Kim Wingerei blog posts
“Without idealists, the pragmatists would have nothing to do…”
In bad taste? Albanese wining and dining with Zionists and billionaires
Maybe it’s a case of keeping your friends close, but your enemies closer, or do some of Albanese’s recent dinner companions reveal why he has narrowed his stance on human rights and embraced the big end of mining-town, or of Perth, to be exact? Jommy Tee and Kim...
Give, and thou shalt receive. Million dollar links between donors and environmental approvals
Correlation does not always imply causation, but the link between fossil fuel companies’ multi-million political donations and projects receiving environmental approvals is no coincidence. Kim Wingerei reports. Between 1998 and 2022, successive federal governments...
Airbnb on the offensive against levy and new regulation. What’s the scam?
The Victorian Government will allow local councils to limit properties listed on accommodation-sharing platforms like Airbnb and Stayz, and they don’t like it. What’s the scam? The scam is that holiday house landlords have long enjoyed extraordinary tax benefits by...
Did Albo know? ASIC faces questions into bungled investigation of ABC Bullion
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and a dozen ASIC officials face serious questions following a bungled investigation into the activities of a gold bullion dealer. Kim Wingerei with the story. Economist John Adams has been a vocal critic of ASIC; one of the principal...
NSW Liberals advised not to sue the electoral commission. What’s the scam?
Last week, the Liberal Party failed to lodge its candidates by the deadline for the upcoming NSW council elections. Still figuring out who to blame, what’s the scam? The scam is how the Libs were scrambling to put the blame on the Electoral Commission despite sacking...
ASIC v ASX? Corporate regulator sues stock exchange. What’s the scam?
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) has sued the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) for improper disclosure. What’s the scam? The scam is that the ASX should set the gold standard for good corporate citizenship, but according to the ASIC suit,...
Fossil fuel exports mean Australia’s carbon footprint is not getting smaller
The Labor Government continues to approve new fossil fuel projects and subsidise others. A new report shows that by 2035, Australia’s global carbon footprint from fossil fuels will be about the same as it is today. Kim Wingerei with the story. The Climate Analytics...
Is Rex Airlines about to join the long line of Australian airline failures? What’s the scam?
Quick on the heels of Bonza Aviation’s demise, Rex Airlines’ holding company requested an ASX trading halt yesterday amid shareholder infighting and a mountain of debt. What’s the scam? The scam is that, once again, the government’s two-airline non-policy policy makes...
No to Russia, yes to Israel. But are the Olympic Games still relevant?
The TV rights bonanza has stalled, the frenzy to secure hosting rights is a thing of the past, and the Olympic’s political relevance has been reduced to who can be the most outraged over the artistic merits of the opening ceremony. Kim Wingerei and 360Info ask, what’s...
Electricity bills: is energy market operator AEMO ‘getting owned’ by the gas cartel?
Electricity prices were forecast to drop this month but now regulators are tipping higher-for-longer and blaming a ‘cold snap’. It would be nice to have an independent regulator, report Kim Wingerei and Michael West. What’s the scam with electricity prices? They were...
The NACC, the Notionally Avoiding Corruption Commission, turns one. What’s the scam?
After one year of operation, the National Anti-Corruption Commission has spent $65 million on organising itself, pretty presentations, and rejecting submissions of obvious corruption. What’s the scam? The scam is how the Labor Government colluded with the opposition...
Peter Dutton’s nuclear proliferation claims. What’s the scam?
Peter Dutton and his LNP acolytes in Parliament and in the fossil fuel media claim that “Australia is the only G20 nation that doesn’t use nuclear power.” What’s the scam? The scam is that it is wrong. According to a fact check done by AAP, his claims are misleading...