
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....
The truth about political donations: there is so much we don’t know
The truth about political donations: there is so much we don't know
AEC disclosures revealed Malcolm Turnbull to be the single biggest donor to a...
Needling Albanese over his Covid workload is a sign that Morrison is starting to...
Katharine Murphy on politicsAustralia newsThe PM desperately needs to turn the spotlight back on to Albanese, so he is using playground tactics to goad...
Tony Windsor Rorters, rooters and the country’s lost decade
While the major parties play the traditional, convenient, presidential-style blame games, and the media placidly comply, a growing number in the electorate are clamouring...
Pork barrel’s days are numbered
Peter Hartcher writes in the SMH
When the Morrison government was handing out cheques to build new car parks for commuters at Melbourne railway stations,...
The Peter Dutton principle
John Hewson writes in The Saturday PaperWhile it is still early days, it is becoming clear that the Coalition and their media sycophants didn’t...















