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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....
Who Won the Republican Presidential Debate
Migrants and refugees flooding into Europe have presented European leaders and policymakers with their greatest challenge since the debt crisis. The International Organization 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...
ICAC finding puts MPs on notice over misuse of public money
A New South Wales ICAC report finding that pork barrelling could be classed as corruption could put paid to a belief popular among some...
Biden’s Bold Move to Tame the Conservative Supreme Court
President Biden Announces Supreme Court Reforms
In a bold op-ed for the Washington Post, President Joe Biden unveiled sweeping reforms targeting the Supreme Court's conservative...
The ‘culture war’ election
By Rachel Withers
April 20, 2022
The controversy surrounding Warringah “captain’s pick” Katherine Deves is not going away. And it’s increasingly apparent that this is...















