Anna MacDonald

Sydney

Former journo at Mumbrella and The Mandarin. Views are my own. Not really using Twitter anymore. (she/her)

Articles

Morning Mail: Chalmers warns of Trump effect on economy, Ukraine drones target Moscow, EV sales falter | Australia news | The Guardian

Nov 11, 2024 | theguardian.com | Anna MacDonald

Treasurer cautions that Republican leader’s second term will affect the Australian economy
ATO spruiks almost $100 billion in taxes paid in 2022-23

Nov 3, 2024 | themandarin.com.au | Tom Ravlic |Julian Bajkowski |Adam Graycar |Anna MacDonald

The federal government’s further funding of the Australian Taxation Office’s tax avoidance taskforce has netted almost $100 billion in tax from big businesses during the 2022-23 financial year, according to the latest Corporate Tax Transparency report released this week. This is the 10th year in which the transparency report has been released and deputy commissioner Rebecca Saint said it is the highest amount of tax paid reported since the first report was published 10 years ago.
PwC Australia faced expulsion from global network

Nov 3, 2024 | themandarin.com.au | Tom Ravlic |Julian Bajkowski |Anna MacDonald |Jackson Graham

If PwC Australia failed to comply with these demands, it faced expulsion from the global network. Letters from PwC International to PwC Australia published by the parliamentary committee on corporations and financial services detail the iron grip the global firm has – and continues to have – on the local firm’s ability to freely communicate with media, other stakeholders, parliamentary committees and regulatory authorities.
Regulator clears PwC on four counts, five remain live

Oct 24, 2024 | themandarin.com.au | Tom Ravlic |John Blaxland |Melissa Coade |Anna MacDonald

The Tax Practitioners Board has finalised four of nine outstanding matters relating to the PwC tax policy confidentiality, with no further action recommended. TPB chair Peter de Cure advised Senate estimates last June that the tax agent regulator had nine cases on its books related to breaches by the firm and former partner Peter Collins of the code of professional conduct in the Tax Agent Services Act 2009.
Queensland leaders make final election pitches to public servants

Oct 24, 2024 | themandarin.com.au | Laine Clark |Savannah Meacham |Anna MacDonald |Daniel Holmes

Queensland opposition leader David Crisafulli has denied any plan to cut public sector wages or headcount if he wins the state election. In the final days of the election campaign, the Queensland Council of Unions says its members are confused about what a Liberal National (LNP) government would mean for the state workforce. Premier Steven Miles has capitalised on this, warning a Liberal National (LNP) government would repeat Campbell Newman’s public service cuts and public asset selloffs.
Public Sector Women in Leadership Summit

Oct 20, 2024 | themandarin.com.au | Melissa Coade |Scott Hamilton |Stuart Kells |Anna MacDonald

Taking place across seven Australian capital cities, and after six massive events in August, this summit will be our biggest ever, featuring four of the most inspiring women in leadership to grace the national and the world stage.
Genome of the endangered eastern quoll (Dasyurus viverrinus) reveals signatures of historical decline and pelage color evolution - Communications Biology

May 24, 2024 | nature.com | Stephen R. Frankenberg |Natasha Robinson |Anna MacDonald |Christopher P. Burridge |Karrie Rose |Rachel O’Neill | +2 more

AbstractThe eastern quoll (Dasyurus viverrinus) is an endangered marsupial native to Australia. Since the extirpation of its mainland populations in the 20th century, wild eastern quolls have been restricted to two islands at the southern end of their historical range. Eastern quolls are the subject of captive breeding programs and attempts have been made to re-establish a population in mainland Australia. However, few resources currently exist to guide the genetic management of this species.
Genome of the endangered eastern quoll (Dasyurus viverrinus) reveals signatures of historical decline and pelage color evolution.

Nov 25, 2023 | biorxiv.org | Gabrielle Hartley |Stephen R. Frankenberg |Natasha Robinson |Anna MacDonald

AbstractThe eastern quoll (Dasyurus viverrinus) is an endangered marsupial mesopredator native to Australia. Since the extirpation of the last mainland Australian populations in the late 20th century, wild populations of this species have been restricted to two islands at the far southern end of its historical range. Eastern quolls are the subject of captive breeding programs and attempts have recently been made to re-establish a population in mainland Australia through translocations.
Reference genome of the endangered eastern quoll (Dasyurus viverrinus)

Sep 7, 2023 | biorxiv.org | Gabrielle Hartley |Natasha Robinson |Anna MacDonald |Stephen R. Frankenberg

AbstractThe eastern quoll (Dasyurus viverrinus) is an endangered marsupial mesopredator native to Australia. Since the extirpation of the last mainland Australian populations in the late 20th century, wild populations of this species have been restricted to two islands at the far southern end of its historical range. Eastern quolls are the subject of captive breeding programs and attempts have recently been made to re-establish a population in mainland Australia through translocations.
A global biodiversity observing system to unite monitoring and guide action - Nature Ecology & Evolution

Aug 24, 2023 | nature.com | Andrew Gonzalez |Patricia Balvanera |Peter J. Bellingham |Andreas Bruder |Jeannine Cavender-Bares |Jonathan Chase | +45 more

The rate and extent of global biodiversity change is surpassing our ability to measure, monitor and forecast trends. We propose an interconnected worldwide system of observation networks — a global biodiversity observing system (GBiOS) — to coordinate monitoring worldwide and inform action to reach international biodiversity targets. The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KM-GBF) provides a vision for living in harmony with nature that will have lasting benefits for humanity1.