IT SHOULD not need a Senate committee investigation to expose Australia’s corporate tax avoiders. That is why you have an Australian Taxation Office. But over the past few years the ATO has come under a lot of strain with foolish staff cuts. Continue reading “Govt should invest more in Tax Office”
Month: October 2014
Make subs in Australia or forget the whole project
THE news this week that Indonesia is to buy submarines from South Korea with a view to eventually importing enough technology to start building their own in the near future must be quite depressing for the Australian Defence Force. Continue reading “Make subs in Australia or forget the whole project”
Hockey caught by Honest John Howard’s law
TREASURER Joe Hockey has been caught out – by John Howard no less. In 1998 the Howard Government passed the Charter of Budget Honesty Act. It required the Department of Finance to publish a “Final Budget Outcome” by 30 September each year. Continue reading “Hockey caught by Honest John Howard’s law”