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Marcia Langton calls for alcohol ban in NT

Indigenous leader Professor Marcia Langton says ‘alcohol restrictions in place at all times — no exceptions’ are an ‘absolutely necessary public health measure’ in the NT to reduce domestic and sexual violence, and a major multinational port operator in Australia paid not a cent in tax despite raking in $4.5…

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PwC urged Labor to delay multinational tax transparency laws, Senate submissions reveal

The firm joined the other big four consultancies in calling for the world-leading regime to be postponed or watered down

The Guardian - AU

‘Out of reach’: median home price in Los Angeles nears $1m

House prices have increased more than 30% in five years in the state’s largest city, which has at least 50,000 people living outside

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'Ahsoka' Report Reveals a Plan to Fix the Strangest Part of Star Wars Canon

Does time travel exist in Star Wars? 'Ahsoka' may finally provide a definitive answer.

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Russia's refusal to renew grain passage agreement revives concern over food prices

Russia said Monday it would not renew an agreement to safeguard cargo passage on a crucial Black Sea shipping corridor that for months has helped stabilizes global food prices.

Tribune News Service

‘It left me with nothing’: the debt trap of payday loans

Some payday loans have interest rates as high as 664% – but now Minnesota will cap them at 36%, in line with some other states

The Guardian - US

‘Get your money now’: consultants encourage aged care providers to exploit the system

Exclusive: Mirus Australia tells providers to consider which residents generate ‘higher profit margins’

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Aged care analyst warns of ‘alarming lack of transparency’ in how churches spend government grants

Concerns have been raised that religious institutions do not have to show how they are spending millions of dollars of federal funding

The Guardian - AU

Australian aged care providers accused of ‘crying poor’ to lobby for government funding

Analyst suggests some in the industry are misleading the public about their financial position to demand higher fees

The Guardian - AU

Tech giants in govt’s tax reform firing line

Tech giants moving the “apparent location” of their “bits and bytes” production to minimise tax will face tighter rules under the Albanese government’s multinational tax reform package, which took a significant step on Friday. Treasury released a draft plan to crackdown on large multinationals claiming tax deductions for payments relating…

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Roll call of the dead: The 179 British servicemen and women who paid ultimate price in Iraq

The invasion of Iraq led to the deaths of 179 British personnel between March 2003 and February 2009.

The Independent UK

Big four consultancies, which get $1.5b in government contracts, donated $850k to Labor and Libs last year

The figures raise concerns about the big four continuing to land lucrative contracts despite limited evidence of their work’s actual value.

Crikey

Rand survey finds homelessness up 18% in LA hot spots where the official count recorded decreases

LOS ANGELES — In a bit of welcome news that was immediately met with skepticism, the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority reported last summer that homelessness appeared to be leveling off.

Los Angeles Times

Customers claim they were lured into foreign exchange trading and lost hundreds of thousands of dollars

Former customers of an Australian company claim they were lured into the high-risk world of foreign exchange trading under false pretences and subjected to high-pressure sales tactics which contributed to them losing huge sums.

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Star Wars news hints at a return to a controversial 'Last Jedi' location

The next live-action series on Disney+ is going back to a playground for the wealthy.

Los Angeles Times

Pandemic eviction protections, direct payments kept homelessness in check, study shows

LOS ANGELES — Eviction moratoriums and cash income from extended unemployment insurance and stimulus payments helped thousands of economically vulnerable people in Los Angeles County avoid becoming homeless during the pandemic, a new study has found.

ABC News

Investors are missing millions after Union Standard collapsed. But an offshore company structure is complicating investigations

A flashy Australian finance company that sponsored English football team Sheffield United is under intense scrutiny by liquidators over hundreds of millions of dollars in funds investors claim they are owed.

The Guardian - US

A Los Angeles billionaire spent $100m on an election bid. Could it have helped the city’s housing crisis?

Experts say the amount spent on the failed campaign would not have been enough to build adequate affordable homes

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Big Tech and consultants’ ‘very small’ tax bill revealed

Global tech and consulting giants routinely engaged by government departments have been shown to be paying only a fraction of tax on multi-billion dollar local income in the latest tax transparency report released on Thursday. While the tax office report showed large corporates paid a record $68 billion in income…

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Minimising tax is legal. A new report accuses Microsoft of doing it on a grand scale

Tech company Microsoft has been accused of hypocrisy, for winning huge government contracts but using aggressive methods to minimise the amount of tax it pays to support public services.

Los Angeles Times

LA homeless count raises doubts about accuracy. Is it time for a new way?

LOS ANGELES — When the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority this month published a spreadsheet breaking down its homeless count by every census tract in the county, those with knowledge of Venice were incredulous.

AFP

UK pet owners face grim choices amid soaring costs

Holywell (United Kingdom) (AFP) - Unable to afford the cost of cremation for his much-loved dog Khan under the weight of sharply increasing living costs, David Mcauliffe turned to a social media group offering help for under-pressure pet owners.

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Microsoft shareholders push for better tax transparency

Investors managing more than $506 billion in assets will push tech giant Microsoft to provide greater transparency of its tax practices around the world, including in Australia. Pensions & Investment Research Consultants (PIRC) will put forward a shareholder proposal at Microsoft’s annual investor meeting this year calling on the company…

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Federal govt bypassing AWS Australia for its US entity

The federal government is continuing to sign lucrative contracts directly with Amazon Web Services’ US office rather than its Australian entity, despite an update to its whole-of-government agreement switching to the local office earlier this year. The Digital Transformation Agency has confirmed that the federal government’s agreement with Amazon Web…

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More than 20% of Amazon shareholders vote for greater tax transparency

More than 20 per cent of Amazon’s shareholders voting for a proposal to force the tech firm to provide greater tax transparency provides a “strong signal” and should encourage the new Australian government to enforce better tax reporting for multinationals, according to the Centre for International Corporate Tax Accountability and Research.…

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