Apple uses firms outside US to avoid tax

 

APPLE Inc employs a group of affiliate companies located outside the United States to avoid paying billions of dollars in US income taxes, a Senate investigation has found. 

The world's most valuable company is holding overseas some $US102 billion ($105.08 billion) of its $US145 billion ($149.38 billion) in cash, and an Irish subsidiary that earnt $US22 billion ($22.66 billion) in 2011 paid only $US10 million ($10.30 million) in taxes, according to the report issued overnight by the US Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations.

The strategies Apple uses are legal, and many other multinational corporations use similar tax techniques to avoid paying US income taxes on profits they reap overseas.

But Apple uses a unique twist, the report found.

The company's tactics raise questions about loopholes in the US tax code, lawmakers say.

news.com.au 21 May 2013

This occurs in Australia also, where a significant portion of the large corporations are registered overseas to avoid tax.

The corporate media hardly ever mentions that there is going to be blitz or crackdown on the fraudulent operations of some of Australia's best known companies and brands.

Instead the tax office 'cracks down' on the tax paying plebs.

Allegedly tax 'avoidance' is illegal, so therefore Apple should now have legal proceedings against it, which will be mentioned in the corporate media very soon.

Apple is one of the larger data collection warehouses in the United States of America, along with Microsoft, Google, Yahoo, America Online, to name a few.

They work together with governments to collect data on individuals.

Tim Mathieson was 'private citizen' when visiting V8 Supercar event in Texas

JULIA Gillard said her partner Tim Mathieson travelled to the US in an unofficial capacity despite being spotted at a Texan car race wearing accreditation tagged "Office of the Prime Minister". 

 
The First Bloke was spotted enjoying VIP treatment at the V8 Supercar races held in Austin over the weekend, looking relaxed in an open checked shirt and belting out the Australian national anthem.

But the Prime Minister yesterday insisted there was "no public spending being spent there" as she fielded questions in Canberra.

Mr Mathieson, who has embraced a raft of charity organisations and is patron of the Mens' Shed program, travelled to the US as a "private citizen" and paid for his own travel and accommodation, the PM's office later confirmed.

The former hairdresser was filmed by the Seven Network in the VIP enclosure during the V8 race in Texas, wearing an official tag: "Tim Mathieson - Office of the Prime Minister".

But the PM's office said the pass was issued by the organisers of the event and was "not an official Government pass".

"It's a matter of fact that people and organisations associate Tim Mathieson with the office of the Prime Minister," Ms Gillard's spokesman said.

The PM's partner was due to fly back to Australia overnight with Ms Gillard's office claiming he received no assistance in helping organise his travel.

A spokesman for the V8 Supercar Races could not be contacted.

Mr Mathieson's fondness for attending sporting events is well known and the PM's register of interests has records of her partner attending AFL and cricket matches.

The First Bloke has also used his status to help raise tens of thousands of dollars for charity. Last month, he led a charity motorcycle ride from Sydney to the Lodge - but the charity event almost came to tragedy when his bike left the ground and crashed into a kerb in outer Canberra.

news.com.au 21 May 2013

Looks like the lies never stop emanating from the methane capital of Australia.

See corpau article on government and politicial lies:

 

Lie Pollie Lie

 

http://corpau.blogspot.com.au/2013/05/lie-pollie-lie.html

Bikies in standover bid on builder

A senior Comanchero and two other members of the outlaw bikie club barged into the family home of one of Australia's leading builders in a suspected standover attempt to force the construction firm owner to pay a disputed debt.

(Picture: Comanchero serjeant-at-arms Norm Meyer.)

Master Builders Association federal vice-president Trevor Evans was at his suburban Melbourne home when the bikie trio, led by Comanchero sergeant-at-arms Norm Meyer, entered his house through an unlocked door and confronted him over money that a subcontractor claims he is owed.

Dramatic vision of what police have labelled an extortion attempt was recorded on CCTV cameras and has been obtained by Fairfax Media, prompting the Napthine government to say it was "gravely concerned" about alleged infiltration of the building industry by "criminal elements".

The head of Victoria Police's anti-bikie taskforce Echo, Detective Superintendent Peter De Santo, told Fairfax Media that what Mr Evans had endured was one of several examples of bikie gangs and other crime groups being used to collect disputed debts or to deal with industrial disputes in the building industry.

