Smoke and Mirrors: report finds Origin Energy’s suitor Brookfield an aggressive global tax dodgerBy Callum Foote | June 6, 2023A global analysis of Canadian financial engineering juggernaut Brookfield, which is close to wrapping its $20bn ...
“Hi Babe” Case: ASIC witnesses mauled in court, Commbank embarrassed, evidence ends abruptlyBy Lisa-Jane Roberts | May 17, 2023The credibility of witnesses was tested severely in ASIC's case against bank victim advocate Geoff Shannon ...
Google Australia pays pittance in tax, pays media moguls insteadBy Michael West | May 15, 2023Taxpayers stump up for "man shot in buttocks" story as Google Australia pays a pittance in tax again thanks to ...
Plonk in the Room: Budget 2023 tax elephant and the third degree on Stage 3By Callum Foote | May 10, 2023This year’s government revenue, and subsequent surprise surplus, were heavily bolstered by windfall commodity ...
A not so super budget for superannuants and retireesBy Harry Chemay | May 10, 2023Tuesday's budget announcement was rather short on excitement. Much of it has already been announced or leaked over ...
Fake Reform: Jim Chalmers’ itsy-bitsy tax “hit” is a gift for foreign fossil fuel giantsBy Michael West | May 7, 2023Jim Chalmers long-awaited tweaks to the PRRT are the itsy-bitsyist “reforms” about, the equivalent of recycling ...
A tale of two fossil superpowers: what Australia can learn from NorwayBy Daniel Bleakley | April 26, 2023The pressure is on the Government to address a near $1 trillion debt and spiralling cost of living when it ...
Australia wins plaudits for move on multinational tax dodgers but much more is needed on fossil frontBy Callum Foote and Michael West | April 17, 2023Amid fossil fuel corporate fury at any move to tax them or cap their soaring price rises, the tax reform moves of ...
Government dragging its feet regulating Buy Now Pay Later sector, causing more grief for the vulnerableBy David Gilchrist | March 16, 2023Buy Now Pay Later was once hailed as the ultimate in consumer credit innovation. The reality is massive losses for ...
The Big Mac of avoidance: how intellectual property payments eat our tax revenueBy Callum Foote | March 2, 2023The most expensive thing in a McDonald’s Big Mac® is not the patty or the labour cost, but the intellectual ...
Banks hurtle to record profits turbocharged by Reserve Bank pandemic helpBy Callum Foote | February 21, 2023The Big Four banks are hurtling to a record $33bn profit this year fired by $13bn in risk free Pandemic aid. ...
Four Pillars to Four Punters? Will ANZ “do a Richard Branson”, licence its brand like Virgin?By Callum Foote | January 17, 2023ANZ is now free to pull a Richard Branson and licence its brand to sell ANZ-branded financial products through its ...
Smoke and Mirrors: report finds Origin Energy’s suitor Brookfield an aggressive global tax dodgerBy Callum Foote | June 6, 2023A global analysis of Canadian financial engineering juggernaut Brookfield, which is close to wrapping its $20bn ...
“Hi Babe” Case: ASIC witnesses mauled in court, Commbank embarrassed, evidence ends abruptlyBy Lisa-Jane Roberts | May 17, 2023The credibility of witnesses was tested severely in ASIC's case against bank victim advocate Geoff Shannon ...
Google Australia pays pittance in tax, pays media moguls insteadBy Michael West | May 15, 2023Taxpayers stump up for "man shot in buttocks" story as Google Australia pays a pittance in tax again thanks to ...
Plonk in the Room: Budget 2023 tax elephant and the third degree on Stage 3By Callum Foote | May 10, 2023This year’s government revenue, and subsequent surprise surplus, were heavily bolstered by windfall commodity ...
A not so super budget for superannuants and retireesBy Harry Chemay | May 10, 2023Tuesday's budget announcement was rather short on excitement. Much of it has already been announced or leaked over ...
Fake Reform: Jim Chalmers’ itsy-bitsy tax “hit” is a gift for foreign fossil fuel giantsBy Michael West | May 7, 2023Jim Chalmers long-awaited tweaks to the PRRT are the itsy-bitsyist “reforms” about, the equivalent of recycling ...
A tale of two fossil superpowers: what Australia can learn from NorwayBy Daniel Bleakley | April 26, 2023The pressure is on the Government to address a near $1 trillion debt and spiralling cost of living when it ...
Australia wins plaudits for move on multinational tax dodgers but much more is needed on fossil frontBy Callum Foote and Michael West | April 17, 2023Amid fossil fuel corporate fury at any move to tax them or cap their soaring price rises, the tax reform moves of ...
Government dragging its feet regulating Buy Now Pay Later sector, causing more grief for the vulnerableBy David Gilchrist | March 16, 2023Buy Now Pay Later was once hailed as the ultimate in consumer credit innovation. The reality is massive losses for ...
The Big Mac of avoidance: how intellectual property payments eat our tax revenueBy Callum Foote | March 2, 2023The most expensive thing in a McDonald’s Big Mac® is not the patty or the labour cost, but the intellectual ...
Banks hurtle to record profits turbocharged by Reserve Bank pandemic helpBy Callum Foote | February 21, 2023The Big Four banks are hurtling to a record $33bn profit this year fired by $13bn in risk free Pandemic aid. ...
Four Pillars to Four Punters? Will ANZ “do a Richard Branson”, licence its brand like Virgin?By Callum Foote | January 17, 2023ANZ is now free to pull a Richard Branson and licence its brand to sell ANZ-branded financial products through its ...