Tag: Criminality

Australia's Shame, Informed Comment

Australia standing proud — and increasingly alone — as property haven for international criminals  – Michael West Media

We saw how Vanstone and Guy cozied up to Australia’s Mafia Dons. They certainly weren’t the ALP being offered incentives.

Australia is cementing its name as a haven for money-launderers in global regulatory circles. Now that former laggard America is reforming however, the 64 billion dollar question is: will Canberra finally leap into action? Nathan Lynch examines how Australia has been exposed by the changing climate in Washington.

Source: Australia standing proud — and increasingly alone — as property haven for international criminals  – Michael West Media

Australia's Shame

Time to end the ‘criminality with impunity’ of Australia’s immigration detention regime – » The Australian Independent Media Network

The unfitness for office of Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and his coalition government now stands comprehensively exposed. Yet the apparent criminality of Liberal-National cruelty to immigration detainees has somehow remained largely unexposed, unprevented, and unpunished for nearly a decade.

Source: Time to end the ‘criminality with impunity’ of Australia’s immigration detention regime – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Capitalism

A century of Criminality: How the car and gas industry knew about the health risks of leaded fuel but sold it for 100 years anyway

Like the Sacklers and Purdue  the oil industry normalized death to ensure profits weren’t lost

By the early 1920s, the hazards of lead were well known – even Charles Dickens and Benjamin Franklin had written about the dangers of lead poisoning. When GM began selling leaded gasoline, public health experts questioned its decision. One called lead a serious menace to public health, and another called concentrated tetraethyl lead a “malicious and creeping” poison.

Source: A century of Criminality: How the car and gas industry knew about the health risks of leaded fuel but sold it for 100 years anyway

Banks

Investment bankers and venture capitalists – » The Australian Independent Media Network

What do PM Malcolm Turnbull, Premier Mike Baird, and NZ’s PM John Key have in common? They were all investment bankers – for Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank and Merrill Lynch respectively. Like Costello, and Hockey with Medibank Private, Baird and Key have both been able to sweet talk their constituents into selling off billions of…

Source: Investment bankers and venture capitalists – » The Australian Independent Media Network