"This is not the only one, and Echo are being proactive in the building industry around dealing with outlaw motorcycle gangs and the recovery of debts," Supterintendent De Santo said.

“Their attendance in a Comanchero shirt is intimidatory and well beyond community expectations. If they appeared at my front door I'd be very concerned, which is why you have to come and speak up to the police," he said.

In 2011, Fairfax Media revealed that the Hells Angels had been used by a subcontractor in a stand-over bid on a senior manager from building firm Hansen Yuncken.

That case and Mr Evans' story highlight the role of organised crime in the building industry and the difficulty that police and regulatory agencies have in confronting it. In both cases, the victims of the alleged standover tactics were disappointed with aspects of the policing response, having also been told that agencies such as the federal government's building commission were powerless to deal with criminality in the industry.

It is understood that the use of bikies in the industry is also increasing in NSW, fuelled by the willingness of some industry figures to hire crime figures and the fact that debt collectors do not need to pass a "fit and proper person" test.

Superintendent De Santo said Meyer – who is the enforcer for the club's Williamstown chapter – worked in the building industry and was a member of construction union the CFMEU. Fairfax Media has also obtained a photo of the bikie near the front of last month's CFMEU rally on workplace safety.

"I would have thought there there is a public perception about that photo and I would have thought that public perception is something the CMFEU would probably want to deal with [in respect] of how they portray themselves to the community. Having said that, the majority of bikies are still employed in various industries where their trades are," Superintendent De Santo said.

CFMEU Victorian secretary John Setka said he did not know Meyer or that he was connected to a bikie gang until alerted by the media. He said he had not noticed an increased presence of bikie gang members or crime figures in the state's building industry.

"If there was we'd be concerned because it's likely that our members could be the target of threats," he said, stressing that the CFMEU had banned any bikie gang colours from being worn on building sites.

Mr Evans (pictured) said building company owners and staff should not have to deal with standover tactics and called on the state and federal governments to confront the problem.

He said the law should be overhauled to ensure that debt collectors were licensed and of good character.

Mr Evans also criticised the way in which police initially dealt with the approach by the Comancheros. While uniformed police were quick to arrive at his house after a triple-zero call was made, Mr Evans had to make multiple calls to his local station in the following days to follow up on the police investigation. While he was waiting for police to respond, Mr Evans paid part of the disputed debt to the subcontractor whom police believe hired the Comancheros.

"They [the local police] were pretty bloody hopeless. They were telling me they were under-resourced, but that wasn't much help to me. If police had advised me properly, I wouldn't have paid part of the debt," he said.

Mr Evans learnt later that local detectives had failed to alert the Echo taskforce, which only found out about the attempted extortion several weeks after it occurred. Mr Evans said he was pleased with Echo's response but that it came too late.

Echo has told Mr Evans that his part-payment of the disputed debt meant that it would be difficult to charge the Comancheros or the subcontractor involved in the matter.

Superintendent De Santo conceded there was "room for improvement" in how police had initially handled the incident but insisted that Echo was proactively tackling the problem.

Mr Evans, who owns a mid-tier construction firm, is now trying to recoup his debt through civil proceedings.
In 2011, when a senior Hells Angels member was investigated for demanding Hansen Yuncken pay a disputed debt to a subcontractor, police launched a major investigation. But the victim of that suspected extortion bid later learnt that some of those involved in the debt recovery process had discovered that police were investigating.

It is understood that the office of Premier Denis Napthine has been briefed about the Hansen Yuncken case and the incident involving Mr Evans by the state construction industry regulator, Nigel Hadgkiss.

Underworld figure Mick Gatto, who runs a debt collection and industrial mediation business and maintains close ties to building companies, union leaders and the Comancheros, was also involved in negotiations tied to the Hansen Yuncken debt recovery.

Police suspect that Mr Gatto continues to be paid by certain building companies to help them deal with industrial or commercial disputes. Superintendent De Santo said that Mr Gatto had publicly acknowledged his association with Comanchero leaders and that police were closely monitoring all bikie groups.

theage.com.au 22 May 2013

So now the police have enough evidence to formerly charge and possible incarcerate the criminal involved in the home invasion, or will they put their resources into speeding fines, and University students who do not use indicators when turning, such enormous 'criminal' offenses.

