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Shell to be allowed to avoid resource tax obligations

14 April 2021 Editor 0

Contributed At a time when Australia’s addiction to fossil fuels should be wound back, fossil fuel extractors keep on enjoying perks that rank them at the top of no tax paying corporations operating in Australia.

Big business and Morrison government want the minimum wage frozen

14 April 2021 Editor 0

By Joe Montero In its submission to the current minimum wage case, Australian Chamber of Commerce (ACCI) and Industry has put that Australia cannot afford it. It wrongly suggests that Australia already has one of […]

Systemic failure is wrecking Australian economy not the pandemic

28 January 2021 Editor 0

By Joe Montero Greg Jericho wrote (The Guardian 28 January 2021), “Covid-19 has actually hidden the weakness of the economy”. He hit the nail on the head and adds that “Australia’s economy has been weak […]

Global economy may be closer to the edge than many people think

2 December 2020 Editor 0

By Joe Montero The talked about economic recovery form Covid-19 is being exaggerated for political reasons and has little to do with the real situation. There must be some increase in activity after coming out […]

Australia now has almost zero interest and billions for the banks

12 November 2020 Editor 0

By Joe Montero We must look closely to the Reserve Bank’s cut of the interest rate to 0.1 percent, the buying of $100 worth of government bonds, to provide protection to the banks and other […]

A critical view of Modern Monetary Theory

27 October 2020 Editor 0

By Joe Montero As the reality of the biggest economic and job crisis experienced since the Great Depression hits home, and the failure of economic policy to address the underlying problems over decades becomes increasingly […]

Budget will give to a few and impose a burden on the rest of us

7 October 2020 Editor 0

By Joe Montero and Ben Wilson While delivering this year’s budget, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg put a lot of effort towards trying to convince Australia that everyone is going to be made better off. It wasn’t […]

Economy needs stimulus and attention to the underlying problems

7 October 2020 Editor 0

By Joe Montero Forty-nine eminent economists have called for a budget that provides stimulus to the economy and for the tax cuts, mainly going to the richest Australians, to not go ahead.

Morrison’s tax cuts will hurt people and damage economy

28 September 2020 Editor 0

By Joe Montero We know it now. Scott Morrison is forging ahead and bringing forward the intended tax cuts for the wealthiest Australians, and this is being sold, via a manipulative campaign against “taking money […]

Scott Morrison and the escalation of crony capitalism in Australia