Finance

Turnbull: Flunkey for the banking mafia

Turnbull's claims that we don't need a banking royal commission are farcical, says Dr Evan Jones. 
Evan JonesMalcolm Turnbull#bankRC
Tax dodger BHP's secret tax haven, sham directors — courtesy of shadowy Citco!

Walkley-award investigative journalist, Michael West, turns the spotlight on shadowy tax avoidance goliaths like Citco and Intertrust and discovers Citco [...] 
Michael West@MichaelWestBizBHP
The great economic divide explained

Colin Cook discusses the failures of our economic system and why the gap between the "haves" and "have-nots" is only deepening, via a modern-day parable. [...] 
Colin Cookinequalityinequity
Revealed: CBA's secret deal with Storm victims' lawyer

No wonder we need a banks royal commission. Michael West tracks down the secret deal between CBA and Stewart Levitt, class action lawyer for Storm Financial [...] 
Michael West@MichaelWestBizCommonwealth Bank
Apple's Double Dutch Irish Sandwich with a side of tax avoidance

John Passant analyses the complex machinations behind Apple's tax avoidance process and how this affects Australia, where Apple's tax contribution is about [...] 
John Passant@JohnPassantApple
Re #BanksRC, let's not forget John Howard: 'This bank bashing has to stop!'

True to form, when blanket publicity has highlighted banking malpractice, the duo of Judith Sloan and Gerard Henderson have simply acted as flunkeys for the [...] 
Evan Jones#BanksRCbank malpractice
Investing in Europe? Why Brexit means you may need to think again

Brexit may seem a world away to Australian investors, but there are a number of European countries which could further bring the global economy to a halt. 
Ben BarlowBrexitGrexit
George Pell's Vatican bank shames Big Four audit giants on transparency, truly!

The world's most powerful auditing firms are completely unaccountable, even put to shame on transparency by the Vatican. Another cracker investigation by the [...] 
Michael West@MichaelWestBizGeorge Pell
#NABandGrab outed for charging 28 per cent interest rate to blind, elderly farmer

After the "people's hero" Michael West ran the story of a an elderly blind farmer being charged 28 per cent interest rate on his mortgage by NAB this week [...] 
NAB#BankRCMichael West
The Big Four, super profits and a Royal Commission

The super profits of the Big Four banks continue to impact on the rest of the economy and Malcolm Turnbull's solution of ordering them to appear before the [...] 
John PassantEn PassantBig Four

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