Archive for April, 2016
Panama Papers Solidarity talk
Posted by John, April 29th, 2016 - under Panama Papers.
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These are the notes for a talk on the Panama Papers I gave for socialist group Solidarity at ANU on Thursday.
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Has the time come to consider criminalising tax avoidance?
Posted by John, April 28th, 2016 - under Tax avoidance.
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Snap action Immigration Department Canberra Friday: Bring them here – let them stay
Posted by John, April 28th, 2016 - under Asylum seekers, Manus Island, Refugees.
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We demand that those on Manus and Nauru all be brought to safety, to the Australian mainland, to be processed fairly in the community.
My forthcoming talk on the Panama Papers: capitalism is working well for the 1%
Posted by John, April 27th, 2016 - under Panama Papers, Solidarity, Tax, Tax avoidance.
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$50 billion for submarines; nothing for vets and $57 billion in cuts for health
Posted by John, April 26th, 2016 - under Defence, Defence forces, Veterans, War.
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Scrap the $50 billion on submarines and the $24 billion on the F-35 joint strike fighter planes. Spend the $74 billion on public health, education and supporting and rehabilitating veterans.
Public housing anyone?
Posted by John, April 25th, 2016 - under Housing, Negative gearing, Public housing.
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Instead of just pissfarting around with negative gearing changes, a genuine party of the people would propose a strong public housing program, paid for by taxing the rich. This could address homelessness and give first home buyers security at an affordable price.
To arms!
Posted by John, April 25th, 2016 - under Industrial Workers of the World, War, World War I.
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The poster, and the growth of the IWW, highlight part of the hidden history of World War I. Not only was it an imperialist slaughter but working class opposition to it grew rapidly; so much so that the 1916 and 1917 referenda on conscription were both defeated. In 1917 there was a general strike in New South Wales.
The tax concessions Turnbull won’t abolish all overwhelmingly favour the top ten percent
Posted by John, April 24th, 2016 - under Tax, Tax expenditures, Tax the rich.
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No doubt you will be shocked to learn, as I was, that it is the rich who overwhelmingly benefit from negative gearing losses, and the superannuation and capital gains discount tax concessions. Here are some facts.
Here are some pesky facts.
The free market dream of Australia as a tax haven
Posted by John, April 24th, 2016 - under Independent Australia, Institute of Public Affairs, Tax, Tax havens.
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As the full implications of the Panama Papers are still being unravelled, John Passant analyses the IPA’s Mikayla Novak’s argument, which favours tax havens and maintaining privacy for investors. This is the link to my article called Australia as a tax haven in Independent Australia.
And what if Labor wins?
Posted by John, April 21st, 2016 - under ALP, Australian Labor Party, Capitalist workers' party, Penalty rates.
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Shorten’s comments today on penalty rates signal a retreat from the ‘hint of class’ approach the ALP seemed to be developing around themes like the Royal Commission into the finance industry and their ‘crackdown’ on tax avoidance and other minor tax the rich changes. The back down might slow or even reverse Labor’s momentum and support. If they want to win in July we need more class rhetoric and action from them. The capitulation on penalty rates suggests they may have abandoned the softly softly ‘touch of Bernie’ approach and with it, perhaps, the election.