Qantas’ phantom flights – what’s the scam?
The ACCC has launched Federal Court action against Qantas, alleging the airline continued selling tickets on flights already cancelled. It begs the question of who knew, when did they know, and why didn’t they tell? The ACCC alleges that Qantas has: engaged in false,...History of Portugal: A Captivating Guide to Portuguese History from Ancient Times to the Present (European Countries)
author: Captivating History name: Kim average rating: 3.89 book published: rating: 2 read at: 2023/08/29 date added: 2023/08/29 shelves: review: An incomplete history of PortugalAfter a promising start, very disappointing in the end. Portugal’s formation and history...Media Monsters: The Transformation of Australia’s Newspaper Empires
author: Sally Young name: Kim average rating: 5.00 book published: rating: 5 read at: 2023/08/13 date added: 2023/08/13 shelves: review: As most comprehensive history of post-war media machinations in Australia I enjoyed Sally Young’s “Paper Emperors,” but this sequel...Night Train to Lisbon
author: Pascal Mercier name: Kim average rating: 3.63 book published: 2004 rating: 0 read at: 2023/07/22 date added: 2023/07/22 shelves:...
Competition Tribunal confirms ACCC folly on Telstra and TPG deal – what’s the scam?
The Australian Competition Tribunal has backed the ACCC’s decision to block the deal between telcos Telstra and TPG to share regional infrastructure. It is another blow for mobile coverage in the bush, so what’s the scam? The scam is the enduring travesty of...
Hey Philip Lowe, it ain’t the wages. Best regards from Mathias Cormann and the OECD
The latest OECD report is out, confirming higher profits are the leading component of recent inflation in Australia and elsewhere. Yet Philip Lowe and the RBA keep raising interest rates to curb inflation with wages growth as the culprit. What’s the scam? The scam is...
The ACCC flies to the rescue! What would we know without them?
The ACCC has just released its latest report on domestic airline competition. It concludes that there isn’t enough of it, hence we – air travellers – get poor service and pay too much. So what’s the scam? The scam is that the ACCC knows this, the Government knows...
A win for journalism. But Ben Roberts-Smith is still at large. What’s the scam?
Justice Anthony Besanko found that Chris Masters and Nick Mackenzies and their publishers were substantially reporting the truth about Ben Roberts-Smith. It is a win for quality investigative journalism, but will we now see criminal charges against the former soldier?...
The PwC scandal, the Big Four, and the real elephant in the room. What’s next?
While PwC is struggling to contain what might be its very own Enron moment, the ATO, Treasury and the Senate are trying to figure out why nobody did anything about what everybody seemed to know. It’s now a scandal too big to go away, Kim Wingerei reports on what might...Get my book!
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