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Qld shooting: Four allegedly injured in rural shooting at Bogie, Whitsundays

Qld shooting: Four allegedly injured in rural shooting at Bogie, Whitsundays

A gunman is reportedly on the loose after four people were injured in a shooting in rural North Queensland.

Emergency crews were called to a property in Bogie – a small outback mining town in the Whitsundays near Collinsville – at 8.45am on Thursday morning.

Police are still at the scene and have urged members of the public to avoid the area as the incident is still unfolding.

An emergency declaration was made at 11.30am under the Public Safety Preservation Act with boundaries encompassing Sutherland Road, Normanby Road, Mount Compton Road and Starvation Creek.

“One male has been located some distance from the property and is currently being treated for a gunshot wound,” Queensland Police said.

“Police are currently conducting emergency operations in the area and requesting members of the public and aircraft to not attend the location.”

Opal Ridge Motel staff member Elly Colls told The Guardian she was alerted to the incident at 11am.

She said when she received the call from another local she thought she should lock up her house as she didn’t think they had found the shooter.

It is understood the shooting happened at a remote location and there are issues getting there.

Bogie’s population was 207 people, according to the latest census data.

Queensland Ambulance Service reportedly sent eight crews to the scene.

In a now deleted tweet, RACQ CQ Rescue helicopter said it was “responding to reports of four people injured in an alleged shooting west of Collinsville”.

A RACQ Central Queensland spokesperson told the ABC earlier they understood the shooter was still at large.

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Ex-Trump aides sued by government for his White House emails

Ex-Trump aides sued by government for his White House emails

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Peter Navarro, the oft-combative former Trump adviser already facing a fall trial on charges of contempt of Congress, was sued by the government Wednesday over his refusal to turn over private emails he allegedly used to conduct White House business during the Trump administration.

Navarro, according to the court papers filed by the Justice Department on behalf of the National Archives, “has refused to return any Presidential records that he retained absent a grant of immunity for the act of returning such documents.”

The lawsuit charges the economic adviser “is wrongfully retaining Presidential records that are the property of the United States, and which constitute part of the permanent historical record of the prior administration.”

A lawyer for Navarro did not immediately return a call seeking comment.

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The court filing says the controversy surrounding Navarro’s emails began when a congressional committee reviewing how the government handled the coronavirus pandemic discovered that Navarro, who often played an outsize role in the Trump White House’s public discussion of the pandemic response, had used a private email account to conduct government work. From the National Archives’ point of view, those emails were official government records.

After more than a month of discussions about the subject with government lawyers, Navarro’s attorney told officials that they estimated between 200 and 250 documents could be considered presidential records.

Separately, Navarro has sparred repeatedly with government officials since his arrest in June on charges of contempt of Congress for allegedly refusing to provide testimony or documents to the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack.

Navarro publicly denounced the agents who arrested him, and is due back in court next week as he prepares for a November trial on contempt charges. Another former Trump adviser, Stephen K. Bannon, was convicted last month in a similar case.

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Technology

Livewire pitches the new marketing battlefield

Livewire pitches the new marketing battlefield

It is very exciting to get caught up in the narrative around the metaverse, Livewire co-founder Indy Khabra told this week’s Mumbrellacast, yet the reality is 17 million Australians are already gaming regularly, and his and co-founder Brad Manuel’s company is working with brands on “practical outcomes”.

“I think metaverse, and the word metaverse is so overused at the moment,” he said. “When we speak to brands, it’s very much around practical outcomes and what we can actually achieve by connecting them to the gaming community and the gaming ecosystem.”

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“When you think of the suite of solutions that we provide brands and our clients, it actually starts right to the point of research and understanding what the consumer crossover is for that brand, and really then leaning into an objective view of what the KPIs and outcomes for a brand is.

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“Predominantly, that’s starting to look at things like customer lifetime value and brand affinity, brand loyalty, but also that could be into more tactical areas and gaming as a gateway to that new set of audience you can actually achieve, whether it’s building a long term strategy to be gaining user acquisition or market share or being defensive. You can actually create that within this new space.”

Despite the hype surrounding the metaverse over the last 12 months, research from Ipsos in May found that only 44% of Australians are familiar with it, and Khabra said that while it is easy to get caught up in the appeal, it is still “in the early days of what the end vision is”.

