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...

David McBride was not given leave to appeal the decision made yesterday about the nature of his duties. It means Justice Mossop’s decision stands, and his duty is to the military chain of command, and only that. Following today’s proceedings in court was not easy for...

Justice Mossop has decided today that David McBride’s duty is to his superior officers, rather than the public. It means the jury, when finally empanelled, will be instructed accordingly, unless an appeal is successful. The origin of the phrase “the law is an ass” is...

Day two of the case against whistleblower David McBride focused on the intricacies of oath keeping and the meaning of duty. A key decision on this matter is expected on Wednesday, at which time the case may be referred to the Court of Appeal. It was never going to be...

Labor and the Coalition voted against a Senate motion to end the prosecution of whistleblower David McBride today as the court case began in the Supreme Court of the ACT. Greens Senator David Shoebridge moved a motion for the Senate to vote to end the prosecution of...

Twelve months after Optus was hacked and exposed customer data in droves, it is back in the spotlight again for all the wrong reasons. An outage that even impairs emergency calls is not good enough. What’s the scam? The scam is not just the inadequate redundancies in...

Qantas’ AGM was a sombre affair, with Chairman Goyder and CEO Hudson at pains to tell everyone how much they cared as Alan Joyce got a golden $21.4m kiss goodbye. But announcing a mammoth share buyback. What’s the scam? The scam is yet another share buyback worth just...

We are very excited to announce that Michael West Media will be starting an airline. We haven’t set a date yet, nor do we have any planes, pilots or stewards, but watch this space, tickets will be on sale soon! We made this decision after Qantas – an actual airline...

Despite a dysfunctional US Congress, PM Anthony Albanese is making the best of his America trip by announcing defence investments, a deal with tech giant Microsoft, and throwing the local minerals industry some bones too. Kim Wingerei reports. One could forgive...

If the polls are to be believed, the referendum question will be soundly voted down this Saturday. It could – and should – have been so different. The Voice referendum is asking us to say yes or no to a simple statement of recognition of our Indigenous Peoples, and to...