Boscutti Report — Scott Morrison

CANBERRA (Boscutti Report) — Treasurer Scott Morrison has called a special press conference to clarify the government’s standing on company tax cuts. Mr Morrison said if people think the planned company tax cuts will boost wages ‘they’re fucking dreaming.’ ‘Company tax cuts have got nothing to do with wage growth,’ he said. ‘If anything the extra money in company coffers will trigger buyback of shares that will boost stock prices and the bonuses of senior executives.’ ‘Australian workers will continue to be short-changed.’ Recent American company tax cuts have seen less that 3 percent flow onto wage increases for workers.

CANBERRA (Boscutti Report) — Treasurer Scott Morrison has been called on to assure voters after a fallout between Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Deputy Prime Minister and National Party Leader Barnaby Joyce following Mr Joyce’s affair with a senior staffer. ‘The issue is about standards,’ he said. ‘This is about having sex with one of your staff when you’re a person of power and influence as a minister.’ Mr Morrison said the solution was to move ministerial staffers from paid employment to independent contracts. ‘As independent contractors they have no rights or benefits whatsoever,’ he said. ‘So you can fuck...

CANBERRA (Boscutti Report) — The Minerals Council of Australia has admitted it makes donations to political parties to buy politicians, an unusually candid statement from a donor about the influence of money in politics. The mining lobby group's submission to a Senate committee examining the role of donations in Australia's political system contrasts with the explanations given by other lobby groups and businesses, which said their donations were intended to support democratic processes. A spokesman for the Minerals Council of Australia said making donations was part of investing in the political infrastructure. ‘The MCA makes political contributions because they provide...