Corrupt police also enlist the services of 'bikies' to intimidate non-compliant members of the public.

Teens, technology, law: when sexting is not pornography

When three US high school students from Virginia made mobile phone videos of drunken sex acts with fellow teens and shared them among themselves, they ended up in court last week facing charges usually reserved for adult predators: child pornography.

The case is one of a number where teens caught ''sexting'' have been charged with a crime that can carry a sentence of 20 years and could require registry as a sex offender.

In many other US states, the law has not caught up with the combustible mix of teens, technology and sex that has made sexting an issue. Prosecutors must rely on a patchwork of laws created before the rise of smartphones to handle such cases.

Some parents and rights groups are calling for a new law that would distinguish sexting from child pornography, create lesser punishments and focus on educating teenagers, not punishing them. But they also acknowledge that young victims can be devastated when embarrassing photos or videos are spread to their peers.

A mother whose 15-year-old son was charged with 12 counts of child pornography for sexting called the experience a nightmare. She said the teen, who has Asperger's syndrome, was naive when he sent out a topless photo of a classmate. ''He is thinking his life was at an end. He could be labelled as a sex offender,'' she said.

Parents of two teens in Ohio and Florida say their daughters committed suicide when they were ridiculed after sexually explicit images of them were forwarded to others. And sexted images and videos can be found by child pornographers, who trade them on the internet.

The three students on trial were charged in January with possession and distribution of child pornography after they filmed themselves engaging in sex acts with at least six teenage girls. All the sex acts were consensual and the 10 videos were filmed at parties at the teenagers' homes, beginning in December 2011.

Legislators say they worry a law to make sexting a misdemeanour could unintentionally open a loophole that might be exploited by paedophiles.

In addition, the circumstances of such cases vary widely. They range from a girl willingly texting a racy photo of herself to a boyfriend who does not share it to teens secretly recording sex acts and maliciously spreading the videos.

In the US, at least 20 states have passed legislation on sexting since 2009, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. States have generally moved to create more lenient punishments for sexting teens and to shield them from having to register as sex offenders. A University of New Hampshire survey found 7 per cent of young people had received a nude or nearly nude image, while 1 per cent said they had created sexually explicit images of themselves.

theage.com.au  22 May 2013

As commented by one The Age reader:

Attacking younger generations is a long and proud history of Westminster democracies. Be it our soft target policing, the hoops to get a drivers licence, the never ending attacks on generation x/y/z/? for their attitudes, the sexual abuse of minors by various authorities over the ages or the latest abuse popular in UK of arresting children for no particular reason so that their DNA can be harvested. When children actually need assistance or protection the authorities are usually nowhere to be found or blame the victim or attempt to cover themselves by claiming another one slipped through the cracks.
However, as ridiculous as our child porn laws are, especially around cartoon images or sexting, a change in the law is not so simple. While it may seem fine to be lenient to kids sending photo's of themselves to their peers, what happens to an adult that may come into possession of these images or a child that matures to adulthood still in possession of these images? Do we continue to accept that there was no crime or is the adult now a child pornographer. Children may also not fully appreciate the life long implications of their actions and as such the law is in place to dissuade them from taking a course of action that may have serious long term consequences, not only for themselves but for people around them - a bit like drunk driving.
With our Victorian attitudes to sexuality there is very little real opportunity to fix the sexting issue without merely shifting the consequences to other people or another point in time.

Commenter

Bruce in Sydney Location Date and time May 22, 2013, 10:11AM

Gillard's $500m 'war chest'

 

The Gillard government has stashed away a ''war chest'' of nearly half a billion dollars in secret projects to be announced before the election.
In Tuesday's budget, Treasurer Wayne Swan listed a line item of $463.9 million as ''decisions taken but not yet announced''.

Deloitte Access Economics director Chris Richardson said Australians should expect to see the money spent on a range of pork-barrelling campaign announcements.

''Yes it is a war chest, and they're holding back a bit of money here that will be announced before the election,'' he said.

In last year's budget papers, the same line item amounted to $119.4 million. Under questioning, Mr Swan denied it was an election war chest and said there were reasons the money was listed that way.

''Some of them can be commercial matters in confidence,'' he said. ''That's not a large amount of money in terms of decisions taken and not announced.''

