En Passant

Canberra correspondent John Passant analyses Sharri Markson’s recent defence of her Barnaby Joyce “exclusive” and her extraordinary attack on Independent Australia.

If Malcolm Turnbull’s outrage at the suggestion that he will benefit from his own tax cuts is justified, he can just release his tax returns so we can judge, writes former assistant tax commissioner, John Passant, in Independent Australia.

Social media data abuses by tech giants and political parties will continue as long as “you’re the product”, I write in Independent Australia.  

  In Independent Australia I look back at the neoliberal year of 2017 and find a steady, global undercurrent of resistance for trickle-down campaigns of the kind favoured by the Coalition Government in Australia.

  Tax avoidance is systemic and big business has the resources – and the globe – to play games with the ATO, I write in Independent Australia

As the brutalisation of refugees on Manus Island becomes obvious, more and more Australians want them brought here, I write in Independent Australia

  The marriage equality battle seems all but won, but the fight against reaction and for equality in many other areas goes on, I write in Independent Australia in an article called the onward march to equality.

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It is only a matter of time till Malcolm Turnbull is replaced as leader. The question is, who will replace him?  My thoughts, in Independent Australia.

Nick Xenophon is a self-interested show pony, who may win votes in South Australia but will never fix anything, says John Passant in Independent Australia.