“I think keeping it practical in outcomes is going to be a better use case for campaigns, and most importantly, the outcomes of campaigns that brands are trying to activate against.”

He said it is a two-way narrative, “not only for brands and marketers but also for consumers because the user experiences have to be there also”.

“You don’t necessarily want to build something that only ten people are going to show up in, and then all of a sudden it’s staying stagnant and there’s a heap of investment that’s been put into it. So there is definitely a balance that needs to be struck.”

While staying modest about the vast amount of opportunities in the gaming space, which Livewire has seen partner with gaming giant Activision Blizzard, and most recently Uber Eats, it has also launched offices in London, Singapore, and Mumbai, already in its short existence.

Livewire recently signed a deal with Uber Eats

Manuel spoke about what can be expected in the next five to ten years for Livewire, and marketing in gaming more generally, which already has a consumer base of 3 billion globally.

“I think we’ll see more and more brands really authentically woven into games, but not just from an advertising point of view. We’ve seen some bad examples already, probably some how not to do it, but their idea and the concept is right.”

“A game like Apex Legends or a Cyberpunk or any game that’s based in a world where advertising currently exists or previously existed, the game creators actually make fake ads, fake worlds, fake shops, fake stores, and fake products, because a modern day world doesn’t actually feel accurate without products.

“So I think we’ll see more global and regional partnerships of how this will integrate into games, and also how publishers will upgrade their technology to be able to regionally cut and segment deals the same way they would for like sports LED screens where they overlay it with different graphics and pieces.”

Catch the full conversation with Manuel and Khabra on this week’s Mumbrellacast.

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Sports

Sydney Roosters vs Brisbane Broncos, teams, Matt Lodge exit from Broncos, payout, Kevin Walters

Sydney Roosters vs Brisbane Broncos, teams, Matt Lodge exit from Broncos, payout, Kevin Walters

Further details of Matt Lodge’s exit from the Broncos have emerged as the front rower braces to face his former side when Brisbane battle the Roosters on Thursday night.

The Broncos agreed to pay up to $1 million of Lodge’s salary to facilitate his departure from Red Hill, a move that came under intense scrutiny at the time.

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“You try not to be critical of Brisbane as a former player but I don’t think we can believe anything that’s coming out of that place at the moment,” Brent Tate said on ‘NRL Tonight’ in the wake of Lodge’s exit to the Warriors.

“Kevvie came out and said they’d stay and if Matt Lodge goes, honestly, I think clubs are built on trust and at the moment there doesn’t seem to be that at that club.

“There’s different messages coming from all different people within the ranks and I hope for Matt Lodge’s sake he gets to go to a club because he’s been so up in the air and I know how difficult that would be for a player who plays on passion and emotion.”

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Now though, a report from news corp has revealed more details on Lodge’s exit while chairman Karl Morris also explained why Brisbane was willing to chip in to speed the process up.

“Matt Lodge was a redemption story and it was great to have him back,” Morris told news corp.

“He did all the tough work he had to do while playing for Redcliffe to get back into the NRL. He completely gave up the drink and was a model citizen while he was with us.

“For whatever reason, culturally, it didn’t work with him and the new coaching staff and we decided to part ways.

“Kevvie wants a certain type of player and person at the Broncos and he just didn’t suit the type of team Kevvie was trying to build.”

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the news corp report claims that Lodge’s character was not the best match for what Walters was trying to build at Red Hill, with suggestions he cut corners at training.

Lodge is also said to have been sprayed by one Broncos official for his attire around the club.

But speaking to news corp ahead of Thursday’s game, lock forward Pat Carrigan was full of praise for his former teammate.

“Lodgey always plays well and I’m sure he will step up against us, I’m excited for him,” he said.

“He’s a halfback in a front-rower’s body, he’s actually a very smart footballer and he taught me a lot about the game.

“I am grateful for a lot of the stuff Lodgey did for us younger blokes here. He gave us that introduction to first grade. We had some good battles on the training ground so he will be up for this one and we will be too.”

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Australia

43-year-old employee charged with two counts of negligently causing serious harm over fatal tour bus crash

43-year-old employee charged with two counts of negligently causing serious harm over fatal tour bus crash

An employee of a tour bus company has been charged over a fatal road crash in Central Australia earlier this year, which killed a passenger and seriously injured several others.

