Fighting Fake News with REAL, 19/5/2023; The Shovel, Truth in Humour, Wealth, What's the Scam;

 

 

After an extensive tender process, global consulting firm PwC has been awarded a $780 million, five-year contract to examine how PwC – a global consulting firm – was able to access confidential tax policy information which it then shared with corporate clients.

Source: Government Engages Consulting Firm PwC to Investigate How Confidential Treasury Information Was Shared by Consulting Firm PwC — The Shovel

 

There are now only two countries, Monaco and Switzerland, where it takes more wealth to be considered part of the 1 per cent.

Source: Wealth Report 2023: How much money do you need to be in Australia’s wealthiest 1 per cent

 

Why truth-telling matters

Courts and policymakers are still making decisions about the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples without full knowledge of Indigenous histories and how they continue to affect people today. In our forthcoming book, I argue that even Australia’s highest court has presented a misleading, “whitewashed” view of the history of Indigenous belonging since 1788.

Source: ‘Habits of civilised life’: how one state forced Indigenous people to meet onerous conditions to obtain citizenship

 

Gas lobby APPEA calls for transparency while its own financial reports vanish. What’s the scam?