I wouldn’t sign a China trade deal now: Tony Abbott
Did China buy Cambridge?
The front cover of The Spectator magazine of 10 July 2021 reads, ‘How China bought Cambridge’ (framed by temptations to read stories such as ‘Is Boris becoming Prince Harry?’ and ‘The joy of streaking’). The “Cambridge” in question is the university, and an article by Ian Williams with the same title sets out the case...
Australian Strategic Policy Institute’s Dr John Coyne says the Port of Darwin is Australia’s “most strategic northern port” and ownership of the Port is vitally important to Australia’s defence future.
Dr Coyne, who is head of the Northern Australia Strategic Policy Centre at ASPI, told Sky News that Australia hasn’t had a unified strategy around the port “since Federation”.
In tapped calls, New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian heard about some of her secret ex-partner Daryl Maguire's exploits for Chinese-Australian export agent Jimmy Liu.
An ABC investigation unravels how the former MP did favours for Mr Liu's company, which allegedly swindled vast sums from Australians and became embroiled in a devastating international fraud.
Berejiklian’s ex Daryl Maguire arranged Parliament ceremony for company now convicted of $46mraud
Nuclear war, rising oceans, biotech gone mad — literature is awash with dystopian themes. We need a little more of the utopian impulse impulse. impulse
An immigrant living through American declineYasha Levine. Part three of a series; part one, part two
Shaviro: Taxing Multinational Corporations
Joshua D. Blank (UC-Irvine; Google Scholar) & Ari D. Glogower (Ohio State; Google Scholar), Progressive Tax Procedure, 96 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 668 (2021):
Abusive tax avoidance and tax evasion by high-income taxpayers pose unique threats to the tax system. These strategies undermine the tax system’s progressive features and distort its distributional burdens. Responses to this challenge generally fall within two categories: calls to increase IRS enforcement and “activity-based rules” targeting the specific strategies that enable tax avoidance and evasion by these taxpayers. Both of these responses, however, offer incomplete solutions to the problems of high-end noncompliance.
US life expectancy in 2020 saw biggest drop since WWII AP
Five Times More Children Died By Suicide Than Died From COVID In The UK.
Black Dog - Gama Covid variety
MPs Propose Reform Of Music Streaming Revenue Sharing
Where there’s a bill there’s a way: Rex Patrick’s dogged fight against Coalition to repeal billionaires’ loophole
It’s been quite the innings for some of Australia’s wealthiest billionaires. Certain large proprietary companies owned by the establishment – Secret Rich-Listers as we call them – have been cloaked in darkness by government legislation for more than a quarter of a century. Luke Stacey reports how South Australian Senator Rex Patrick is fighting to buck the trend and demolish Australia’s Secret Rich List once and for all
