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Taxpayer cash injections

“Everybody did it”: wealthy doctors lobbies line of for JobKeeper jab, Callum Foote reports on Australia’s Medical Colleges refusing to pay back millions in JobKeeper 10 September 2021 | Callum Foote, MW Media (Image: Towfiqu Barbhuiya/APAC […]

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Big bailout or big grift?

The Big Four banks are profiteering from the Reserve Bank’s bail-out fund by betting on their own bonds. Michael West investigates a very quiet scandal that is the Committed Liquidity Facility. 3 September 2021 | Michael West, […]

Culture

Cancel culture

Is no Chinese star safe? Famed actress and businesswoman, Zhao Wei falls foul of Beijing as censors scrub references to her from Chinese websites 31 August 2021 | Gemma A. Williams, Jing Daily (Image: Madame […]

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Credibility tanked

ASPI consistently cites an annual review by the University of Pennsylvania as proof its global credentials are “gold standard” but a closer look at the report hardly supports ASPI’s claim 30 August 2021 | Marcus […]

News

Who is collecting your data?

Chinese social media platforms have faced constant accusations of being the ‘rogue players’ in global tech by gathering user data. But they are late entries to a market created and dominated by the US social […]

Economy

China’s growth outlook

Economic indicators in China have slowed, what are the implications for Australia? 26 August 2021| Shane Oliver, AMP Capital  (Image: Marcus Reubenstein) Both China’s economic growth and its sharemarket surged after the first wave of the coronavirus […]

Economy

China’s regulatory crackdown

What are the economic implications for China following the raft of new tighter regulations on a range of industries from tech to private education and overseas listings? 26 August 2021| Shane Oliver, AMP Capital (Image: Ryoji Iwata) […]