Cinemas closing as govt claws back $10 million
The government has decided to pocket almost half of the $20 million it committed to independent community-based cinemas as part of the SCREEN Fund.
Lyn Allison, AD Pres, on Reddit
Delighted to be joining the Reddit community for a chat on Saturday 11 Dec, 5 pm – my first on this platform.
We made it!
Yesterday we submitted a list of 1,650 of our members to the Australian Electoral Commission under new rules that trebled the number of members required for registration as a political …
What a week!
Disgusting accusations, growling, shouting, standover tactics by the PM re floor-crossing, dogged insistence on keeping ‘national cabinet’ minutes and alleged rape response secret, guest workers exploitation revealed. Truly, this all happened. …
Dark money – a radical plan to stop ‘governments for rent’
Former Liberal Party Treasurer, Michael Yabsley, is proposing caps of $200 in political donations, caps on expenditure and removal of all public funding of elections, forcing parties to ‘regrow their …
Rorting public resources stays secret
So, the Department of Finance says telling the public about improper use of electorate staff to faction-stack on the public purse is contrary to the public interest. We beg to …
COP26 not a great start
In the opening ceremony of COP26 UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres called on world leaders to escalate climate action saying the world’s nations are “digging our own graves”. The UN Emissions Gap Report shows that …
It’s not a plan – just bad slogans and empty rhetoric
As predicted, there is nothing new in what the Prime Minister will take to Glasgow. A booklet, a slideshow of meaningless graphs and symbols and a firm commitment to stick …
Secret deal with the Nats
So, now we are expected to be glad that the National Party is satisfied with the deal that allows them to give ‘in-principle support for the goal of net-zero emissions …
Has the prosecution not placed the wrong accused in the dock?
So asks former Supreme Court of Appeal Judge, Stephen Charles, who has written an explosive forensic account of the shameful, ongoing treatment of lawyer and former ACT attorney general, Bernard …