RLO rollback is payback
The Morrison Government wants to abolish the current obligation on banks to ensure people don’t borrow more money than they can afford. The banks are all for this and, what …
‘Disgraceful and profound betrayal…’ Maj General Paul Brereton
Words can scarcely describe the shame we feel knowing 39 Afghan non-combatant citizens were killed and brutalised by special forces of the Australian Defence Force. The shocking reality is that …
An unlawful act by Government costs $1.2 billion and no one gets the sack?
The Robodebt settlement yesterday allowed the Prime Minister and Government Services Minister to walk away from responsibility for this sorry case and avoid facing court. It means we, the taxpayers, …
Commonwealth Integrity Commission bill no surprise
The Attorney-General finally released the exposure draft of its CIC Bill. It is certainly a milestone but the Commission’s powers are very limited. MPs and some Federal agencies are more …
National anti-corruption commission urgent
Here’s a proposition: No one should be above the law, not members of parliament, not their staff, not public servants, not ordinary citizens. And another: Members of parliament should not …
Govt energy budget rort
The Prime Minister’s determination to ignore global warming and shower his fossil fuel and political mates with public money is on full display in this budget. $11 million to refurbish …
Govt. cuts budget scrutiny
Billions of dollars in government spending could go without scrutiny, after the Morrison Government slashed the Auditor General’s budget. The Government has quietly cut $14m from the operating budget of …
Read this and be angry!
Professors Don Driscoll, Bob Pressey, Euan Ritchie and Noel Preece have just published in The Conversation, the results of their survey of experts in government, industry and universities which found …
Doing the dirty on clean energy
The Coalition, in its vendetta against clean renewable energy, will this week push a bill through Parliament that obliges the Clean Energy Finance Corporation to manage a $1billion ‘Grid Reliability Fund’, …
Our donations policy released
The Australian Democrats intend to contest the next Federal election and we will certainly need donations to win seats in the Parliament but here is how we will deal with …