The fossil fuels sector is telling us they will "replicate and exceed the $22m anti-mining tax campaign that led to Kevin Rudd's demise" if taxes are increased. Australians have lost billions since this happened.
Shouldn't we, the public, take the fight back to them this time? 2. Norway efficiently taxes the massive profits of its resources sector, builds a US$1.2 trillion fund. Here, the overwhelmingly majority disappears to foreign fossil fuel giants...who we don't even force to pay their normal taxes. Goodbye hospitals, schools, pension raises...
Oct 7, 2022 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Under ACMA chair Nerida O’Loughlin investigations halve in five years; complaints data is officially fudged (below); and it’s left entirely to Google to police Sky News re Covid disinformation.
Today? Michelle Rowland reappoints her for two more years.
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The two farms at the heart of the water buyback scandal - Kia Ora and Clyde in Qld - have been sold, along with Eastern Australia Agriculture. However the structure of the deal means the actual price paid may never be made public. #transparency#auspol#watergate1. The two major Queensland cotton farms at the centre of the water buybacks dispute, Kia Ora and Clyde, have been sold to a Canadian-based private equity investment firm, however the structure of the deal means the price paid for the properties may never be revealed publicly.