The resource giants who built the mining boom since 2000 earned $53.8 billion in revenues in the 2017-18 year without paying any tax, according to the Australian Taxation Office’s latest figures. Overall, one-third of companies with revenues over $100 million, or 710 firms, didn’t pay any tax at all. The 1504 companies that did pay tax sent $52.3 billion to the …

The Queen has moved quickly to take control of the crisis surrounding the decision by Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, to distance themselves from the royal family, ordering royal courtiers to sort out a future role for the pair within days. British media reported Friday that the monarch, who is at her Sandringham estate in eastern England, …

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has reportedly pleaded in a letter for President Donald Trump to revise US travel warnings for Australia. The US State Department last week put out a new warning of Americans to consider postponing their travel to Australia with disastrous bushfires ravaging the country. But the Courier-Mail reports that the premier has passionately pleaded with the US leader to …

President Donald Trump’s initial response to Iran’s ballistic missile strikes targeted at American troops was to tweet a reminder the US has “the most powerful and well equipped military anywhere in the world, by far”. The attacks – which were in response to the US state-sanctioned killing of a top Iranian military leader – followed days of threats and promises that the …

British breakfast show hosts Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid have lambasted Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison in a tense interview with Liberal MP Craig Kelly. Morgan had previously criticised Morrison on Twitter for a “shameless and shameful” political ad about the government’s response to the bushfire crisis. Watch Good Morning Britain hosts Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid blast the Australian government’s bushfire …

Firefighting associations across Australia are calling for a federal royal commission into the deadly bushfire crisis currently gripping Australia. Association secretaries from NSW, Queensland, South Australia, and Western Australia have called for urgent action which crosses state lines and provides more resources across the board. “There has been a complete failure federally to coordinate activity across various jurisdictions,” Stewart Little, …

When it comes to political clumsiness, the Prime Minister’s Hawaiian holiday was hard to top. But the Liberal Party advertisement released late yesterday, as dozens of communities faced horror bushfire conditions, came close. The ad shows Scott Morrison in the field, taking charge (angry locals refusing to shake his hand are nowhere to be seen). Firefighters battle the flames with abundant support from Defence …

A Turkish private jet operator says ex-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn used two of its planes illegally in his escape from Japan, with an employee falsifying lease records to exclude his name from the documents. MNG Jet said it had filed a criminal complaint over the incident, a day after Turkish police detained seven people, including four pilots, as part of …

NSW Emergency Services Minister David Elliott, who went on a European holiday during the ongoing bushfire crisis, has labelled his absence “inexcusable”. Mr Elliott had been away in Europe as the bushfires ravaged much of the country and his state of New South Wales. On Friday night, he tagged himself in a social media post as being at the NSW …

Australian number two Nick Kyrgios says it is “tough” to see the impact of widespread bushfires in the country after he raised 4,000 Australian dollars to help tackle the issue. Kyrgios, 24, has pledged to donate 200 dollars for every ace he hits at every tournament he enters in January. He hit 20 aces in his ATP Cup match against Germany’s Jan-Lennard …