by Michael West | Sep 28, 2017 | Business, Government
This is the first in a series of investigations into Australia’s most powerful business lobby groups. To begin, we have selected the Business Council of Australia, the most elite and influential peak body of them all. Among the findings, the nation’s...
by Sandi Keane | Jun 21, 2017 | Energy & Environment, Government
Matt Canavan is not only espousing a $1 billion taxpayer leg-up for Indian coal magnate Gautam Adani to build a rail line but has now called for public money to be deployed for gas exploration in South East Australia. It is not as if Exxon and BHP, which operate...
by Michael West | May 20, 2017 | Finance & Tax, Government
COMMENT Loath as one is to invoke the utterances of Donald Trump, this “shocking”, “massive” and “disgusting” Plutus scandal which has “engulfed” the Australian Tax Office is, wait for it … #FakeNews. It is a good...
by Michael West | May 13, 2017 | Energy & Environment, Finance & Tax
American Express has paid no net tax in Australia for nine years, according to its latest financial statements. That is zero tax on $10 billion in revenue. Well might this story end there. Enough has already been said. But Amex is by no means alone. Multinational...
by Michael West | Apr 24, 2017 | Energy & Environment, Finance & Tax
It was a superb win for the the Australian Tax Office against Chevron in the Federal Court last week but there is something everyone is missing, something which will turn the art of tax avoidance on its head; a game-changer for multinationals. Put simply, Chevron...