Budget 2022: Defence spend on the upBy Callum Foote | October 28, 2022Labor’s budget is projecting just over $38 billion to be spent on defence in 2022-23, increasing to $44.5 billion ...
Advance Australia Fair: does Budget 2022 cut the mustard on corporate tax crooks?By Callum Foote | October 27, 2022Anthony Albanese and Jim Chalmers still have a bit of work to do to catch up with Tony Abbott and Joe Hockey, but ...
Jim Chalmers brings a Budget potpourri: something for everyone, the fossil fuel lobby tooBy Callum Foote | October 26, 2022The "Potpourri Budget" has something in it for everyone, including the fossil fuel lobby which has attracted ...
Gaming the Machine: pokies bosses to sign up politicians Perrottet and Minns for another 4 yearsBy Callum Foote | October 22, 2022Security guards for the powerful pokies lobby threw reporter Callum Foote out of the ClubsNSW annual meeting ...
Greenwashed: how the new “Middle Arm” fossil fuel hub was rebranded greenBy Callum Foote | October 20, 2022They have dubbed it "sustainable", about "clean energy industries" and "environmentally sustainable ...
Prescription CheckTheFactsicillin: $8bn Medicare fraud exhibits symptoms of HyperbolizosisBy Callum Foote | October 18, 2022Editors at Nine Entertainment and the ABC have been diagnosed with Acute Journo's Ear Syndrome and CranioRectal ...
A bunch of shifting bastards: how Big Tech goes small on taxBy Callum Foote | October 14, 2022A new report has revealed how the tech giant Microsoft avoids paying tax on more than $5 billion of revenue in ...
Scraping the bottom of the barrel in assault on privacyBy Callum Foote | October 12, 2022FinTech companies in Australia are scraping and selling users' sensitive banking data in breach of privacy regulation.
Federal government funded 2021 weapons expoBy Callum Foote | October 10, 2022An analysis of AusTender, the federal government’s contract tendering website, reveals that the Australian Trade ...
What do you think the arms trade is, a charity? Actually yes, that’s what it isBy Callum Foote | October 7, 2022All’s not fair at the warfare Expo, where taxpayer-funded arms merchants hobnob with military types by invitation ...
Banned: MWM too ‘aggressive’ for the merchants of death but we won’t shut upBy Callum Foote | October 4, 2022The weapons expo Land Forces has begun its conference in Brisbane. Critical attention is not welcomed, but MWM is there.
“Massive achievement” but is the NACC anti-corruption commission missing some teeth?By Callum Foote | September 29, 2022Callum Foote garners expert legal opinion on Australia's National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) draft ...