Mr Swan's office subsequently suggested the measures could include defence contracts and other matters under negotiation.

But Mr Richardson said the money would be earmarked mostly for announcements designed to help the government retain office.

He said while some of what Mr Swan was saying about commercial in confidence matters could be true, much of the money would likely be targeted for pre-election spending. ''That money will get spent where the electoral margin is at its tightest.''

Another independent economic forecaster, Macroeconomics, agreed the explanation for ''decisions taken but not yet announced'' was simple.

''That's election spending,'' said Macroeconomics budget and forecasting director Stephen Anthony.
Mr Richardson said election spending would exceed half a billion dollars, but won't reach the ''stunning amounts'' of money thrown at the 2007 election.

However, he warned the spending would need to be announced before the government entered caretaker mode or ''technically the Coalition can spend that money too''.

The Coalition's spokesman for scrutiny and government waste, Jamie Briggs, said the amount was suspiciously high.

''It does seem a lot of money still to be spent so close to the end of the financial year. We will be looking at this very closely and we're not ruling out it being a war chest,'' he said.

''Contingency funds exist, but this seems very convenient and we don't trust Labor on it.''

The government has already been accused of using the budget to pork-barrel in the electorates of key independent MPs Tony Windsor and Rob Oakeshott.

Mr Windsor's New England electorate got $540,000 for three sporting and community projects. Mr Oakeshott's Lyne electorate got $412,000 for three youth, community and cultural projects.

Meanwhile, government ministers and MPs are on the warpath this weekend over Opposition Leader Tony Abbott's pledge to defer the legislated increase in the superannuation guarantee from 9 to 12 per cent.

Cabinet minister Anthony Albanese said the Coalition's plan to delay by two years the increase was a ''sneak peek of the vicious cuts to the bone'' it had in store for Australians.

''Mr Abbott has said himself that he believes compulsory superannuation is a con job, so it is little wonder that he's made this appalling commitment,'' Mr Albanese said.

theage.com.au 19 May 2013

What else is the government hiding?

The government is on an assault of the public's privacy, to collect every piece of information on everyone possible, yet it hides a lot of information from the public.

The masses are technically the employers of the people in governance through the taxes that pay for the politicians salaries and over generous superannuation.

Illicit drugs linked to corruption

An alarming increase in the use, seizure and arrests for illicit drugs is the central finding of the Australian Crime Commission's annual report, released on Monday, with significant implications for sport, especially the professional football codes.

ACC chief executive John Lawler warns "the illicit drug market remains the principal source of profit for organised crime".

He said criminals infiltrate sporting clubs and gain information or compromise players in exchange for illicit drugs, such as amphetamines and cocaine, and use it to spot-bet, or fix matches, capitalising on the myriad gambling outlets now available.

Victoria Police Deputy Commissioner Graham Ashton issued a similar warning following the AFL's announcement on Thursday of a more than fourfold increase in the number of positive tests by AFL players for illicit substances.

Ashton said illicit drugs, rather than the performance and image-enhancing drugs that had caught players from Cronulla and Essendon, had a greater potential to compromise the integrity of players and matches.

While PIEDs are banned only for elite sportspeople, illicit drugs involve athletes in criminal activity.

The NRL admits it is sufficiently concerned about the risk of illicit drugs to consider implementing a centralised program of target and random testing.

The ACC's report reveals 76,000 seizures of cannabis, amphetamine-type substances, heroin, cocaine and other substances, together with 93,000 illicit drug-related arrests – both the highest of the past decade.
While cannabis has remained the dominant illicit drug over the past decade, cocaine and amphetamines are the drugs of choice for footballers.

Of the 26 positive tests announced by the AFL last week, 25 were stimulants and none were cannabinoids, compared with six cannabinoids and 12 stimulants in 2005 when centralised testing began.

While cannabis continues to account for more than two-thirds of the number of national illicit drug seizures, it also reveals that for the first time since 2006-07, cannabis did not account for the greatest proportion of the weight of seizures.

Both the number and weight of cocaine detections increased and are the highest reported in the last decade.
Nationally, the price of a gram of cocaine in 2011-12 ranged between $250 and $500.

Professional footballers, with their high incomes, can afford this.

