Carpark rort
It’s a while since a government rort hit the headlines but there it is – $660.4 million for car parks, described by the National Audit Office this week as not …
Immoral, vindictive and chillingly arrogant
Witness K told the Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague the rotten secret that Australia bugged its poorest neighbour to get the upper hand in negotiations over the wealth …
Accountability
Openness, accountability, truth and the public’s right to know are essential principles and protections in a democracy. . Accountability has been central to the work of the Australian Democrats in Federal …
Wasting time, energy and $s on oil refineries
It is beyond belief that the government would waste $2 billion to prop up oil refineries – money that should have been spent years ago improving both emissions and fuel …
Budget: Aged care
The $17.7 billion package for aged care is welcome but it is $3.5 billion/year whereas the Royal Commission recommended an additional $10 billion a year – much of which was …
Farewell National Covid Commission but what did it do?
The PM announced yesterday that the NCC Advisory Board Commissioners had answered “the call for their country’ and would be disbanded. However, other than to drive a large and publicly-funded …
Relocation policy on the run
The Government’s Relocation Assistance to Take Up a Job scheme – to provide a financial incentive for people to relocate to rural areas to take up seasonal work on farms …
Holgate: A gender issue? Absolutely.
Bullied out of her job, humiliated and unlawfully stood down, Christine Holdgate deserves justice. As everyone knows, Scott Morrison directed that she stand down – one of the most public, …
Had enough?
Have you had enough of vested interests running the country? Sick of divisive, partisan politics? Think it’s way time for serious action on global warming? Got the sense the major …
We need to stop Commission stacking
Sophie Mirabella is the latest political appointee to the Fair Work Commission – former MP outpolled by Independent Cathy McGowan in 2013 and again in 2016 in her seat of …
