
Abundant Resources, Absent Data
Publish What You Pay Australia Report on ASX listed mining, oil and gas companies operating on the African Continent
The Sun Herald - Australia’s murky financial data ‘frankly bizarre’

PRRT: Australia falls behind Cameroon, Burkina Faso on resource tax transparency

Coalition accused of giving in to oil and gas industry after failure to overhaul tax
Tax Justice Network accuses Malcolm Turnbull’s government of hypocrisy on petroleum resource rent tax.
The Tax Justice Network has attacked the Turnbull government’s review of the petroleum resource rent tax (PRRT), saying its recommendation to not overhaul the tax for existing oil and gas projects is a capitulation to the industry.
Aid Cuts Hurt Transparency

Australian Government needs to move beyond commitment of the Extractives Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI) principles to full implementation
Publish What You Pay (PWYP) Australia are highly critical of today’s announcement by the Australian Government to commit to the Extractives Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI) principles only. Actual commitment to implementation is the only way Australia can gain true transparency in the extractives industries…

Transparency is key for a fair tax system
The Australian Government’s plan to improve the transparency of the business tax system has the potential to ensure developing countries are not cheated out of their fair share of tax revenue, the Publish What You Pay Australia and Tax Justice Network Australia coalitions said today.

Australia should follow US in fighting corruption by requiring oil, mining and gas companies to report payments to governments
Australia should follow the lead of the US that has this week adopted new rules to stamp out corruption by forcing oil, mining and gas companies listed on the US securities exchanges to report all payments to governments in the countries in which they operate.