The NRL, which was the first Australian code to centrally test for illicit substances, relinquished authority for this to clubs a few years ago. Each club is required to conduct 70 tests on its players and 70 tests on its National Youth Competition players, with two audits a year from representatives of the NRL and players' association.

While the 2240 tests of the 16 clubs are greater than the AFL's 1979 tests on its 18 clubs, the AFL makes public its number of positives.

The NRL justifies its non-disclosure, pointing out the code has a two strikes policy, compared with the AFL's three.

An NRL spokesman said: "Our policy sees players publicly identified on a second offence and suspended for 12 matches, which could not be more transparent.

"There is no tolerance for any illicit substances, but there is a realisation that these are also player welfare issues and there has to be a focus on education and counselling as well as deterrents."

The NRL has flagged that centralised testing may be restored.

The ACC report follows its nationally hyped February sports report, but the updated volume of PIEDs detected at the Australian border has continued to rise, with an increase of 56.9 per cent in the reporting period.


theage.com.au 20 May 2013

Sport is Australia's institution for the masses.

It is an institution that cannot be disassembled irrespective of how much corruption exists within, be it prostitution, fixing bets, drugs, money laundering, tax evasion or other criminal activities.

The currently named AFL (previously known as the VFL) was created by the authorities to keep the herd population occupied.

The (unwritten) policy is to turn a blind eye to the criminal events within (the) sport.

Footballers are put on a pedestal by the government lap dog, the corporate media, called 'stars' and any wrong doing that may lead to the law courts is either acquitted or a small fine may be put in place.

When a member of the public commits the same crime, they are convicted, heavily fined and in some cases jailed.

The corporatocracy at its finest, ruling Australia

Tax Office spends $5.2m to put e-tax on Mac

The Tax Office has spent $5.2 million to enable Apple Mac users to lodge their tax returns online this year.

For 15 years, the Australian Tax Office has failed to provide Mac users with the same ability as Windows users to file their tax return online.

I doubt you'd find anyone anywhere that would call [$5.2 million for the development of e-tax for Mac] a bargain. 

Russell Ivanovich, co-founder of software development firm Shifty Jelly

Now the Tax Office says it will finally provide functionality for Mac users from July.

"We are working to deliver a version of e-tax for Mac users for this tax time, which is currently undergoing development and testing by the [Australian Taxation Office]," a spokeswoman told Fairfax Media, after tech website iTnews first reported the news on Friday.

"We aim for e-tax to be available for Mac users from July 2013 and have partnered with DWS to achieve this, " the spokeswoman added.

Government tender documents reveal the tax office paid Melbourne IT company DWS $5,220,668.82 to get e-tax working on Macs. Of that, about $4.9 million was spent on "software maintenance and support" and $279,320.46 on a feasibility study.

Similar tender documents reveal that the Tax Office has spent a total of $32.3 million on developing and supporting the Windows version to date.

Before now, Mac owners could use e-tax only if they first purchased a Windows operating system and then installed it on a partition of their hard drive using Apple's Boot Camp software, which enables a Mac user to dual boot their computer into either the Mac OS X or Microsoft Windows operating system.

Alternatively, Mac users could purchase Windows and choose to use Parallels or VMware Fusion software that allows Windows to be run in an on-screen box within the Mac operating system.

The cost of the software, if used for tax returns, was tax deductible.

Russell Ivanovich, co-founder of Mac and iOS (iPhone/iPad) software development company Shifty Jelly, said it was impossible to say whether $5.2 million was excessive, but said it sounded "expensive".

"I doubt you'd find anyone anywhere that would call that a bargain," Mr Ivanovich said.

Peter Wells, editor of Apple fan website MacTalk.com.au, said:

"For software this complex and this important I think six figures is a totally fair amount, but I have no idea if seven figures is a fair amount," Mr Wells said.

"But to be honest, I think that they probably should have spent that money on a web-based system, because all they've got now is a Mac application when there are more iPhone and other iOS devices [like iPads] ... in this country right now than there are Macs on desks."

Regardless, Mr Wells said it was great that a Mac version was coming – "but it's almost like [the Tax Office has] finally caught up to where they should have been in 2007".

"They've got a hell of a long way to get to 2013."

According to Gartner, 16.8 per cent of all personal computers sold in Australia in the first three months of this year were Macs.

