Millionaires who pay no tax and Australia's richest and poorest postcodes revealed

Seventy-three millionaires paid no tax in 2017-18, while Australia's richest people live in Sydney's Double Bay, on average earning more than 13 times the nation's poorest, who live in central-west Queensland.

The latest taxation statistics for 2017-18 is based on information 14.3 million Australians reported in their tax returns.

It shows NSW postcodes had seven of the nation's average highest earners in the country, while Queensland had six of the lowest average earners.

There were 73 Australians who earned more than $1 million in the 2017-18 financial year that did not pay a cent of income tax, up from 69 the year prior.

Negative gearing remains a popular tax break.

More than 1.3 million of the nation's 2.2 million landlords declared a net loss on their investment properties.

Almost 1.8 million of those landlords had a mortgage on their property and were claiming interest deductions — that is about 80 per cent of property investors.

Australia's richest postcode: 2028

Postcode 2028, Double Bay, had the highest average taxable income, at $242,428.

The second average highest earners, with an average taxable income of $198,828, live in postcode 2027, taking in Sydney harbourside suburbs Darling Point, Edgecliff, HMAS, Rushcutters and Point Piper.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-18/tax-stats-2017-18-ato-millionaires-no-tax/12467016?nw=0

Australian MSM and Med cartel running defense

The conspiracy that kept 10,000 Victorians from getting a free COVID-19 test has been dismissed as “nonsense” but it keeps gaining traction.

Victoria’s Health Minister Jenny Mikakos stood in front of reporters on 3 July after it was revealed that 10,000 people in “hot zones” had refused free COVID-19 tests when doorknocked.

She gave an explanation that left the majority of Australians shaking their heads.

“Some people believe that coronavirus is a conspiracy or that it won’t impact on them,” Ms Mikakos said.

The comments provided fodder for blogs and news bulletins but they can’t be easily dismissed. There is a growing cohort of so-called experts fuelling the fire on non-traditional news websites and social media.

US President’s Donald Trump’s repeated comments about “fake news” don’t help, either.

But laureate professor at the University of Newcastle and editor-in-chief of the Medical Journal of Australia, Nick Talley, told news.com.au there’s “a lot of nonsense out there”.

He said he can “sort of understand what people are saying” when they question the case fatality rate but the suggestion that COVID-19 is just another flu should be shut down.

https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health/coronavirus-flu-conspiracy-theory-trashed-by-medical-experts/news-story/c921f2f1812cce67e957b5a302d3ba33

Georgia’s Republican Gov. Brian Kemp Sues Atlanta Mayor Keisha Bottoms Over Her Mask Mandate

Georgia Governor Brian Kemp (R) sued Atlanta Mayor Keisha Bottoms over her mask mandate.

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms is a Marxist and marched with Black Lives Matter militants last month

Kemp’s lawsuit alleges the Democrat Mayor lacks the authority to implement and enforce a face mask mandate and that she must obey his executive order.

Georgia’s Republican Governor Brian Kemp suspended all local mask mandates in an executive order on Wednesday.

Kemp overruled all local governments that issued an unconstitutional, mandatory mask ‘law.’

“Like all of the local mask mandates, Mayor Bottoms’ order is unenforceable. We continue to encourage Georgians to do the right thing and wear a mask voluntarily. If the Mayor wants to flatten the curve in Atlanta, she should start enforcing the current provisions of the Governor’s orders,” the statement read.

“What kind of message does it send when you have mandates already that people aren’t enforcing?” Kemp said. “I have grave concern about our young people and other people getting so reliant on the government that we lose the basis of what this country was founded on, and that’s freedom and liberty and opportunity for any one, any one.”

“I know that many well-intentioned and well-informed Georgians want a mask mandate and while we all agree that wearing a mask is effective, I’m confident that Georgians don’t need a mandate to do the right thing,” Kemp said Friday.

Mayor Bottoms remained defiant and said Kemp’s order would not stop Atlanta from enforcing the face mask mandate.

“I am not afraid of the city being sued, and I’ll put our policies up against anyone’s, any day of the week,” she said.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/07/georgias-republican-gov-brian-kemp-sues-atlanta-mayor-keisha-bottoms-mask-mandate/

U.S. Attorney: ComEd Bribes of Democrat Mike Madigan Show ‘Problem of Public Corruption’ in Illinois

U.S. Attorney John Lausch, Jr. announced Friday that the federal government had discovered that electric utility ComEd had been paying bribes and providing favors to Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan, the state’s Democratic kingpin.

Though Madigan was only identified as “Public Official A” in the announcement, his identity was unmistakable in what federal officials called “old fashioned patronage system,” as ABC 7 Chicago reported earlier:

For most of the last decade the powerful Speaker of the Illinois House, Rep. Michael Madigan, secretly benefited from bribes that electric utility ComEd now admits paying, according to criminal charges filed Friday by the U.S. Attorney in Chicago.

