Did PwC consult on the final recommendations of the Senate Inquiry into PwC?By Michael West | June 13, 2024Was PwC commissioned to write the recommendations of the Final Report of the PwC Inquiry into PwC? Michael West reports.
Closing Down Sale! Stephen Miles’ Queensland budget channels Rishi Sunak and his ToriesBy Paul Syvret | June 12, 2024Steven Miles would blanch at the comparison, but there are some unfortunate parallels that can be drawn between ...
Paid to Not Reform: Veterans’ Affairs chucks $73m at PwC to dodge Royal CommissionBy Stuart McCarthy | June 11, 2024The Department of Veterans Affairs paid consultants PwC $73 million to forestall a Royal Commission as part of a ...
Caps on international student numbers creating headache for universitiesBy Peter Hurley and Melinda Hildebrandt | June 10, 2024New caps on international students coming to Australia will result in job losses and less money for research, and ...
Talking the Talk: Dutton dumps climate commitment, Labor speaks with forked tongueBy Rex Patrick | June 9, 2024Peter Dutton's Coalition is abandoning Australia's climate targets while new FOI data show Labor's fossil fuel ...
Down Periscope: tragi-comedy of Australia’s submarine travails rolls onBy Rex Patrick | June 6, 2024Down Periscope is a submarine comedy; the Australian version is a comedic tragedy. Former Royal Australian Navy ...
Trump biographer: dictatorship a real risk if Americans put ‘master con-artist’ back in White HouseBy David Cay Johnston | June 5, 2024Donald Trump's three-times biographer and friend of Michael West Media, David Cay Johnston writes about the ...
Reserve Bank inflation backflip as Bullock disses Chalmer’s CPI reductionBy Michael Pascoe | June 5, 2024RBA Governor Michele Bullock was at Senate Estimates this morning, appearing to contradict her own Chief ...
Australia, Defence and the anti-Midas touch with submarinesBy Rex Patrick | June 2, 2024It was revealed at Senate Estimates this week that there’s a corrosion problem with HMAS Sheean, one of our ...
Rate cuts coming? RBA buys Labor’s Budget massage for inflationBy Michael Pascoe | May 31, 2024Treasurer Jim Chalmers' 'magic wand' to get inflation down in the Budget is on track following RBA testimony to ...
Privacy: hackers and spammers put your data at risk. What to do?By Andy Schmulow | May 30, 2024Data misuse is an epidemic in Australia. Hackers steal data, and spammers spam, and so do legitimate companies ...
Anthony Albanese’s diary. Albo works long hours, but who does he meet with?By Kim Wingerei | May 29, 2024Anthony Albanese's diary proves a PM hard at work. But who did he meet with? Kim Wingerei checks in on the Prime ...
Australia, Israel and the ICC. One rule for Ukraine, another for PalestineBy Ian McGarrity | May 28, 2024Already on trial for genocide, Israel has defied the International Court of Justice and amped up its slaughter of ...
Aussie John’s $200m mansion sale pinpoints critical problem with real estate marketBy Michael West | May 27, 2024Aussie John Symond's tax-free $200m home sale would not be on the cards if not for the failure of politicians to ...
The boats have (almost) stopped; but Indonesia’s people smugglers are thriving?By Duncan Graham | May 26, 2024From 300 boat arrivals in 2013 to four last year, the boats have (almost) been stopped. Yet the business of ...