For almost a decade, Mac users had been lobbying the Tax Office to allow them to file their tax returns online.

In 2004, Labor Senator Kate Lundy asked the Tax Office's then commissioner Michael Carmody about whether a Mac version was coming. Mr Carmody told her that a Mac version would be "costly" to develop and that there had been "very marginal demand" for such a version after regularly surveying users.

"It does not seem to us to be a good use of taxpayers' funds to bear that cost," Mr Carmody said at the time.

Later, in 2007, the Tax Office said it would "redevelop e-tax to make it compatible with any computer system that has internet access". It would "test this with a small group of users in 2008, aiming to make it available more broadly in future years — pending the success of the trials".

A year later the trial appeared to collapse, after the Tax Office said "the project identified a number of challenges and complexities" that were "so significant that the Tax Office is not in a position to offer a redeveloped e-tax product for testing in 2008".

In July last year, the Tax Office told Fairfax a Mac version of e-tax had been developed in 2011, but because of a "number of complexities related to IT security concerns and usability" its release had been postponed until 2013.

E-tax was first released as a software package in 1997, when it was distributed at the request of taxpayers on CD. Since 1999, the number of tax returns lodged through it has risen from 13,500 to 2.6 million in the 2012 financial year.

On Monday a Tax Office spokeswoman said technology developments and advancements now available had "provided the robustness and stability required for e-tax" to work on the Mac operating system. It said there would be a "future requirement for a web-enabled online tax return lodgment service" that would allow most operating systems to access it.

But that this wasn't yet ready.

"Our intention is for e-tax to be web-based in the future," the spokeswoman said.

Earlier this month, Fairfax reported that the Tax Office was planning a systems overhaul to include mobile phones and social media, in order to enable taxpayers to do business with it any time from any device.

Chief information officer Bill Gibson said the Tax Office wanted to have an "agnostic" communication strategy with taxpayers.

theage.com.au 21 May 2013

It is a well known fact that the government supports falsified tenders for contracts that are to be awarded to 'mates'.

This is no different, but no company is prepared to say it on public record, only make a subtle remark like:

 

"I doubt you'd find anyone anywhere that would call [$5.2 million for the development of e-tax for Mac] a bargain. "

Currently, other government institutions have been using the versatility of a non operating system specific generic program called the 'web browser', and have been for quite some time.

The ATO (Australian Tax Office) did not pay $5.2 million, by rather the tax paying masses payed for the failure of a project.

A web based equivalent could have been put into action for approximately 1/10th of the monies payed.

Another scam brought to you by the Australian government, and payed for by the plebs.

Tom Waterhouse will not be summonsed to appear before parliamentary inquiry into gambling

 

TOM Waterhouse will be spared from facing a parliamentary inquiry on gambling he has twice snubbed, with Labor and Coalition MPs deciding not to summons the controversial bookmaker. 

But the independent and Green MPs who were outvoted questioned why a man who craves attention had suddenly gone shy.

The 30-year-old son of trainer Gai Waterhouse was issued a formal request to front the inquiry after refusing an earlier invitation because of a racing carnival.
He did not give an excuse this time and could not be contacted.

The snub angered committee members who believe it showed arrogance and a lack of courage, with one MP suggesting Waterhouse's "racing royalty" tag may have gone to his head.

But News Ltd understands Labor and Coalition members of the committee chose not to invoke a rarely-used power to summons Waterhouse - a move that could not have been refused - despite three Green or independent MPs agitating for it.

Committee chair and independent MP Andrew Wilkie said Waterhouse should have been made to attend.

Independent MP Andrew Wilkie says Tom Waterhouse is showing 'contempt for parliament'. 

File picture: Matthew Newton

"How dare he show such contempt for the parliament to not accept a formal request to attend," Mr Wilkie said.

"I mean, maybe he's starting to believe some of the media hype about him being racing royalty and above the parliament.

"(He) could have helped the committee to better understand why the industry thinks it's okay to bombard viewers with (gambling) advertising at a time of the day when a lot of children are watching TV."

Greens Senator Richard Di Natale said Waterhouse's decision was gutless.

"For a man who loves the limelight, he's gone to ground when it comes to answering a few tough questions," he said.

