When does Tax become Theft? The Convergence of Freedom and Social Responsibility
When does Tax become Theft? The Convergence of Freedom and Social Responsibility 11/8/2025 What we are living through today on the world stage is a rehash of the Opium Wars except with the US rather than Britain as the Middle Kingdom’s main adversary. In the mid-19th Century, the colonial powers used ordnance to force the […]
What a State!
What a State! 9/2/2024 At first blush, I, too, was shocked to hear Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last week rejecting a “Two State Solution” for the seemingly intractable Israel-Palestine problem, where two indigenous peoples, the local Arabs and the Jews, have been fighting over the dissolution of Britain’s Mandate in Palestine since 1948. The […]
Lawyers to file Federal Court bid to halt transfer of children from Banksia Hill to Casuarina Prison
Lawyer Stewart Levitt is filing an injunction to stop the transfer of children to Casuarina Prison. (ABC News: Rebecca Trigger) Lawyers to file Federal Court bid to halt transfer of children from Banksia Hill to Casuarina Prison Originally published on abc.net.au written by Rebecca Trigger and Cason Ho The WA Department of Justice says some […]
Franchising and the ATO: Finding the fall guy
Franchising and the ATO: Finding the fall guy By the Australian Business Executive The Australian Government should have a full understanding of the workings of the Australian Franchising industry which has an annual turnover of $172 billion dollars, generated through 94,524 outlets, employing 565,251 people. Australia’s franchising industry is second only in size to the United States’, […]
Do we need DFAT (Commonwealth Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade)?
MEDIA RELEASE 6 April 2022 Do we need DFAT (Commonwealth Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade)? Stewart A Levitt Do we need DFAT? Under the Morrison Government, would we be better off if we had no foreign policy at all and just shut up? Think of it. No one, except perhaps the Russians and the […]
Don’t shut the door on Justice: Addressing the Government’s proposed amendments to the Corporations
Don’t shut the door on Justice: Addressing the Government’s proposed amendments to the Corporations Originally published on Australian Business Executive Access to Justice should be optimized, not compromised. However, that access is under serious threat from the Government’s proposed amendments to the Corporations Act, now before Parliament. The Government has been playing against type, at […]
When does Tax become Theft? The Convergence of Freedom and Social Responsibility
When does Tax become Theft? The Convergence of Freedom and Social Responsibility 11/8/2025 What we are living through today on the world stage is a rehash of the Opium Wars except with the US rather than Britain as the Middle Kingdom’s main adversary. In the mid-19th Century, the colonial powers used ordnance to force the […]
What a State!
What a State! 9/2/2024 At first blush, I, too, was shocked to hear Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last week rejecting a “Two State Solution” for the seemingly intractable Israel-Palestine problem, where two indigenous peoples, the local Arabs and the Jews, have been fighting over the dissolution of Britain’s Mandate in Palestine since 1948. The […]
Lawyers to file Federal Court bid to halt transfer of children from Banksia Hill to Casuarina Prison
Lawyer Stewart Levitt is filing an injunction to stop the transfer of children to Casuarina Prison. (ABC News: Rebecca Trigger) Lawyers to file Federal Court bid to halt transfer of children from Banksia Hill to Casuarina Prison Originally published on abc.net.au written by Rebecca Trigger and Cason Ho The WA Department of Justice says some […]
Franchising and the ATO: Finding the fall guy
Franchising and the ATO: Finding the fall guy By the Australian Business Executive The Australian Government should have a full understanding of the workings of the Australian Franchising industry which has an annual turnover of $172 billion dollars, generated through 94,524 outlets, employing 565,251 people. Australia’s franchising industry is second only in size to the United States’, […]
Do we need DFAT (Commonwealth Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade)?
MEDIA RELEASE 6 April 2022 Do we need DFAT (Commonwealth Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade)? Stewart A Levitt Do we need DFAT? Under the Morrison Government, would we be better off if we had no foreign policy at all and just shut up? Think of it. No one, except perhaps the Russians and the […]
Don’t shut the door on Justice: Addressing the Government’s proposed amendments to the Corporations
Don’t shut the door on Justice: Addressing the Government’s proposed amendments to the Corporations Originally published on Australian Business Executive Access to Justice should be optimized, not compromised. However, that access is under serious threat from the Government’s proposed amendments to the Corporations Act, now before Parliament. The Government has been playing against type, at […]