Scott Morrison says he went to Israel to assist Jewish Australians

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Former PM Scott Morrison stated he went to Israel as a result of “the Jewish Australians have to know that their trigger is a proper one”, though he’s tried to not “have interaction in that kind of commentary” for the reason that election. Talking to Sky Information Australia’s Andrew Bolt, Morrison defined that he was visiting his “good buddy” Boris Johnson in London and it was merely recommended, presumably as BoJo checked into his flight, that Morrison may tag alongside on a visit to Israel. ScoMo tried to drive that clarification house, it appears, by being photographed carrying a coat and pants alongside Johnson’s go well with and tie. So final minute! In the meantime Information Corp boss Lachlan Murdoch has urged his journalists to have “braveness to show the disturbing wave of hatred towards Jews around the globe and in our personal communities”, The Australian ($) studies. There was no point out of Palestine or Gaza, or the reported civilian demise toll, simply the “ensuing struggle”.

Former deputy PM Barnaby Joyce was given an all-expenses-paid journey to the Alliance for Accountable Citizenship (ARC) convention, which my esteemed Crikey colleague Maeve McGregor described as a “world right-wing loser-fest”. Guardian Australia studies Joyce was flown enterprise class return between Sydney and London, shouted 4 nights’ lodging, and given “hospitality”. He was joined by Coalition Senator James Paterson and Nationals MP Anne Webster, who received the identical remedy to their register of pursuits. They’re those we find out about thus far — the paper notes opposition Indigenous Australians spokeswoman Jacinta Nampijinpa Worth was there, in addition to lower-profile conservatives Alex Antic, Matt Canavan and former NSW premier Dominic Perrottet.

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Qantas, Virgin and Crown Resorts paid no company tax in 2021-22, the SMH ($) studies, as a result of they posted pandemic-related losses… regardless of Qantas reporting a $9.3 billion earnings. (The ATO reminds us tax is paid on revenue, not complete earnings.) Rio Tinto and BHP had been a few of the largest taxpayers, nonetheless, with their chunk accounting for a fifth of the document $84 billion tax paid by massive firms. Aw, isn’t that good? Our dirtiest firms is perhaps dashing up the warming of the planet, positive, however they pay tax! Not so quick, The New Every day says — electrical energy retailer AGL and oil large ExxonMobil each paid nothing, although they every made $15.4 billion. Shell Power paid nothing on $776 million in taxable earnings, as did Chevron on $5.2 billion in complete earnings. Information Corp Australia additionally paid nothing.