Select committee no substitute
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.
Defend democracy
Barry Jones says 40 years ago he feared it would require a great crisis to bring a more rational, evidence-based approach to long term problems.
Reform overdue in secrecy acts
Our submission to the Government’s Open Government Partnership commitments calls for a major review and reform of Commonwealth laws that allow secret prosecutions, trials and imprisonment. You didn’t know this …
Our submission on sports rorts
The Senate Committee inquiring into the administration of Sports Grants has accepted our submission and this is now public here: In addition to the use of grants for political advantage, …
Call to action on Timor prosecutions
Witness K and his lawyer Bernard Collaery are accused by Government prosecutors of being a threat to national security. Why? Because they blew the whistle on Australia’s shameful behaviour in …
Nanny needed
Photo: Mick Tsikas/AAP Once again, politicians are in the news, but not about the work of Parliament. Again, it’s about themselves. The Nth sequel in leadership assassinations was about the …
PM spinning out of control on sports rorts
What are we to make of the Auditor-General’s evidence to the Senate inquiry into sports rorts that 43% (290) of projects funded were ineligible? That the Prime Minister deliberately misled …
Beware government bearing ‘New Technologies’ for emissions reduction
Scott Morrison gives the impression he’s slowly crab walking his party away from the climate change denialism and obstructionism they’ve indulged in over the last decade by talking up the …
We’re with Zali Steggall MP
Independent Member for Warringah is about to introduce a bill that would set out a clear, step by step framework for reaching zero net emissions by 2050. Of course we …
Palmer buys election for coal
Revelations in the AEC’s report on donations made to political parties for last year’s election show democracy is under attack by big spenders, the biggest of which is Clive Palmer. …
