$40 billion tank madness
Australia should buy long-range anti-ship missiles instead of more tanks. Tanks are a bad way to defend Australia.
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 …
Webinar with foremost advocate for an integrity commission: Stephen Charles
Please join our conversation with The Hon Stephen Charles AO, QC, former Judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal, on prevention of corruption in public service. Talking with AD President, …
Reducing gambling harm – our plan
With 75% of children believing gambling is just a normal part of sport, and casinos flouting money laundering laws, it’s time for the Federal Government to act. The Australian gambling …
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 …
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 …
Legal for politicians to lie?
The ABC’s RMIT fact-checker confirmed that political parties can lie with impunity in their advertising during federal election campaigns, or anytime really. Remember ‘Labor has secret plans to introduce a …
Donations Register 2021-22
Donor name state or territory $ Keith and Janet Keegan New South Wales 2,300.00 Lyn Allison Victoria 2,102.80
Collaery case ruled mostly open
The ACT Court of Appeal yesterday overturned a previous ruling in June that would have allowed the trial against Bernard Collaery to be held entirely in secret. The court said …
