Business
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Banks Charge Government ‘Processing Fee’ For Answering Inquiry Questions
A $22.50 processing fee has been applied to each question answered during the parliamentary inquiry into banks, it was revealed today.
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Apple Launches New, Beautifully-Designed Tax Avoidance Program
Apple has once again raised the bar, with today’s launch of a stunning new global tax-avoidance system.
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New Telstra Bundle Includes Five Free Outages A Month
Saying it was its best mobile deal yet, Telstra has released a new plan that includes 10GB of data, $500 worth of calls and texts,...
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Turnbull On Panama Papers: “Virgin Islands Most Logical Place To Set Up A Siberian Mining Company”
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has hit back at suggestions he was part of a tax avoidance scheme centred in the British Virgin Islands, saying the...
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Aussie ‘Battler’ Pays No Tax, Says Media Organisation That Also Pays No Tax
A multinational media organisation that last year paid around 0.1% of its turnover in tax has written a lovely little story about a low-income man...
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FOR SALE: 160 Life-Sized Mechanical Dinosaurs. As New, Quick Sale.
We’re helping a mate clear out some bits and bobs so he can get together some extra cash.
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Embarassing! Reserve Bank Accidently Puts Non-Australian On New $5 Note
In an embarrassing blunder, the RBA today released a new Australian $5 note featuring a woman who has never actually lived here.
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Google Accidently Pays Tax In April Fool’s Day Gag Gone Wrong
Search giant Google – known for its elaborate April Fool’s day pranks – was in damage control after it accidently went through with its latest...
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Telstra Offers Free Payphone Calls To Customers This Weekend
Customers of telecommunications giant Telstra will get unlimited calls on the country’s payphone network this Easter long weekend, as compensation for further mobile downtime in recent...
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Vatican’s Financial Statements, Prepared By George Pell, Leaked To Media
The Catholic Church made net earnings of ‘I cannot recall’ in the last financial year, according to documents prepared by the Vatican’s Finance Minister Cardinal George Pell.
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Uber’s Total Tax Bill Last Year Was Only … Wait, PUPPIES!
Uber, the Silicon Valley tech giant valued at over $60 billion, paid an astonishingly low tax rate of just … hang on a second! Is...
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Cool New Little ‘For Lease’ Signs Popping Up All Over Kings Cross
Sydney’s entertainment precinct King’s Cross is undergoing a revival, with a wave of hip new ‘For Lease’ and ‘Closed’ signs setting up in the area.
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Sacked Queensland Nickel Workers Offered Complimentary PUP Memberships
TOWNSVILLE: All is not lost for the former employees of Clive Palmer’s Queensland Nickel, with the announcement today that each of the 237 laid-off workers...
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Australia’s Self Worth Dips Below 70 US Cents
The nation’s self esteem is trading below 70 US cents for the first time since 2009.
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