The bus crashed on Larapinta Drive, about five kilometers east of the remote community of Hermannsburg, on June 6.

In a statement issued this morning, Northern Territory Police said they had arrested and charged a 43-year-old man in Alice Springs yesterday with two counts of negligently causing serious harm.

Police at the time said the bus, which was carrying 19 people from the interstate, had rolled multiple times.

One passenger – a 69-year-old man – died at the scene, and multiple others were seriously injured and taken to Alice Springs Hospital for treatment.

The other passengers and the driver received lacerations and bruising.

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The tour bus was carrying 19 passengers from the interstate when it left the roadway and rolled several times, according to NT Police.(ABC News: Xavier Martin)

“The man charged overnight is an employee of the tour company but not the driver of the bus,” Senior Detective Sergeant Brendan Lindner said.

“Police expect additional charges related to the death of a passenger and other injured passengers to be laid at a later time.”

The man has been danced to appear in the Alice Springs Local Court today.

The investigation into the crash by the Major Crash Investigations Unit is ongoing.

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Who is Alina Kabaeva, Vladimir Putin’s long-rumored girlfriend? : NPR

Who is Alina Kabaeva, Vladimir Putin's long-rumored girlfriend? : NPR

Russian President Vladimir Putin hands flowers to Alina Kabaeva after awarding her with an Order of Friendship during a ceremony at the Kremlin in June 2001.

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The US has brought sanctions against the former Olympic gymnast who is long-rumored to be the romantic partner of Russian President Vladimir Putin — adding the person known as “Russia’s most flexible woman” to the growing list of individuals to face financial penalties in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Alina Kabaeva, 39, has been romantically linked to Putin, 69, for more than a decade and is thought to have had at least three children with him. In announcing sanctions against her on Tuesday, the Treasury Department said “Kabaeva has a close relationship to Putin” and that she was being targeted as part of an effort to “impose severe costs for those who support President Vladimir Putin’s war.”

Alina Kabaeva performs in September 2003 during the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships.

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“As innocent people suffer from Russia’s illegal war of aggression, Putin’s allies have enriched themselves and funded opulent lifestyles,” said Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen in a statement. “The Treasury Department will use every tool at our disposal to make sure that Russian elites and the Kremlin’s enablers are held accountable for their complicity in a war that has cost countless lives.”

While the Kremlin has long denied any relationship between Kabaeva and Putin, rumors of their partnership date back more than a decade. Here’s some of what we know about them.

She was a gymnastics star, but was once banned for doping

Kabaeva is one of the most decorated rhythmic gymnasts in Russian history. She took up the sport at the age of 4 and would eventually go on to win 21 European Championship medals, 14 World Championship medals and two Olympic medals, including a gold at the 2004 Games in Athens. Her signature move, known as the “Kabaeva,” helped her earn the nickname “Russia’s most flexible woman.”

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Her career was not without controversy, though. In 2001, she tested positive at the Goodwill Games in Australia for the banned substance furosemide — a diuretic sometimes used by athletes to lose weight or to hide the use of other drugs. She denied doping and said the substance came from a tainted pill she bought at a local pharmacy. However, she was briefly banned from competition and forced to return her medals from the 2001 World Championship in Madrid.

She went into politics, then the media business

Kabaeva retired from professional gymnastics around 2007 and decided to enter politics. She was selected for a seat in the lower house of parliament, where she served as a member of Putin’s United Russia party. In parliament, she was a leading advocate for a law that deprived many Russian orphans of the opportunity to be adopted abroad.

In 2014, she left politics to serve as chairwoman of Russia’s New Media Group, which the US describes as “a pro-Kremlin empire of television, radio, and print organizations.” For months, Kremlin critics have accused the organization of framing Western commentary on the Ukraine invasion as a disinformation campaign. She was appointed to the job despite limited experience in the industry beyond hosting a TV talk show.

Putin and Kabaeva do not discuss the relationship

Kabaeva has denied a relationship with Putin, and Putin has similarly never acknowledged any such partnership. In 2008, the famously private Russian president was asked about Kabaeva during a news conference in Italy with Silvio Berlusconi, then the country’s prime minister-elect.

