Miscellaneous
We talk about alleged war crimes, alleged lunch boxes, allegedly improper firing of CEOs and alleged plans fossil-fuel companys to pay nothing in resources taxes. Lunchbox update Ben Roberts-Smith (alleged war criminal) allegedly buried some incriminating evidence in a lunchbox. It is also alleged that he kept a bunch of burner phones and sent intimidating letters to witnesses. Channel 7 are standing by Roberts-Smith, and paying for his defence fund. Holgategate Christine Holgate, Former CEO of Australia Post, gave some watches to executives who landed a deal for the company. This was originally brought to light by was originally pushed by Kimberly Kitching the Labor Party, then finally by the government. Kimberly Jane Elizabeth Kitching wore “suffragette white” in solidarity with Holgate. Meanwhile, Australia Post was asking their staff to work for free and use their own vehicles. At the Senate inquiry into Holgate’s sacking, Holgate wore a $40k watch. She racked up $300k in personal expenses over a couple of months of work. Auspost Licensees sent Scott Morrison $5 notes to “pay back” the value of the watches. During Victoria’s early tower lockdown (see Episode 26), Holgate argued that Pauline Hanson should be able to send abusive propaganda into the towers. Gassed up Australia is giving out natural resources away for free! Shell is projected to pay $0 in resources taxes. Shells profits “slumped” in 2020 to $4.8 billion. The Gorgon gas plant, which Shell and Chevron are using as a tax writeoff, doesn’t work. 4 Corners has been listening to the podcast, and decided to follow up on Angus Taylor pressuring the AEMO into a “gas led recovery”. The government paid $2.5m on the Boston Consulting Group to recommend the gas plan. The same group were in 2019 paid to recommend that Australia Post be broken up and sold off. Shoutouts If your bank or Superannuation invest in fossil fuels, dump em! The Renters and Housing Union are going national, baby! Make a category for climate change podcasts, Apple. Shoutout to the NDIS leaker. Listen to last week’s ep for more detail.