Turned to writing at 60, reckon that'll do for the next 30 years, then I'll become a musician - after that, who knows, maybe a wizard...
Gas Empire: how Australians are paying for foreign profiteers
Japan and South Korea have poured tens of billions into the Australian gas industry, keeping domestic supply low and prices high, while greenwashing Australia’s emissions. Kim Wingerei reports. A new report by the Jubilee Australia Research Centre has been released at...
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...
AUKUS in the sky with rhinestones. What’s the scam?
The AUKUS Forum is at it again, expanding the nuclear submarine mirage into space and beyond in the hope they can jag a slice of that lovely $368B AUKUS money. What’s the scam? We are not sure if the hangers-on at the AUKUS forum have got themselves a piece of the...
One billion litres of water, but Plibersek told not to care. What’s the fracking scam?
Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek was told to ignore new water protection laws for an American speculator’s gas fracking project in the Northern Territory. What’s the scam? The scam is that the Environment Department recommended the Minister disregard widespread...
Is the ICC warrant against Netanyahu heralding real change in international justice?
It took 12 years for the ICC to finally agree that its jurisdiction holds in Palestine, while Israel continued to act with absolute impunity in Gaza. Vineet Thakur and Peter Vale from the Universities of Pretoria and Leiden argue that may finally be about to change. A...
Dixon victims and the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort. What’s the scam?
The long and sorry saga of Dixon Advisory draws to a close as the administrators ride into the sunset with fat fees, and clients are left to nurse their financial wounds. The scam is the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) and a compensation scheme that...
Murdoch reshuffles News – lobs The Australian in with Vogue
The once venerable The Australian, News Corp’s flagship publication, and where it began for Rupert Murdoch nationally, has found a resting place with Vogue. In the seagull management style of billionaire scions, Lachlan Murdoch flew into Sydney last week to bandaid...
Sunshine Private Hospital calls in the administrators after one year. What’s the Scam?
A private hospital in Melbourne’s western suburbs closes its doors after one year of operation, leaving patients without care and staff without a job. What’s the scam? The scam is that private hospitals are not the way to run a proper health care system, especially...