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NACC Inspector Furness states the obvious while Brereton obfuscates
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Comcars for the golden goose, no showers for the old gander
Both major parties find ways to rort the system and make taxpayers pay their private bills. Anika Wells is just the latest MP to be found out.
No docs here, says Home Affairs, of Nauru docs freshly signed
The Department of Home Affairs refuses to produce documents governing Australia’s offshore processing arrangement with Nauru, rejecting MWM’s FOI request.
After 27 months of secrecy, the ‘Jobs-for-Mates’ report lobs. What’s the scam?
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D-Notice. Australia seeks UK defence advice on censoring ‘servile’ media
Documents obtained by independent media outlet The Greyzone show Australia’s Attorney-General in discussion with secret British committee on controlling ‘submissive’ mainstream media.
Australia’s security abandoned to the folly of declining US empire
The earth has moved under our feet, and our massive security gamble is crumbling, but the government pretends nothing has happened.
Forget “the rules”, pollies should get their snouts out of the travel trough
The latest travel expensive outrage reveals once again how the major party politicians hide behind “independently determined rules” while rorting the system.
Nothing to see here, says Penny Wong about Israel brief she hasn’t read
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Hypocrisy Blitzkrieg: Anika Wells’ expenses meltdown opens can of worms
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Politicians’ Expenses, Trumps Gold Card & the Tim Tam government bailout | Scam of the Week
https://youtu.be/qmTj_e6mib8 Flying cans of worms in Canberra, again. This week on Scam of the Week, we look at the expenses pile on, why Anika Wells became the headline, and the part the outrage merchants never say out loud, everyone’s in the trough, Labor, Liberals,...
NACC Inspector Furness states the obvious while Brereton obfuscates
Today’s Joint Parliamentary Committee meeting examining the performance of the NACC made it abundantly clear that Commissioner Paul Brereton just doesn’t get it.
Comcars for the golden goose, no showers for the old gander
Both major parties find ways to rort the system and make taxpayers pay their private bills. Anika Wells is just the latest MP to be found out.
No docs here, says Home Affairs, of Nauru docs freshly signed
The Department of Home Affairs refuses to produce documents governing Australia’s offshore processing arrangement with Nauru, rejecting MWM’s FOI request.
After 27 months of secrecy, the ‘Jobs-for-Mates’ report lobs. What’s the scam?
After sitting on Lynelle Briggs’ No Favourites report for 27 months, the Government finally decides to release the jobs-for-mates report.
D-Notice. Australia seeks UK defence advice on censoring ‘servile’ media
Documents obtained by independent media outlet The Greyzone show Australia’s Attorney-General in discussion with secret British committee on controlling ‘submissive’ mainstream media.
Renewable energy hits half the grid as Coalition scaremongering hits overdrive
While the Coalition and Murdoch media ramp up their campaign against renewable energy, renewables set yet another record – 50.1% of the grid in November
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