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NBN Still On Track For 2016 Completion, Turnbull Says
Australia’s fast broadband network will be available to all homes by the end of last year, Malcolm Turnbull confirmed today.
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Samsung Releases Amazing New ‘Non-Exploding’ Phone
Mobile phone giant Samsung today unveiled its latest innovation, a phone that stays unexploded, even when used under normal conditions.
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Mark Zuckerberg – Dead At 32 – Denies Facebook Has Problem With Fake News
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg – who died of heart complications at his Californian home today – says the proliferation of fake news stories on the...
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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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