“I am, of course, aware of the cliché that politicians live in glass houses, but even in these cases, there must be some limits,” Putin said while dismissing the rumours. “I always disliked people who go around with their erotic fantasies, sticking their snot-ridden noses into another person’s life,” he continued.

Berlusconi, standing next to Putin, then mimed shooting the reporter who asked the question with an imaginary machine gun.

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The question came just days after The Moskovsky Correspondent, a Russian tabloid owned by a former Soviet intelligence officer, reported that Putin planned to marry Kabaeva. The paper was soon suspended “for financial reasons” and never resumed operation.

The sanctions may not have much effect

Kabaeva is just the latest individual in Putin’s orbit to face sanctions in retaliation for the war in Ukraine. Since the launch of the Russian invasion in February, the US has announced sanctions against a wide range of Russian banks and businesses, Putin associates and even two of his adult daughters.

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But at this point in the war, it’s unclear how far sanctions against any one individual will go to deter Putin, says Rachel Ziemba, an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security. Ziemba says there’s little to suggest Kabaeva even has financial assets in the US, and in the aftermath of similar sanctions against her by both the UK and European Union, she has likely “prepared for the risk” of penalty by the US

“The idea is that by targeting people close to Putin himself, that it will make his life and those close to him more difficult, which might lead them to sort of change policy,” Ziemba said. “The ship has probably sailed on that one.”

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ASX says CHESS unlikely before 2025

ASX says CHESS unlikely before 2025

Former ASX executive and long-time critic of the project Patrick McConnell said the delays were worse than feared.

“Even I’m a bit shocked by the latest announcement. It’s way worse than even I thought given they seem to have kicked the can way down the road to 2025,” Mr McConnell said. “It’s particularly surprising when even a couple of weeks ago they were still saying the work had been done and everything was only a bit delayed.″⁣

Judith Fox, the chief executive of the Australian Stockbrokers and Investment Advisors Association, welcomed the independent assessment of the software and the fact the ASX has identified that more work needs to be done to develop the solutions.

“We welcome that independent assessment of the remaining deliverables, really the timeline is a consequence of needing to look at the technology,” Ms Fox said.

“The new CEO [Ms Lofthouse] has expressed support for the CHESS replacement project but has sought this independent assessment because she wants to give stakeholders more confidence.”

Questions of independence

But Ms Fox warned the delays would be costly for market participants, even with increased certainty over the timeline.

“It’s a step in the right direction because an assessment is a very welcome thing but of course the further delay is in itself very challenging,” Ms Fox said.

“The further delay is extremely challenging for our members because it does imply further costs. They’ve brought on additional resources that will likely sit idle, they’ve allocated existing budgets, not to mention the amount of re-work that will need to be done.”

Some market participants raised questions about Accenture’s true independence, given it is already working with ASX on the implementation of the CHESS replacement project.

An ASX spokesman confirmed Accenture is working with ASX, but said the review would be conducted independently.

“There are members of Accenture working with the ASX on the CHESS replacement project. The review announced today will involve an Accenture team that will be independent from the ones assisting ASX with CHESS replacement,” the spokesman said.

“ASX has engaged EY to assess the terms of reference for the review to ensure appropriate governance arrangements are in place.”

Dave Curran, who was recently appointed an ASX non-executive director despite his role as a mentor for the CHESS replacement project’s boss, Tim Hogben, also spent 16 years at Accenture.

Accenture declined to comment on client matters.

ASX said Accenture will review the timeline for the CHESS implementation project together with New York-based Digital Asset, which is the provider of the distributed ledger technology for the project. But ASX confirmed it will not look at alternative projects or scaled back measures.

The review comes amid growing regulatory and political scrutiny of ASX, after a market outage that halted trading for a full day in November 2020 led to questions about the market operator’s ability to carry out complex upgrades.

Delays disappointing

ASIC chairman Joe Longo said the new delays were disappointing but flagged the review would help assure market participants on the timeline.

“Given the delays and duration of the project, it is critical that Accenture now undertake this review to provide assurance on the delivery of a resilient replacement for CHESS and a high degree of confidence in a revised go-live date,” Mr Longo said.

“It is important that the Australian financial system is served well by contemporary infrastructure that is efficient, resilient, reliable and scalable to meet existing and future needs of the market and participants.”

