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TAX AVOIDENCE
“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....
A revolution in Wentworth, a study in teal
Margot Saville writesIt’s been impossible to buy a plain teal-coloured T-shirt anywhere for days. Organisers for Allegra Spender’s Wentworth bid have scoured websites for...
Sales and Grimshaw: a tale of two interviews — but only one killer blow
Tim Moore writes in CrikeyThe last week of Scott Morrison’s campaign has been marked by two significant television interviews, one on the ABC on...
Alan Tudge, Scott Morrison and who knows what about Rachelle Miller’s reported $500,000 payout
Katharine Murphy The Guardian's Political editor writes
One of the stranger stories in this campaign has been the travails of Alan Tudge – Schrödinger’s minister...
More Mussings from Annabel
ABC's Annabell Crab writes on her blog
Liberal leader Scott Morrison wants to let first homebuyers crack into their super to free up funds for home buying.
Labor...
The Verdict: Labor tax solution better than Coalition, worse than Donald Trump
by Callum Foote
Timid, worse than Donald Trump but better than the Coalition. That’s the verdict on Labor’s policy to combat multinational tax avoiders. Although...















