Tuesday, July 29, 2025

The conman, the jet and the Australian developer who helped bring him down

The Tax Office denies it has become harder for taxpayers to have penalties waived and revealed that the agency approves requests for clemency “in part or in full more often than we do not”.

The denial follows comments by tax lawyer Tania Waterhouse that the waivers of tax penalties are more difficult to obtain than in the past and are now mainly granted in cases involving natural disaster or serious illness.

Majority of requests to waiver tax penalties are approved: ATO



 ‘Work until we die?’ Independent readers outraged over retirement age review The Independent


Western Sydney Airport official who sought $200k kickback narrowly avoids jail time 





Davis Polk Axes Tax Associate Who Published Op-Eds Criticizing Trump: ‘Was He Heroic, Naive Or Full Of Himself?’


Trump administration ordered review of SpaceX government contracts following Trump-Musk fallout: Report The Economic Times


How Elon Musk Created a Nightmare for Donald Trump Gizmodo


Elon Musk moves xAI, Grok onto Palantir turf The Street


Trump EPA will propose repealing finding that climate change endangers public health The Hill

 

Trump’s AI Action Plan Includes ‘Zombie’ Moratorium on State Regulations Common Dreams

 

Five Interesting Things about the White House AI Action Plan Interconnected

 

Trump Launched Nearly as Many Airstrikes in Five Months as Biden Did in Four Years Antiwar


Those old service sector jobs


Does aging accelerate at age fifty?


 Queen Anne statue still regulating betting in DC


Defending social media


What Dan read, NYT coverage here


Bunch of complicated prediction market results about central bank independence.