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 - www.transparencywarrior.com.au.
Government pays lawyers 5x fee estimates to hide advice on how to reduce gas prices. What’s the scam?

Government pays lawyers 5x fee estimates to hide advice on how to reduce gas prices. What’s the scam?

The Federal Government is going to extraordinary lengths to prevent the public who pays them seeing a paper that ...
Rex Patrick’s Federal Court win a victory for transparency and a loss for government secrecy

Rex Patrick’s Federal Court win a victory for transparency and a loss for government secrecy

Does a change to a new Minister kill an ongoing FOI to the old Minister? Can a replaced Minister’s dirt be swept ...
AUKwardUS: Peter Dutton’s Albo nuclear wedge may cost us hundreds of billions

AUKwardUS: Peter Dutton’s Albo nuclear wedge may cost us hundreds of billions

Peter Dutton’s proposal for Australia to adopt nuclear power is a dumb idea, but it’s good politics. Anthony ...
The Attorney, the World Court and climate accountability

The Attorney, the World Court and climate accountability

Australia is about to intervene in a legal case of global significance relating to the obligations of countries to ...
Executive privilege. How to meet with the PM in private. What’s the scam?

Executive privilege. How to meet with the PM in private. What’s the scam?

According to his own diary, Anthony Albanese met with then Qantas CEO Alan Joyce on 23 November 2022. Yet, ...
AUKUS risks unveiled – is Australia sleepwalking into a submarines disaster?

AUKUS risks unveiled – is Australia sleepwalking into a submarines disaster?

It’s risk that brings down projects. Over the past month a number of serious risks have materialised in the AUKUS ...
Bushmaster Brush: Indonesia says no thanks to Marles’ military gifts

Bushmaster Brush: Indonesia says no thanks to Marles’ military gifts

Defence Minister Richard Marles has a proven, through AUKUS, he’s a naïve and incompetent buyer. He’s also proven, ...
What’s the scam with Snow Hydro 2.0 Chris – are they boring a secret bottomless money pit?

What’s the scam with Snow Hydro 2.0 Chris – are they boring a secret bottomless money pit?

It’s a document that purports to explain $6 billion in public expenditure. Yet Minister Chris Bowen is putting ...
Senior public servant gravy train: all profit and no accountability

Senior public servant gravy train: all profit and no accountability

Fat cat salaries, a post-career gravy train at their disposal and ‘gongs’ pinned on chests? Rex Patrick looks at ...
Mike Pezzullo. The demise of a Canberra’s “most powerful, divisive, and yet indestructible bureaucrat”

Mike Pezzullo. The demise of a Canberra’s “most powerful, divisive, and yet indestructible bureaucrat”

The not-so-distinguished service of former Secretary of Home Affairs Mike Pezzullo ended in a blaze of ignominy, ...
Subs, frigates and other vessels. Don’t drink the minister’s navy shipbuilding Koolaid

Subs, frigates and other vessels. Don’t drink the minister’s navy shipbuilding Koolaid

Defence Minister Richard Marles is hoping today’s announcement about the restructuring of the Royal Australian ...
Peter Dutton’s India escape and the secret meetings with the colourful coal baron

Peter Dutton’s India escape and the secret meetings with the colourful coal baron

Last November, at the time the Coalition were furiously bashing ‘Airbus Albo’ for his penchant for overseas ...

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