COAG bill wrong on every count
Update 29/9: Senator Jacqui Lambie has said she won’t support the the offending Schedule 3 of the bill meaning it’s unlikely to pass. Defying the facts, bringing the law into …
Update: Porter forced to resign, blames the mob, ABC
The PM is deluded if he thinks this scandal ends with Porter’s resignation from Cabinet. Is he off to the backbench or is there a more junior portfolio in the …
Nuclear-powered subs high risk and provocative
The new pact between the US, UK, and Australia to share nuclear-powered submarine technology is certainly momentous but also high risk and provocative at so many levels.
Surveillance and secrecy ramps up
The bill rushed through the parliament with Labor support this week is just one of over 70 laws over the last decade or so that increase police powers of surveillance …
Self-serving and undemocratic bill now passed!
Update: The Party Registration Integrity Bill was quietly fast-tracked through Parliament last week with the support of Labor. This means we have just 3 months to comply with the new …
Why the nation needs the crossbench
Thanks to Senator Rex Patrick for successfully challenging the so-called national cabinet and all its secrecy. Yesterday Justice Richard White of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal ruled that the national cabinet …
Holgate $1.1 m settlement
Once more taxpayers will foot the bill, this time for the reckless act of the Prime Minister in demanding Christine Holgate resign as CEO of Australia Post for no good …
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 & integrity
Openness, accountability, truth and the public’s right to know are essential principles and protections in a democracy.