Australian Politics and Culture

GOOGLE has refused to explain why it paid just $74,176 in Australian tax last year, despite making an estimated $1 billion in revenue from the Australian market. The opposition communications spokesman, Malcolm Turnbull, said yesterday the growing digital ...  

OPPOSITION communications spokesman Malcolm Turnbull has moved to play down suggestions a Coalition government would seek to make technology multinationals pay more tax on revenue generated in Australia. In response to queries from The Australian, late ...  

The comments come after Opposition communications spokesman Malcolm Turnbull told The Australian Financial Review he was consulting with local companies on the issue of global firms like Google paying less tax by processing payments overseas. Despite some ...  

news International technology companies such as Google, Facebook and Amazon may not be paying their fair share of Australian tax, Shadow Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull said this week, with local tax laws not having caught up yet with ...  

Shadow communications minister Malcolm Turnbull has flagged the possibility of raising taxes on global tech giants Google and Facebook, saying that they are eroding Australia’s tax base. Mr Turnbull has told The Australian Financial Review that a ...  

news Upgrading Telstra’s copper network to fibre to the node was the “quickest and easiest” way to get better broadband for Australians, the office of Shadow Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull said this week, with the cost of ...  

LAST month, Richard Tognetti and the Australian Chamber Orchestra played Carnegie Hall, one of the world's great concert venues