Silent Bill Killer: who pillages Australians hardest? It ain’t groceries or power bills, and profits are up 534%
If you reckon Woolies and Coles, Energy Australia or AGL are the worst culprits on cost of living, think again. Prices expert Joel Gibson on the rapacious industry which has jacked up prices by 534%.
Assange can take appeal to new hearing, UK court rules
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been given permission by the High Court in London to take his challenge against extradition to the US to another hearing. The court ruled that Assange could pursue his appeal at a full hearing, unless the US provided "satisfactory...
Government pays lawyers 5x fee estimates to hide advice on how to reduce gas prices. What’s the scam?
The Federal Government is going to extraordinary lengths to prevent the public who pays them seeing a paper that might encourage debate on how to get gas prices down. Rex Patrick reveals the cost of secrecy.
What’s the scam with Australia’s one million vacant properties? Renters may like to know
What’s the scam with Sydney Water, Melbourne Water and the electricity utilities declining to disclose Australian homes which are not connected to water or power?
Scam of the Week: Rudd and Trump distraction
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_V817np9GCg The Donald Distraction, engineered by News Corp, was a convenient distraction in a week where we sent $5B to spur AUKUS jobs and growth ... in Derbyshire, UK. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheWestReport Merch:...
Forget the Bathurst 1000, enter the AUKUS 368. What’s the Scam?
While the Government this week announced another billion-dollar handout to foreign shipyards, this time in the UK, the mayor of Bathurst is putting his hand up for the town’s share of some od the $368B AUKUS loot. What’s the scam?
Updated – Favours and Maates: what’s the scam with Jim Chalmers giving the Fin Review a back rub?
Government ministers mollycoddling mainstream media is an age old practise, but dudding independent media and small business in favour of mates and big business goes too far. What’s the scam with Treasurer Jim Chalmers and the AFR?
Silent Bill Killer: who pillages Australians hardest? It ain’t groceries or power bills, and profits are up 534%
If you reckon Woolies and Coles, Energy Australia or AGL are the worst culprits on cost of living, think again. Prices expert Joel Gibson on the rapacious industry which has jacked up prices by 534%.
The Big Two: winemakers squeezed from both sides by Coles and Woolworths
When dealing with the Liquorlands and Dan Murphys of this world, winemakers can be stuck between a rock and a hard place. The big retailers maintain a strict pricing regime that squeezes suppliers from multiple angles. Zacharias Szumer investigates the liquor oligopoly.
Big Sugar, Big Pharma: Sydney University compromised by academic research breach
Sydney University has stonewalled claims of failing to police serious conflicts of interest in its academic research which may have benefited big pharma and sugar companies such as Novo Nordisk. Who knew what and when, asks Andrew Gardiner.
US isolated on Israel’s Gaza massacre – only nation to abstain UN ceasefire vote
Tensions between the US and Israel escalated overnight when the US abstained from voting for an immediate ceasefire resolution to stop the atrocities in Gaza. Farah Abdurahman reports.
Assange can take appeal to new hearing, UK court rules
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been given permission by the High Court in London to take his challenge against extradition to the US to another hearing. The court ruled that Assange could pursue his appeal at a full hearing, unless the US provided "satisfactory...
Government pays lawyers 5x fee estimates to hide advice on how to reduce gas prices. What’s the scam?
The Federal Government is going to extraordinary lengths to prevent the public who pays them seeing a paper that might encourage debate on how to get gas prices down. Rex Patrick reveals the cost of secrecy.
What’s the scam with Australia’s one million vacant properties? Renters may like to know
What’s the scam with Sydney Water, Melbourne Water and the electricity utilities declining to disclose Australian homes which are not connected to water or power?
Scam of the Week: Rudd and Trump distraction
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_V817np9GCg The Donald Distraction, engineered by News Corp, was a convenient distraction in a week where we sent $5B to spur AUKUS jobs and growth ... in Derbyshire, UK. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheWestReport Merch:...
Forget the Bathurst 1000, enter the AUKUS 368. What’s the Scam?
While the Government this week announced another billion-dollar handout to foreign shipyards, this time in the UK, the mayor of Bathurst is putting his hand up for the town’s share of some od the $368B AUKUS loot. What’s the scam?
Updated – Favours and Maates: what’s the scam with Jim Chalmers giving the Fin Review a back rub?
Government ministers mollycoddling mainstream media is an age old practise, but dudding independent media and small business in favour of mates and big business goes too far. What’s the scam with Treasurer Jim Chalmers and the AFR?
Scam of the Week – The Taxman Can
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRViMDO_M24 TikTok, nuclear energy, the 'ute tax' politicians' expenses? Pfft. How about the Tax Office mollycoddling multinationals while targetting ordinary people with its Robodebt scheme! Patreon:...
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