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Maybe Australia Needs to Do a Biden

Maybe Australia Needs to Do a Biden When the career politicians finally admit it: it's time to go, but not before one last bow to...

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Simone Biles 2024

Simone Biles early days Simone Biles Antwerp Gold PARIS — In a breathtaking display of resilience and skill, Simone Biles has once again solidified her status as a gymnastics legend. With her latest triumph in the individual all-around final at the 2024 Paris Olympics, Biles now holds six Olympic gold medals, the most of any U.S. gymnast. Defying the Odds Simone Biles' road to this gold was anything but smooth. Following a rare stumble on the uneven bars, Biles briefly fell to third place. However, her indomitable spirit and extraordinary talent saw her reclaim the top spot, surpassing Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade, who is widely regarded as the second-best gymnast globally.Making History, Again Biles’ victory makes her just the third woman...

Tax rorts, consultants, external Government advisors embed in Government departments. Golly gee what’s the problem

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 allegedly leaked Australian tax secrets. It’s eight years since Peter-John Collins, an executive at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), allegedly passed the confidential policy to colleagues advising clients on the other side of the fence: Multinationals that minimise tax. PwC Australia chief executive Tom Seymour stood down earlier in May. Some 80 per cent of Australians think such a leak should result in an instant ban for PwC, a poll found this month. But on Tuesday, senior public service officials gave varying accounts of whether the firm, PwC, had been – or could be – banned for the...

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