Ganesh Sahathevan

PRESENTED AS REPORTED  ANWAR - NO INTEREST IN ANY COMPANY .  By Khaidir Abd Majid. 18 November 1993 Business Times20 FINANCE Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim yesterday denied any personal interest in any company. However, he said in the course of his duty as Finance Minister, he has always subscribed to the practice of being close to all companies. He was replying to a question raised by an opposition Member of Parliament during the winding-up debate on the Supply Bill 1994. Wee Choo Keong (DAP-Bukit Bintang) had asked about the relationship between Anwar and Idris Hydraulics managing director Ishak Ismail, and on why the Finance Minister was with MBf Holdings Group chief executive Tan Sri Loy Hean Heong on an overseas trip. Anwar said Ishak is a member of the Umno Permatang Pauh division which he heads, but the minister denied having anything to do with Ishak's business dealings. As for the suggestion relating to Loy, he said as Finance Minister he comes into contact with ma...

 by Ganesh Sahathevan  Laura Tingle is one of ABC's superstars, who is alos a member of its board of directors: Staff Elected Director 1 May 2023 – 30 April 2028 Laura Tingle has reported on Australian politics for more than 40 years and has worked for the ABC since 2018, having previously held senior positions in print media. She is the chief political correspondent for  7.30 . She has written four  Quarterly Essays , won two Walkley Awards, and is President of the National Press Club of Australia. As previously  detailed on this blog:, given the huge amounts paid to unnamed superstars  ABC payments to its superstars should be treated like unauthorised related party transactions ,and investigated as such This is clearly the case when the superstar is also a member of the board of directors.  Laura Tingle's total remuneration package must be disclosed, now that Tingle is a director of the ABC  there is no escape from that practise, if not rule. Th...

 by Ganesh Sahathevan        Colours of Palestinian flag fly over streets in Sydney, Brisbane and Perth as thousands attend rallies Politico reported : The images of Israel’s Iron Dome being overwhelmed by thousands of Hamas-fired rockets, as well as the scenes of Hamas assault teams swarming Kibbutzim and wracking passing cars with gunfire, will leave a traumatic legacy likely to shape Israeli politics for decades to come. Providing a more detailed analysis  Kerry Chávez  and  Ori Swed   state in te Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists :  Hamas’ recent attacks on Israel have shocked many with their brutality and disregard for the norms and laws of armed conflict. They have also surprised experts with their complexity and coordination, involving simultaneous linked and layered operations on land, air, and sea. While Hamas is a terrorist organization—and behaving like one—it is fighting more like a state military force. Small, tactical drone...

 by Ganesh Sahathevan The ABC's  payments to its superstars are not dissimilar to payments companies make to related parties. Related party transactions are not illegal, but they must be disclosed. This is not the case with the ABC which has chosen to conceal the names of its highest paid non-managerial employees.  The ABC is in effect an employee controlled company  despite its formal management structure given the power and influence employees, and in particular senior employees, have over its operations. While that may be the case in many media companies bound to a charter of independence, many of those in Australia are privately owned and shareholders  invariably have the final say, either via their boards, or in the case of listed companies, selling their shares and driving down the value of the company. The ABC on the other hand is taxpayer funded, and its journalist are not shy of using their platform to fight any changes to its funding arrangements....