Responsible Lending? Coalition’s left hand not sure what its right hand is doingBy Elizabeth Minter | November 15, 2020The government is pushing hard to get rid of responsible lending obligations, but it doesn’t seem to realise that ...
Trump’s America: poor targeted, red carpet for wealthiest tax avoidersBy David Cay Johnston | November 2, 2020While Trump’s tax affairs have been widely reported, statistics show that US authorities are going after the ...
Zombie Cash-Splash: Treasurer ramps up orgy of corporate hand-outsBy Michael West | October 19, 2020"Australians know there is no money tree," said Treasurer Josh Frydenberg at the apogee of the coronavirus in May. ...
The Trump Tax Returns: Donald deducts $US70,000 for hair-stylingBy David Cay Johnston | September 29, 2020"A serious tax cheat" is how his biographer David Cay Johnston describes Donald Trump. Johnston reports on the New ...
Tax shysters PayPal investigated by AUSTRAC for money-laundering, counter-terror financingBy Michael West | September 27, 2020Hard on the heels of its Westpac sting, Austrac is close to prosecuting Paypal for offences under the Anti-Money ...
Rich Thinking: Canberra Bubble wage delusions spawn a bizarre plan to flatten taxesBy Elizabeth Minter | September 24, 2020Forget the "average" wage, half of working Australians earn less than $57,000 a year. Rich think they are poor, ...
Dirty money leaks shine a spotlight on kleptocrats devouring our economyBy Nathan Lynch | September 22, 2020An unprecedented leak of thousands of files from the US government’s most confidential financial intelligence ...
Advance Australia Unfair: tax cuts to favour men over women, old over young, rich over poorBy Elizabeth Minter | September 21, 2020Women and young people have borne the brunt of the Covid Crisis. They are set to lose again when the Government ...
Ugly numbers of Trump’s tax cuts serve a warning for Scott MorrisonBy David Cay Johnston | September 18, 2020Radical Republicans rammed the Trump tax law through Congress without a single hearing or Democratic vote. The ...
Sour grapes: China in muddle over claims Australian producers are dumping wineBy Marcus Reubenstein | August 24, 2020There’s little evidence that Australian wine makers are dumping their product, so it appears China’s latest threat ...
Taxes are not a burden: they provide many of the good things in lifeBy Michael Keating | August 19, 2020Coalition spending over the past six years has been nearly half that of the past 40 years and is forecast to drop ...
Snouts in the superannuation trough: turbo-charging Paul Keating’s legacyBy Harry Chemay | August 18, 2020Three million Australians have applied for early release of super, with $30 billion already paid out and more than ...
Responsible Lending? Coalition’s left hand not sure what its right hand is doingBy Elizabeth Minter | November 15, 2020The government is pushing hard to get rid of responsible lending obligations, but it doesn’t seem to realise that ...
Trump’s America: poor targeted, red carpet for wealthiest tax avoidersBy David Cay Johnston | November 2, 2020While Trump’s tax affairs have been widely reported, statistics show that US authorities are going after the ...
Zombie Cash-Splash: Treasurer ramps up orgy of corporate hand-outsBy Michael West | October 19, 2020"Australians know there is no money tree," said Treasurer Josh Frydenberg at the apogee of the coronavirus in May. ...
The Trump Tax Returns: Donald deducts $US70,000 for hair-stylingBy David Cay Johnston | September 29, 2020"A serious tax cheat" is how his biographer David Cay Johnston describes Donald Trump. Johnston reports on the New ...
Tax shysters PayPal investigated by AUSTRAC for money-laundering, counter-terror financingBy Michael West | September 27, 2020Hard on the heels of its Westpac sting, Austrac is close to prosecuting Paypal for offences under the Anti-Money ...
Rich Thinking: Canberra Bubble wage delusions spawn a bizarre plan to flatten taxesBy Elizabeth Minter | September 24, 2020Forget the "average" wage, half of working Australians earn less than $57,000 a year. Rich think they are poor, ...
Dirty money leaks shine a spotlight on kleptocrats devouring our economyBy Nathan Lynch | September 22, 2020An unprecedented leak of thousands of files from the US government’s most confidential financial intelligence ...
Advance Australia Unfair: tax cuts to favour men over women, old over young, rich over poorBy Elizabeth Minter | September 21, 2020Women and young people have borne the brunt of the Covid Crisis. They are set to lose again when the Government ...
Ugly numbers of Trump’s tax cuts serve a warning for Scott MorrisonBy David Cay Johnston | September 18, 2020Radical Republicans rammed the Trump tax law through Congress without a single hearing or Democratic vote. The ...
Sour grapes: China in muddle over claims Australian producers are dumping wineBy Marcus Reubenstein | August 24, 2020There’s little evidence that Australian wine makers are dumping their product, so it appears China’s latest threat ...
Taxes are not a burden: they provide many of the good things in lifeBy Michael Keating | August 19, 2020Coalition spending over the past six years has been nearly half that of the past 40 years and is forecast to drop ...
Snouts in the superannuation trough: turbo-charging Paul Keating’s legacyBy Harry Chemay | August 18, 2020Three million Australians have applied for early release of super, with $30 billion already paid out and more than ...