by Michael West | Jul 24, 2019 | Energy & Environment
What an outrage it is that the Northern Territory doesn’t increase its grape production, rather than importing wine from South Australia! And what about those lazy Tasmanians; rather than producing their own mangoes and pineapples they import them from Queensland!
by Michael West | Nov 7, 2018 | Energy & Environment, Finance & Tax
High in their splendid eyries above Clarence and Collins streets, scores of tax advisers from EY, KPMG, PwC and Deloitte have been beating their fee-clocks by the hour, cooking up fancy new loopholes, plotting how to beat the system.
by Michael West | Oct 24, 2018 | Energy & Environment
It is a good thing the Australian government has decided to set a floor price for retail electricity in an effort to bring down energy bills.
by Michael West | Jul 13, 2018 | Energy & Environment
There is not a gas market. There is a gas cartel. Ergo the nosebleed price rises. Four players dominate production in Australia and exports of liquid natural gas (LNG) too: Santos, Origin Energy, Shell and Exxon/BHP. The latter are effectively one player as they enjoy joint-marketing arrangements.
by Michael West | Dec 21, 2017 | Energy & Environment, Finance & Tax
Australia’s political leaders ought to charge US oil giant ExxonMobil and its directors with contempt of parliament. Exxon has deceived the Senate. In 2015, its bosses were asked to disclose their relationships between ExxonMobil Australia and other Exxon...