RBA Governor Phil Lowe echoed Mr Longo’s disappointment, but said, “the review initiated by ASX is an important step in providing assurance that the new CHESS application software will be fit for purpose”.

While many market participants have urged the ASX to scale back its CHESS replacement project and use an “off the shelf” solution rather than build an entirely new system, ASX confirmed it will forge ahead with the current plan.

The review will focus on the timeline, in an attempt to offer more certainty to market participants who need to invest in their own systems to connect with the new technology. It will also provide an independent view on the application and software code built to date, the remaining work to be done and make recommendations on delivering the new system safely.

Ms Lofthouse said ASX is continuing to invest in the aging CHESS infrastructure to strengthen its capacity, speed and resilience to cope with higher trading volumes.

“Existing CHESS remains secure and stable, and continues to perform well as we transition to a replacement CHESS system,” Ms Lofthouse said.

Given the CHESS replacement’s importance to national infrastructure, ASX has been under close regulatory scrutiny and is expected to come before parliament later this year.

Ms Lofthouse said while there has been “significant progress” with the project, the independent review will provide detail of what work still needs to be done.

“CHESS is a critical system, and we must have high confidence in the schedule to deliver new CHESS safely,” she said.

“I know our customers will be as disappointed as I am with the uncertainty about the timeline for completion. I apologize for the uncertainty, and thank them for their close and constructive work with us on this important project.”

ASX first selected Digital Asset Holdings to build the DLT for the CHESS replacement project at the end of 2017, with plans to test in July 2020 and implementation the following year. But since then, the project has been beset with delays and uncertainty.

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Technology

Samsung Gaming Hub completes the cloud gaming set with Amazon Luna

Samsung Gaming Hub completes the cloud gaming set with Amazon Luna

Samsung’s best smart TVs are shaping up as the one-stop shop for all of your cloud gaming needs now Amazon Luna has joined the Gaming Hub.

The feature launched at the end of June headed by the first Xbox app for TV sets. It also gathers Google Stadia and Nvidia GeForce Now, along with adjacent services like Twitch, YouTube, and Spotify.

Now Amazon Luna has completed the set, Samsung says there are more than 1,000 games available via the Gaming Hub without the need to download and store them on your set. You can also use a single controller for all of them.

Luna itself brings 250 games with more being added for Prime members every month. This month’s line up includes Control Ultimate Edition, Myst, Garfield Kart and Steel Assault. However, it’s possible to add more titles with Luna Plus and additional subscriptions to channels. The retro channel, for example, includes games like Street Fighter II, Pong, and The Castlevania Collection.

George Tsipolitis, director of Amazon Luna says: “By teaming up with Samsung, we’re bringing our growing collection of games, unlimited gameplay channels including the Retro Channel and Jackbox Channel, and the Prime Gaming Channel that offers Amazon Prime members a rotating selection of games to play for free. It’s a winning combination that provides even more value and options to 2022 Samsung TV owners and gamers.”

You will need a pretty high-end TV in order to jump on board though. The 2022 Neo QLED 8K, Neo QLED 4K, QLEDs and 2022 Smart Monitor Series all cost a pretty penny. It’s all possible thanks to some tech leaps within Samsung’s 2022 display line up, which introduces “faster decoding and optimized buffer control technology which reduces the input lag by more than an average of 30 percent compared to the previous models.”

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Australia’s Charisma Amoe-Tarrant lifts for her late mother and uncle, while England’s face of the Games, Emily Campbell, wins gold

An Australian weightlifter stands on stage and points her finger to the sky after clinching a Commonwealth Games medal.

Australia’s Charisma Amoe-Tarrant pumped her arms, thanked the crowd, and pointed to the sky to as she secured a bronze medal in the women’s 87+ kilogram category at the Commonwealth Games.

“That’s for my mum, and also my uncle who passed away from cancer, and I know he was also very supportive of my lifting, like my mum,” she said.

“All the lifting is for them.”

Amoe-Tarrant was born in Nauru and lived there until she was 12 years of age.

Her mother died of kidney problems in 2009, so she and her siblings were adopted by their grandparents, who brought them to Australia.

Four years ago, Amoe-Tarrant won a silver medal for her country of birth, and now the 23-year-old has one as an Australian.

