Say goodbye to free sport on TV, say hello to paid streaming
No more Ashes, no more AFL or NRL Grand Finals, no more Olympics. If you no longer watch TV with an aerial, seeing big sporting events for free may soon be a thing of the past. Kim Wingerei reports on new anti-siphoning proposals. Only 61% of us still watch...
Rumours of my death are greatly exaggerated. Johnnie gets scammed
The ‘Reserve Bank’s Communications Department’ has emailed Johnnie, the MWM Executive Vice-President of Human Resources. What’s the scam? The scam is one of those ‘give me your bank account details so we can give you money’ scams. An email purportedly from “Reserve...
Climate protesters jailed, Qantas mega-fraudsters spend other people’s money
What’s the scam with jailing two climate protesters for disrupting Melbourne traffic when Qantas heavies cop a fine for dudding thousands of customers’ air traffic plans? The scam is the biggest corporate scam of the year – the Qantas ‘Ghost Flights’ scam – has been...
Qantas, the ACCC and a slap on the wrist. What’s the scam?
The ACCC today announced a settlement with Qantas for the ‘ghost flights’ debacle. It is a negotiated result of court action launched by the regulator in 2023, seeking hundreds of millions in compensation and damages. So what’s the scam? The scam is that, once again,...
AUKUS to JAUKUS or JAUKUSI – what’s next? The Indians are coming!
Japan mooted as the next to join the AUKUS pact? India too, encouraged to join the anti-China team. But first, another set of Indians wants in. What’s the scam? The scam is the AUKUS Forum – a self-appointed ‘interest group’ hungry to share in the submarine loot....Russia: Revolution and Civil War 1917-1921
author: Antony Beevor name: Kim average rating: 4.12 book published: 2022 rating: 4 read at: 2024/04/04 date added: 2024/04/04 shelves: review: The forgotten war that rendered the revolution a mythAnthony Beevor at his best, the detail he gets across is astonishing,...Presidential Mission (The Lanny Budd Novels #8)
author: Upton Sinclair name: Kim average rating: 4.33 book published: 1947 rating: 0 read at: 2024/04/04 date added: 2024/04/04 shelves:...
Fake news or no news? The folly of the News Media Bargaining Code
Meta’s declaration that Facebook will no longer pay (some) Australian publishers for their news content has again highlighted the folly of the News Media Bargaining Code. It’s a poor solution to the wrong problem, Kim Wingerei writes. Facebook’s threat to jettison...The Visitors: The remarkable debut novel from an award-winning author and playwright, for readers of Melissa Lucashenko, Shankari Chandran and Tara June Winch
author: Jane Harrison name: Kim average rating: 3.93 book published: 2021 rating: 5 read at: 2024/03/27 date added: 2024/03/27 shelves: review: Beautiful, poignant, devastating The elders of Gadigal Country meets to decided to welcome or repel the mobs arriving on...Get my book!
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