Fuel crisis – Government’s playbook revealedBy Rex Patrick | March 8, 2026Rex Patrick obtained the government's Fuel Security crisis document on FOI. What happens when petrol prices from ...
Legislative harakiri. A rare win for transparency as FOI bill deadBy Rex Patrick | March 6, 2026The Albanese Government's attempt to further limit transparency has been killed off. Widely condemned and ...
“Pack of Mongrels”. Politics beats extinction of Maugean SkateBy Rex Patrick | March 3, 2026A decision brief on protecting the threatened Maugean Skate shows that the Labor Government puts wildlife ...
Bondi Beach bounty – $5000 a dayBy Rex Patrick | March 2, 2026Is public service pay too high? Head of Bondi Beach massacre inquiry Dennis Richardson jags $5,000 a day for ...
Fat Cat bureaucrats. Rem Tribunal out of touch, out of sightBy Rex Patrick | February 25, 2026While top bureaucrats are now earning one million a year, the tribunal that decides who gets what is doing its ...
Spurning the Black Rod. Labor’s transparency dummy spitBy Rex Patrick | February 23, 2026Only Parliamentary nerds noticed. One such nerd Rex Patrick noticed and reports on a transparency dummy spit by ...
Submarine boasts, yet nuclear waste dumps submersed in secrecyBy Rex Patrick | February 16, 2026As the SA Premier basks in the campaign glory of a $3.9 billion downpayment on a shipyard for nuclear subs planned ...
Gambling advertising ban. Labor odds-on to do nothingBy Rex Patrick | February 6, 2026Doing nothing on gambling advertising isn’t enough for the Albanese Government; they want to ensure nobody does.
Shouted down by common sense. The end of Albo’s secrecy bill?By Rex Patrick | February 3, 2026It entrenches and broadens government secrecy and contradicts the transparency pledge Anthony Albanese made when ...
“Someone got to the Minister”. How fossil politics buried emissions dataBy Rex Patrick | February 1, 2026Why did the Albanese Government eliminate billions of tonnes of fossil fuel carbon emissions from public view. Rex ...
Hate Speech. Protecting Israel’s reputation in Australia just got cheaperBy Rex Patrick | January 26, 2026Israel’s reputation is treated as a strategic asset to be managed in Western media and political domains. Rex ...
The science of sacking. Be gone CSIRO scientists!By Rex Patrick | January 19, 2026CSIRO chief Doug Hilton announced he’s sacking 350 scientists, but the $965K pa head of the science body now ...