17 July 2025

Apple's tax woes in Ireland are officially over


Apple's €14.3 billion Irish tax break fine is officially one for the history books now, as the Irish government has announced that it's withdrawn all the money from the escrow account Apple set up back in 2018. That's when it deposited the aforementioned sum after being fined by the European Commission (EC) for receiving unfair tax breaks from Ireland.

The amount is judged to be what Apple would have paid in taxes in Ireland had it not received a "sweetheart deal" in the form of "illegal state aid" from the Irish government in exchange for setting up its European HQ in the country.

Now that Ireland has moved the money from the escrow account into its central fund, the escrow account has been closed and Apple's saga regarding these back taxes allegedly owed can finally be put to rest.

The timeline goes like this: in 2013 the EC launched an investigation into Apple and found that the tax breaks it received from Ireland were illegal, and in 2016 it ruled that Apple had to pay back the "state aid" it was deemed to have received over a 10-year period before the probe was launched, since it was allegedly given "significant advantage" over its competitors.

In 2018, Apple set up the escrow account and paid the amount it was deemed to owe into it. In 2020, the EU's General Court ruled in Apple's favor, but in 2024, the European Court of Justice overturned that decision and confirmed the EC's original ruling from 2016. Hence why the Irish government has now finally taken possession of the money.

Source:  (Department of Finance) www.gov.ie

13 July 2025

Corrupt police, the unlicenced ones that get away with it



It’s a real fact that not every person is equal before the law, where corruption is at play in the Judiciary arm of the government, also including the administration of the courts, ‘members’ within tribunals and also police.

Victoria Police as an organisation is corrupt in its day to day business, where if a private corporation operated as such it would be fined, criminalised or shut down, but this is not the case with this taxpayer funded body.

Persons within this organisation have a duty to pursue criminal actions where charges are brought forward before the courts.

Victoria Police Manual – Policy Rules also states that the 

“members have a duty to preserve the peace, protect life and property, prevent offences…” 

and most importantly “apprehend offenders”, meaning 'persons' that commit criminal offences.

Road traffic offences in this colony are classified as criminal and not civil.


Quite simply put VicPol are going against their “Policy Rules”.

Police and the media go hand in hand in portraying a false narrative that the law comes down hard on dangerous or even unlicenced drivers, but the reality is much more shocking.

Documents have been seen, show that unlicenced drivers that have been caught have not been prosecuted, where even in socking circumstances they have caused accidents, yet have not been pursued by police.

It is also noted that a certain migrant minority is left untouched.

The source requires to be anonymous, as the publishing of any documents may reveal the identity of the person exposing police corruption.