Ignore ‘self-serving’ claims from gas giants and implement 100% tax on windfall profits, Ken Henry says Former Treasury secretary says a tax rate was ‘socially optimal’ in submission to a new parliamentary inquiry * Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The former Treasury secretary Ken Henry says “self-serving” claims from gas giants about the risks of a windfall profits and export taxes should be ignored by the Albanese government as it weighs up the intervention ahead of next month’s federal budget. In a submission to a new parliamentary inquiry examining the gas taxation regime, Henry made the case for a 100% windfall profit tax as he rejected the assertion that any changes would heighten perceptions of Australia as a sovereign risk and freeze investment in new projects. Continue reading...

Ignore ‘self-serving’ claims from gas giants and implement 100% tax on windfall profits, Ken Henry says

It’s always satisfying to find new powerful owl pairs in suburbia. I think this is the male with a black or grey-headed flying fox.

Nice owls !

the masked Powerful owl

I am predicting the LNP will opt for Net Zero MP’s by 2050 but will achieve that goal ahead of time.

#auspol

also 'Barbarian' is pretty good - also a Zach Gregger movie

a Powerful Owl chick doing a pretty fair job of hiding from Noisy Minors (and old blokes with cameras doing Powerful Owl surveys) #birds

the young girl at my local coffee shop has bright red hair - she wanted to dress up as Gladys for Halloween

A crusty older male Powerful Owl sitting in front of a palm tree over a local creek in Brisbane #birds

it's sort of comforting when I see a Powerful Owl chick is able to hunt and feed for itself #birds

Are you drunk ?

Look at the root base on this giant Tasmanian blue gum that fell - this tree was a victim of bad forest management in Tas, having suffered from forest fires lit by the loggers and eventually being wind-thrown because its neighbors were cut down. 5 years ago swift parrots were nesting in this tree

Probably best to piss-off your social media group and hire some adults

What a great use of your social media account

powerful owlet with prey

this is the first time I've seen this eye-damaged powerful owlet with its own prey (a ring-tailed possum). I was beginning to doubt it could survive by itself with limited eyesight.

#birds #birdlife #owls

A crow feeding a channel-billed cuckoo in Brisbane, australia

A Crow feeding a Channel-billed Cuckoo - one of Australia's migrant and largest cuckoos.

#addBirder #ausbirds #birds #nikon #brisbane #cuckoo #broodparasite

2 juvenile powerful owls from Brisbane, Australia

Two 5 month old juvenile Powerful Owls in the north of Brisbane. They have nearly all of their adult markings and will soon leave the adults roosting area to find their own patch. #birds #nikon #wildoz #brisbane #owls

The narrow streets of Cordoba, Andalusia

74 years young

Happy birthday today to the one and only, incredible bass queen Tina Weymuth

Talking Heads - Psycho Killer

An unmistakable bass playing

#punk #punks #punkrock #tinaweymouth #basswoman #history #punkrockhistory #otd

@mikecarlton01.bsky.social

Bad Boy Bubby - a great Australian romcom

Did you know that by substituting your morning coffee with green tea, you can eliminate up to 93% of what little joy you have left?

The Roman Bridge leading in La Mezquita in Cordoba, Spain

One of the highlight locations from my trip around Andalucia - the Roman Bridge leading into La Mezquita in Cordoba.
#nikon #spain #cordoba

Powerful Owlet Watching the Creek Flow YouTube video by bret c

A Powerful Owl chick with a damaged eye that I've been monitoring in Northern Brisbane. #birds. #nikon

youtu.be/yZxk1uvzlz4

a powerful owl chcik with a damaged right eye

A Powerful Owl chick that injured it's right eye soon after fledging. Time will tell how it manages by itself.
#nikon #birdlife