Energy crisis: gas lobby cries wolf at gas export tax
With the Prime Minister considering a 25% tax on gas exports, the gas cartel has quickly launched a counter campaign.
Pauline’s Poll Surge, Charity Cash and New ASIO Powers | Scam of the Week
Australia is staring down another cost of living hit as war drives up oil and gas prices, while Canberra ducks bigger questions at home. This West Report examines the political fallout, Pauline Hanson’s rise amid collapsing social cohesion, Labor’s refusal to act on...
“Healing” charity raises tax-deductible funds for Israeli soldiers
The Chai Charitable Foundation is currently facilitating donations to Brothers for Life, an Israeli organisation providing support services to soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).
Liquidator: “Happy to lose $350k, let the boat go to scrap”
“Happy to lose $350k and let the boat go to scrap”, says the email from liquidator Hall Chadwick’s associates to Kimberley Pearl Tours.
Shhh! Don’t Mention the War! | Scam of the Week
Another Week another Scam
Plaudits to Dennis Richardson, the first man in the world to admit he was overpaid. Pentagon Penny says Australia is not at war. She’s clear about that. Donald goes to war on a feeling, Netanyahu says he has been dreaming of this for 40 years, and Albo shuts the door on thousands of Iranians while the media chases a diversion.
Then it is on to Queensland protest laws, the Robodebt inquiry fallout, super money into the US, Santos boss shares timing, the War Powers Bill, and why Australians keep getting dragged into other people’s disasters. Plus the latest Michael West Media investigations into Australian charities, the Israel lobby, and money flows that deserve a lot more scrutiny. 
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00:00: Dennis Richardson steps down
01:32: Australia is not at war, apparently
06:04: Trump’s “feeling” and Netanyahu’s long game
08:44: Albo, refugees, and the double standard
10:21: Queensland protest laws and “from the river to the sea”
12:50: Other scams, Robodebt, super, Santos
15:27: War powers bill
16:40: Little to be Proud of Canavan
18:32: MWM investigations
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Hold my beer. Uniparty votes down Senate gas inquiry
ACT Senator David Pocock’s proposal for an inquiry into why gas companies pay less tax than beer drinkers was voted down by Labor and the ‘Opposition’.
Scomo off the Robodebt hook
The National Anti-Corruption Commission delivered its investigative report into Robodebt referrals today, and Scott Morrison found not to have engaged in corrupt conduct.
Energy crisis: gas lobby cries wolf at gas export tax
With the Prime Minister considering a 25% tax on gas exports, the gas cartel has quickly launched a counter campaign.
Pauline’s Poll Surge, Charity Cash and New ASIO Powers | Scam of the Week
Australia is staring down another cost of living hit as war drives up oil and gas prices, while Canberra ducks bigger questions at home. This West Report examines the political fallout, Pauline Hanson’s rise amid collapsing social cohesion, Labor’s refusal to act on...
“Healing” charity raises tax-deductible funds for Israeli soldiers
The Chai Charitable Foundation is currently facilitating donations to Brothers for Life, an Israeli organisation providing support services to soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).
Kabuki politics. Style over substance, controlling the narrative
The major parties have learned to control the narrative at the expense of courage, with policy reduced to fragments, slogans, and lines tested for survival, not truth.
The Madness of Trump. What’s his next criminal outrage gonna’ be?
The Trump regime goes from madness to madness, ignoring any and every international law. The latest threat looks more like a promise.
Charities funding Israel’s illegal settlements untouchable, Labor says
The Labor Government tells Senate that Australian charities don’t have to comply with international law, nor will they be compelled to.
The high costs of Albo’s rubber-stamp war in the Middle-East
While the “Iran war” is fuelling Israel’s desire for armageddon, Australia finds itself in strategic quagmire of confused priorities and escalating energy costs.
Civil liberties. Senate to approve extraordinary ASIO powers
New laws poised to pass the Senate and enshrine ASIO’s extraordinary powers of interrogation without proper judicial, parliamentary or public review.
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