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WEB3 days ago · High-end secrecy and money-laundering is dragging the property market higher by Michael West September 2, 2024 A sharp rise in secrecy can only exacerbate the housing crisis. Michael West checks out how secrecy, money laundering and tax breaks have shot housing affordability. In bad taste? Albanese wining …
Not so secret military justice review at odds with suicide royal ...
WEB1 day ago · The Inspector-General’s review of the Australian Defence Force, kept secret for six months, turns out to be an in-house report into a military justice “cover-up shop”, Stuart McCarthy reveals. The report, accidentally published yesterday, is at odds with the Royal Commission report that called for sweeping reforms of what they call a “weaponised” system contributing to a suicide ...
US interest rate cut leaves all eyes on Reserve Bank
WEB1 day ago · The Fed’s target range for the rate now stands at 4.75-5.0 per cent after the half a percentage point cut, compared to Australia’s cash rate of 4.35 per cent. The last Reserve Bank rate cut was in 2020, when the cash rate fell to 0.10 per cent. The US announcement was just one of many factors, like inflation, that the Reserve Bank must ...
Santos and the mythical gas shortage. What’s the scam?
WEB1 day ago · Stuart Long of The Australian Institute (TAI) concurs, “More than 80 per cent of the gas produced in Australia is exported or used to liquefy gas (a hugely energy-intensive process) so that it can be shipped overseas.”. Santos is engaging in a scare campaign, claiming that Australia might not have enough gas for domestic use without new gas ...
Australia ‘unable’ to support UN resolution on Israel
WEB1 day ago · Australia abstained from a United Nations vote calling on Israel to end its “unlawful presence” in Palestine, the federal government has confirmed. In New York overnight, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a Palestinian-drafted resolution demanding Israel end “its unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory” within 12 months. The resolution received 124 votes in […]
Report about military justice watchdog vanishes online
WEB2 days ago · The independence of Australia’s military justice watchdog from top brass has been scrutinised in a long-awaited review. The report on the office of the Inspector-General of the Australian Defence Force was published online by the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide, but was removed on …
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WEB4 days ago · High-end secrecy and money-laundering is dragging the property market higher. By Michael West | September 2, 2024. A sharp rise in secrecy can only exacerbate the housing crisis. Michael West checks out how secrecy, money ...
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WEBSep 2, 2024 · Michael West established Michael West Media in 2016 to focus on journalism of high public interest, particularly the rising power of corporations over democracy. West was formerly a journalist and editor with Fairfax newspapers, a columnist for News Corp and even, once, a stockbroker.
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