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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....
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,...
We didn’t turn left. We wised up
Peter Hartcher writes in The Sydney Morning Herald
When an election is held, powerful explanations for victory and defeat form quickly. They will direct political...
Politicians make their own rules on funding
by Rosie WilliamsWhat lessons have been learnt in the wake of the funding rorts that have embroiled the Morrison government? Rosie Williams finds that the...
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...