“I’m representing both countries and I’m proud to be Australian and I’m also proud to be a Nauruan at the end of the day, so no one can take that away from me,” she said.

Amoe-Tarrant says she felt a lot of pressure coming into the Games and carried knee and elbow injuries into the competition.

Spurred on by a rapturous crowd, Amoe-Tarrant summoned everything she had to produce a clean and jerk that secured the bronze medal by 1kg.

“The crowd at the last Games was good. Here it’s just amazing,” she said.

“They were really the ones that helped me get that second lift [to clinch a medal].”

England’s Emily Campbell lives up to expectations to win gold

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England’s Emily Campbell delighted the home crowd with a combined total of 286 kilograms to win gold in the women’s 87+kg weightlifting.(Getty Images: Ryan Pierce)

Being the “face” of an Olympics or Commonwealth Games in your home country can be a blessing or a burden for many athletes.

Cathy Freeman is the most enduring Australian example from Sydney 2000 and, in Birmingham 2022, the mantle has fallen to England’s co-flagbearer Emily Campbell.

And, just like Freeman, she created her own magic moment in history.

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Campbell became the first female British weightlifter to win an Olympic medal, with silver in the 87+kg category in Tokyo last year.

In Birmingham, she was clearly a cut above the rest, lifting a Games record 286kg across the snatch and the clean and jerk to win gold.

Campbell took off her belt and whipped it around her head in elation, as the home fans let loose in celebration.

“I don’t think we’ve ever had a crowd that immense and so reactive. It was sensational. They were enjoying every minute and embracing every athlete,” she said.

“Some will say it’s a perfect Games, to walk out for that kind of opening ceremony was immense for starters, to lead out the home nation at a home Games.

“It’s a very special privilege and something I’ll remember forever.”

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Anthony Pratt and other rich listers face more scrutiny as accounts are disclosed

Anthony Pratt and other rich listers face more scrutiny as accounts are disclosed

Under the rules, a grandfathered large proprietary company is exempted because it was not required to lodge some financial information before changes to the Corporations Act in 1995.

The test for lodgement was ownership-based, rather than based on current economic significance and size. No new companies can be added to the list.

Companies previously on the list will have to comply with ASIC rules, lodging an annual financial report showing revenue, profit, debt and other measures.

Labor, Greens to support the change

Former independent senator Rex Patrick railed against the list in parliament, and repeatedly pushed legislation to amend the Corporations Act to abolish the list, which he said was not line with community expectations.

Changes to a bill dealing with a range of superannuation and tax matters passed the Senate on Thursday morning, with Labor and the Greens teaming up on the repeal of exempt proprietary companies from ASIC rules.

Labor has previously supported abolishing the grandfathered large proprietary companies and Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones expects the amended bill to pass both houses of parliament.

An amendment from Greens Senator Nick McKim, supported by Labor, was the mechanism for change.

The Coalition opposed the change, saying it would increase red tape in the economy.

Ms Gallagher noted Mr Patrick’s efforts to end the grandfathered corporations list under the former Morrison government.

“I’m sure that he will be very pleased to see this amendment pass. I acknowledge the efforts he took to try and put these arrangements in place,” she said.

“There is no clear economic or policy reason for continuing this exemption.”

Planned reviews were previously stopped by the Howard government while companies on the list with annual turnovers of more than $100 million faced losing their exemptions under laws passed by the Rudd-Gillard government. The laws would have required the Commissioner of Taxation to publish some tax information.

But the Coalition overturned that change, fearing directors could face kidnapping or commercial disadvantage from their information being made public.

Regulator has backed the change for years

ASIC recommended the list’s abolition in inquiries into corporate tax avoidance in the last three terms of parliament.

The regulator told parliament the former Coalition government was considering the recommendation to end rules for grandfathered large proprietary companies “in due course”. No action was ever taken.

On the latest public update were 12 companies that lodge financial reports under Tax Office significant global entity rules. Some data for the firms, including 7-Eleven Holdings, Suttons Investments and Baiada companies, is made public already.

In 2018, Mr Turnbull asked for his company, Turnbull & Partners, to be removed from the list, but ASIC said it had “no power” to remove firms, even at the request of an owner or director.

Thursday’s sitting of parliament is the last until September 5. The amended bill will be considered by the House of Representatives, where Labor has a majority.