"I think it shows a lack of courage (and) total contempt for the parliament and the community."
Senator Di Natale said he should have been "forced to answer some difficult questions" considering the significant public concern.

Waterhouse earlier provided a two-page letter saying he never intentionally targeted children in gambling advertising.

He also defended his controversial on-air role during Channel 9 NRL broadcasts, saying the arrangement was vital because traditional ad breaks had lost some of their selling power.

Meanwhile, television networks say the promotion of gambling odds during live broadcasts will likely be banned within weeks.

Free TV Australia, which represents all commercial free-to-air stations, wants a new code to ban commentators and guests from promoting live odds before, during and after a game in place as soon as possible.

news.com.au 22 May 2013

The Anglo-Masonic legal system at work supporting fraud and corruption in the gambling industry.

From official sources gambling in Victoria approximately a $5 billion industry.

With this comes money laundering, race fixing, proceeds of crime channeled into the drug syndicates and illegal prostitution in gambling venues.

 

For Waterhouse to front an inquiry may also reveal that politicians and other senior heads of state are also involved in (white collar) criminal activity.

Since no one actually receives a black eye, corporate fraud is condoned by the authorities, especially if they are at the top of the food chain.

Elderly woman stabbed by intruder in Endeavour Hills home

AN ELDERLY woman is fighting for life after being stalked and stabbed in her home in Melbourne's east. 
 
Police forced their way into a Georgette Crescent house in Endeavour Hills at 3.30pm after the 73-year-old woman activated a personal medical alarm device she was wearing around her neck.

Officers found the woman on the floor barely conscious with a large amount of blood loss.

Casey CIU detective Senior Constable Justin Stanton said the offender had stalked his victim through the house.

"It appears the assault happened in multiple rooms," he said.

"Luckily she was wearing a MEPACS duress alarm and she activated it.

"When uniform arrived they had to force their way in and they found her on the floor, barely conscious with a lot of blood loss and they called an ambulance."

Detective Snr-Constable Stanton said no neighbours were home at the time of the attack but police were reviewing CCTV footage from several properties to help identify the attacker.

They are also trying to contact tradesmen who were working in the area this week.

The woman was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries and was undergoing emergency surgery last night.

The victim told investigators she did not know the identity of her attacker but he was Caucasian, in his 40s and wearing a florescent vest.

Neighbour Lilly Drazic, 55, was in her garden only several houses away, but said she had not heard the attack.

“My husband was always telling me to be careful but I didn't care, now I will be closing my door for sure.
"There are people out there who are sick and wrong in the head."

Police have appealed for witnesses.

dailytelegraph.com.au 21 May 2013

The government has deliberately lax laws regarding serious crimes of this calibre.

Since criminals know they can literally get away with murder, instances like the ones mentioned in this article will continue to increase.

The government's law makers and politicians have little regard for the safety of the masses.

One is considered more of a 'criminal' if one has not paid a speeding fine or a taxation bill.

As long as revenue is collected from the plebs is all that matters.

The story would be quite different if a member of the law maker's family was injured in a home invasion.

Home Invasion and assault supported by law

Some of the more common descriptions of one’s home should be known by most.

“King of your castle” or “your home is your sanctuary” are the more common ones. 

This may be true in the United States of America, but certainly not in Australia.

In certain states of the U.S like Texas, one can shoot someone if they enter your property, or if someone breaks the law by breaking and entering into your home the perpetrator can be legally shot.

In the United States it can be said that the law is about one’s rights and freedoms, whereas in Australia which was colonised a considerable while later the policies of the lawmakers have changed.

A real example of police and the judicial system working together with criminals is when a criminal involved in the drug business has nine charges dropped by police for breaking and entering, home invasion, false imprisonment assault, aggravated assault and threats to kill among other offences.

The above incident involved police from the western suburbs of Melbourne, which is one of many.

Corrupt police work together with the criminal element in keeping the uncomfortable people (to the establishment) in check.

Police corruption in Victoria is rife, with strong links to the criminal underworld and unfortunately there is no sign of it slowing down.

A closed meeting involving some of the Victoria’s top masonic heads addressed the state of criminal activity, mentioning that it is far greater than previously thought and beyond the control of the authorities.

There is no real policy to curb the criminal activities, only government propaganda, to keep the masses subdued that something is allegedly being done.