3rd August 2015. The big pharmaceutical companies in Australia made $8 billion sales last year, received $3.5 billion in government subsidies and paid $85 million tax – Oh and of course they were very generous political donors. ‘What have we got – taxation by confession’

25th January 2013.Recent articles have outlined the rort that is the family trust tax system. Not for butchers, bakers, and candlestick makers. The well heeled and their tame lawyers and accountants have been driving a horse and cart through the tax system for years. Never mind the country is in good hands, the wages and salaries earner will prop us up. “There are 3 types of accountant – those that can count and those that can’t.”