Callum Foote

Callum Foote was a reporter for Michael West Media for four years.
Banks hurtle to record profits turbocharged by Reserve Bank pandemic help

Banks hurtle to record profits turbocharged by Reserve Bank pandemic help

The Big Four banks are hurtling to a record $33bn profit this year fired by $13bn in risk free Pandemic aid. ...
The RBA Nine: Phillip Lowe cops the blame but who makes the decisions?

The RBA Nine: Phillip Lowe cops the blame but who makes the decisions?

As interest rates rise, much of the blame is lumped on Phillip Lowe. But contrary to popular belief, the Reserve ...
“Brazenly co-opted”: experts confront CSIRO for gas industry infiltration, greenwashing fossil fuels

“Brazenly co-opted”: experts confront CSIRO for gas industry infiltration, greenwashing fossil fuels

The CSIRO’s recent report detailing carbon credits required to offset fracking in the Beetaloo Basin is based on ...
ANZ begins punting on non-bank related ventures?

ANZ begins punting on non-bank related ventures?

Big four bank, ANZ, has invested $50 million into View Media Group in what may be one of the bank's first ...
NSW Government offers little resistance to Santos fracking on the Liverpool Plains

NSW Government offers little resistance to Santos fracking on the Liverpool Plains

Treasurer Matt Kean's Hunter gas pipeline approval has set “a tragically low bar” for landholder rights, says ...
Scientists slam NSW Government for high-risk logging since Black Summer bushfires

Scientists slam NSW Government for high-risk logging since Black Summer bushfires

A group of globally renowned scientists have slammed the NSW government for failing to measure the impact of the ...
Addicted to donations: alcohol, gambling, fossil fuels, property sectors stump up big

Addicted to donations: alcohol, gambling, fossil fuels, property sectors stump up big

Alcohol and gambling companies and their lobby groups donated $2.165 million to Australia’s last year, a 40 per ...
“Cabal of Secrecy”: political donations data dump features $119 million from nowhere, “dark money”

“Cabal of Secrecy”: political donations data dump features $119 million from nowhere, “dark money”

Analysis of the Australian Electoral Commission’s 2022 donations data dump has revealed ‘dark money’ comprised up ...
Santos edges in on fracking the Liverpool Plains despite repeated denials

Santos edges in on fracking the Liverpool Plains despite repeated denials

Santos is denying it, but local farmers claim the group is poised to start fracking in the Gunnedah Basin on the ...
Heads we win, tails you lose: as inflation bites, banks rake in $100m a week from obscure Covid stimulus

Heads we win, tails you lose: as inflation bites, banks rake in $100m a week from obscure Covid stimulus

As inflation hits a 32 year high, signalling a rise in interest rates in February, bank shares rose on the ASX. ...
Treasurer, regulators, banking lobbyists duck for cover on ANZ’s big restructure

Treasurer, regulators, banking lobbyists duck for cover on ANZ’s big restructure

Last week we published a story detailing ANZ’s historic corporate restructuring which now permits the bank to ...
Pipeline Rumble: farmers the final line of defence in Narrabri fight over Santos gas fracking

Pipeline Rumble: farmers the final line of defence in Narrabri fight over Santos gas fracking

Having squared away governments, as well as both major political parties, the two major media houses and even ...
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