DEAD: Corrupt suspended liquidator Dean McVeigh dies suddenly

After having a red hot go at ruining countless lives and successfully cheating a very large number of creditors, Dean McVeigh, the Rolls Royce driving, notoriously corrupt former suburban liquidator recently suspended by the Australian Securities and Investment…

BIT RICH: ASIC a law unto itself

ASIC’s decision to pursue a High Court appeal against the damning NSW Court of Appeal decision in the One.Tel Jodee Rich case smacks of sour grapes and abuse of process.

The Commission is fully funded by public money and needs…

YUM: Bop along to McDonald’s patriotic verse

While patriots acknowledge the superiority of KFC over all other food groups, it is not unreasonable to also consider the merits of McDonald’s…

BETTER AGAIN: Patriots smile as rival electric charge company shocks Thornley

Finance markets are increasingly being asked to fund alternatives to petrol and coal due to concern about carbon emissions.

It’s certainly our view that technology will drive solutions to all pollution issues not sacrificing the jobs and living standards of…

DIZZY: Bank spin makes customers sick

A clueless investment bank titan has made it just that little bit tougher for his industry to restore public confidence by decreeing that as a banker paid tens of millions a year he does “God’s work”. We suspect God might want his money back.

BIT RICH: Fairfax vendetta against Eddie Obeid enters fourth decade

The Financial Review isn’t such a bad newspaper. But it does have obsessions that sometimes drag it down into the lowest point of the Fairfax sewer. Their decision to splash today with a non-story about Eddie Obeid’s son’s farm shows up their unholy obsession with certain people in the NSW Labor Right. The national financial daily should be more serious than its continued campaign of vendetta journalism against people like Obeid and former Senator Graham Richardson would suggest.

BUSTED: Online gambling giants accused in confidential customer data scandal

Sleazy middle-men are buying confidential customer data from online gambling companies or their staff and selling it on for a fast buck. It should be – if it isn’t already – a serious crime.

NO THANKS: Ramsay’s failed VFF presidency angers members across Victoria

VFF President Simon Ramsay’s PR offensive promoting his chances for Liberal preselection in Corangamite is leaving many members offended. And feeling thoroughly betrayed.

IT’S WAR: Aboriginal leaders declare war on Greens for destroying jobs and opportunity

The Greens movement’s attack on development is causing outrage among Australia’s indigenous communities who want jobs not hand-outs, progress not patronising and a real chance at the prosperity enjoyed by middle-class, preachy, urban environmentalists.

PLUMMETING: The Age plumbs new depths as readership falls a record 10% in one year

Yesterday The Age’s parent company was in freefall with a credit downgrade from Standard & Poors, slashed profits and rumours of big workplace changes. Today, it’s The Age’s turn to deliver shocking numbers, this time setting a record with a 10% crash in the number of Age readers, amid declining sales after it botched its bushfire coverage.