Fighting for a Whistleblower Authority. Will we ever get one?
A bill to establish a Whistleblower Protection Authority is before a Senate Committee, and submissions are in. But ...
Rex Patrick
Rex Patrick is a former Senator for South Australia and, earlier, a submariner in the armed forces. Best known as an anti-corruption and transparency crusader, Rex is also known as the "Transparency Warrior."
Delay, deny, defend. The FOI process is broken
The Freedom of Information process is turning contemporary information useful for current debate and scrutiny into ...
Trump’s AUKUS review coming soon. Will he stop the folly?
It’s almost a month since the US announced a 30-day review to determine whether AUKUS fits within its ‘America ...
PM’s Caretaker Conventions. Who is taking care of whom?
Before the last election, a bureaucrat in the office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet attempted to embed ...
Chalmers’ tax reform must tackle corporate tax evasion
Treasurer Jim Chalmers is talking tax reform, and a public debate is long overdue. A key component should be to ...
“Accumulation of defects”. A-G report scathing on Navy shipbuilding
As the Navy embarks on the ambitious AUKUS program, the Auditor-General has handed Defence a ‘C minus’ on the ...
“Admit it, and move on”: Rex Patrick on Australia’s East Timor spying
It's 21 years since the Howard Government spied on Timor-Leste but the National Archives is still stonewalling on ...
FOI win as Information Commissioner rebukes Defence secrecy
After more than four years, the Information Commissioner has compelled the Defence Dept. to hand over information ...
Secret nuclear testing at Lucas Heights
What’s ANSTO not telling us about activities taking place at their Lucas Heights Nuclear reactor facility, and ...
‘Valley of death’ or mountain of spin? Gas reservation must be retrospective to cut power bills
The price of electricity in Australia could be halved, but the Government is shying away from giving Australians ...
Taxpayers to pay Pauline Hanson’s PHON $3m for no seats
Taxpayers will pay Pauline Hanson’s One Nation $2.98M for her not to win a single seat in the House of ...
Taboo. Can we finally talk about a gas reservation policy?
Newly minted Industry Minister, Tim Ayres, has hinted at a future federal gas reservation policy. He may be ...
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