Sanity has finally prevailed. The government has scrapped its sale of the corporate data-base. Amid the madness of MYEFO and the festive season, Finance Minister Matthias Cormann issued a statement: “final bids received [for the Australian Securities and Investments...
If, faraway, there is little stirring of the earth in Oxfordshire, in the shadows of the village church in Sutton Courtenay, it is because this is where George Orwell is buried and George Orwell – may he rest in peace – must have read Angus Taylor’s...
It’s up there with the Holy Grail, the Golden Fleece, even Kevin Rudd’s crusade for the United Nations. It’s the Great Quest for Public Information in Australia. We’ve been bounced from the corporate regulator to the Department of Finance, back...