{
  "id": 11094949,
  "title": "Microsoft’s datacentres and Optus owner among firms paying zero tax on billion-dollar Australian revenues",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/microsofts-datacentres-and-optus-owner-among-firms-paying-zero-tax-on-11094949",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-01T02:30:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian Australia",
    "slug": "the-guardian-australia",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/01/microsoft-optus-singtel-netflix-corporations-paying-no-tax-australia-ato"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "ATO database names big companies – including Microsoft subsidiary and Netflix – that pay little corporate tax but notes there could be legitimate reasons Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Microsoft’s datacentre business and the Optus parent Singtel are among a string of major corporations generating billions of…",
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        "outlet": "The Guardian",
        "title": "Microsoft’s datacentres and Optus owner among firms paying zero tax on billion-dollar Australian revenues",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/microsofts-datacentres-and-optus-owner-among-firms-paying-zero-tax-on",
        "published": "2026-10-01T02:30:06.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}