Madigan, a southwest side state representative since 1971, was not charged in today’s filing, but is clearly implicated in the scheme.

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Prosecutors state that the person identified as House Speaker Madigan “sought to obtain from ComEd sweetheart contracts and money for himself and various associates “such as precinct captains” who operated in his legislative district.

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According to the federal information filed Friday, ComEd “corruptly gave, offered, and agreed to give things of value, namely, jobs, vendor subcontracts, and monetary payments associated with those jobs and subcontracts” for the Speaker’s benefit and with “intent to influence” him and his associates.

At a press conference in Chicago on Friday, Lausch said ComEd had agreed to pay a $200 million fine — the largest in the history of the Northern District of Illinois. In return, the government would defer prosecution — as long as the company continued assisting with investigations. The deal will have to be approved by a federal court.

Madigan has not been charged in the scheme, which allegedly ran from 2011 to 2019.

Lausch said that the “speaks volumes about the very nature of the problem of public corruption here in Illinois.”

He described some of the favors granted to Madigan, including appointing a preferred candidate to the company’s board, hiring a law firm chosen by Madigan, and hiring interns from Madigan’s Chicago ward.

Madigan is considered the most powerful man in Illinois — more powerful than the governor. He controls the state through the power of a far-reaching patronage system. He has often been accused of corruption but has managed to evade criminal liability.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/07/17/u-s-attorney-comed-democrat-mike-madigan-bribe-scheme-shows-problem-of-public-corruption-in-illinois/

=Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin Suggests Smallest PPP Loans Should Be Forgiven

Banks and other stakeholders want to convert loans of less than $150,000 into grants

Businesses that took out such loans currently have to formally apply to have their loans forgiven

Small business advocates have complained that the application process is too long and complicated.

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin suggested on Friday that the smallest loans issued under the Paycheck Protection Program, or PPP, should be automatically forgiven by Congress during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Testifying before the House Small Business Committee, Mnuchin said: “One of the things we will talk about is should we just have some forgiveness for the small loans? I think that is something we should consider.”

However, Mnuchin did not specifywhat he considered a “small” loan.

But Mnuchin was likely was referring to a recent proposal from banks and other stakeholders who want to convert loans less than $150,000 into grants – which means they would not have to be repaid.

Under this proviso, about 86% of the 4.9 million PPP loans ( totaling $518.1 billion ) issued thus far would be forgiven.

Under current rules, PPP loans up to $10 million can become grants if the borrowers use most of the funds on payroll costs. However , the businesses that took out such loans have to formally apply to have their loans forgiven, and specifically document in detail that they used such funds for payroll and other qualified expenses. A coalition of nearly 150 groups told Congress that bypassing the complex loan-forgiveness application process would save more than $7 billion and hours of paperwork.

Small business advocates have long complained that the application process is too long and too complicated.

Mnuchin also said that Congress should extend the PPP during its next round of legislation. Mnuchin specifically said Congress should consider allowing restaurants and hotels, among the hardest hit businesses, to apply for a second PPP loan.

Politicians from both sides of the aisle supported plans to give more help to struggling small businesses.

“There are still challenges that are presenting obstacles for the nation’s smallest firms,” said Rep. Steve Chabot of Ohio, a Republican. “We aren’t done yet.”

However, Mnuchin warned that the next round of PPP should include safeguards to prevent acts of fraud, waste, and abuse.

“I think this time we need to have a revenue test and make sure that money is going to businesses that had significant revenue declines,” he said.

https://www.ibtimes.com/treasury-secretary-steven-mnuchin-suggests-smallest-ppp-loans-should-be-forgiven-3013100

>>9990264

Every country has been completely defeated by stealth. The US constitution and bill of rights are the last remaining legal documents stopping the Cabal attaining complete world domination. This is the fight that matters the sheep will follow once these documents are secured.

Nord Stream 2: EU Opposes US Sanctions on Companies 'Carrying Out Legitimate Business' - Borrell

https://sputniknews.com/world/202007171079918586-nord-stream-2-eu-opposes-us-sanctions-on-companies-carrying-out-legitimate-business—borrell/

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Biden campaign staffer mocked cops as worse than 'pigs,' called for defunding police

Sara Pearl has since deleted some of the social media posts

A supervising video producer for Joe Biden's presidential campaign tweeted a meme in June that urged people to stop calling the police "pigs" – but only because unlike the police, pigs are "highly intelligent and empathetic animals who would never racially profile you."

The videographer, Sara Pearl, also retweeted a user's comment that while "pigs are sweet, intelligent and compassionate," police officers are "monsters" who "don't deserve to be called pigs."

On June 1, Pearl tweeted simply, "#DefundPolice." Days later, she said Buffalo's police department should be "defunded immediately."

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-campaign-official-mocked-cops-as-worse-than-pigs

>>9989882

mass murder aka genocide