Terry McCrann

Back to the future: BHP’s or raiders?

ANDREW Mackenzie, the CEO of BHP Billiton — sorry, just the old-is-(belatedly)-new again BHP — has laid out a very clear choice for the company and its shareholders. Or has he, asks Terry McCrann.

Bank tax gives rise to three certainties

THERE are three absolutely iron-clad, undeniable truths about the bank tax — in addition to the most basic fact that it is a tax, writes Terry McCrann.

Welcome home to the big Aussie

MINING giant BHP is coming home to Australia and is back on track in both name and thinking after taking a left turn 15 years ago, writes Terry McCrann.

A tax you can bank on paying

AUSTRALIANS will pay most of the bank levy, either directly as customers of the bank, or indirectly through the charges of bank corporate customers, writes Terry McCrann.

Everyone loses with $6b bank tax

THE financial reality of the $6 billion bank tax is clear and totally undeniable — you will pay every cent of it, writes Terry McCrann.

It’s the tax that’s worse than herpes

THERE was a strong view in the Press Gallery on Budget night that the $6 billion bank tax was “all about Anna,” writes Terry McCrann.

ScoMo tells us to stick ‘em up

TWO Budgets from Scott Morrison very clearly define him as the “Willie Sutton” of treasurers. Last year he raided superannuation. Why? Because that’s where the money is, writes Terry McCrann.

Budget a dangerous disgrace

IT’S not the budget that should follow an election win. It’s not a budget from a Liberal treasurer. It’s not a budget for our volatile, unpredictable, times writes Terry McCrann.

Fairfax gambol is no 1980s replay

THE bid for Fairfax Media is not a “Back to the Future” moment because the world has changed since the frenzy of media takeovers in the 1980s, writes Terry McCrann.