May 6, 2024
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,...
Apr 9, 2024
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....
Apr 4, 2024
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,...
Apr 4, 2024
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:...
Apr 1, 2024
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...
Mar 27, 2024
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...
Mar 22, 2024
While the Government this week announced another billion-dollar handout to foreign shipyards, this time in the UK, the mayor of Bathurst is putting his hand up for the town’s share of some of the $368B AUKUS loot. What’s the scam? The really big scam, of course, is...
Mar 20, 2024
author: Jill Valentine name: Kim average rating: 4.33 book published: rating: 3 read at: 2024/03/20 date added: 2024/03/20 shelves: review: A story rarely told from an insightful authorA glowing review in the Financial Review made me buy it, as there are not many...
Mar 5, 2024
Meta’s Facebook has declared they’ll stop paying Australian media outlets for content when current agreements expire. It’s sparked the ire of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp and consternation within the Government. Kim Wingerei asks what may happen next. The announcement...
Mar 4, 2024
Is Qantas jacking up fares to pay for a time-limited promotion? That is illegal under the Consumer & Competition Act administered by the ACCC. What’s the scam? When a Jetstar flight attendant tells a customer to pay $5 for a pen to fill out a landing card, parent...