It’s a great privilege to be elected to Parliament and to create laws that shape society and guide workplaces across Australia. However, some male parliamentarians see it differently. For them …
The world’s biggest privately-owned paper mill operation, owned by one of the richest people in Australia, Anthony Pratt, received $10m from the Federal Government under the Bushfire Local Economic Recovery …
We are keeping tabs on the huge number of abuses of power by governments and their agencies – Federal and state – and it’s an alarmingly long list. We just …
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 …
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 …
Resurrecting company tax cuts amounts to a corporate giveaway. This money – $147.2 billion over the first 6 years – would be better spent on economic recovery. Indeed, all the evidence …
Branch stacking in the Labor Party ain’t exactly new so good to see the Premier finally sacking Adem Somyurek and referring him to IBAC but it’s not enough. The 2014 …
It now appears the cost of the damage done to people by Robodebt is around $1 billion. We don’t begrudge anyone compensation but this is a massive cost that should have …
The Government has just said it will repay $721 million raised by 470,000 debt notices unlawfully imposed on welfare recipients in one of the most punitive and incompetent debacles yet …
It is somewhat reassuring that a Senate Select Committee has been established to ‘inquire into the Australian Government’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic.’ However, it is still preferable for Parliament to sit.
