A big fat ‘No’. Win on baby-food-to-China sale no fix for foreign investment secrecy
Government appeal fails at the third hurdle after years of fighting against disclosure of FIRB decision to sell ...
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."
SA Premier attacks Federal Government accountability
SA Premier, Peter Malinauskus has launched a legal attack that could erode Federal Government transparency and ...
A historic win against secretive government in more ways than one!
A South Australian Court of Appeal decision will open State governments up to significant scrutiny. It's a big win ...
War risk. Is Australia prepared for medicine shortages?
During the US-Israel-Iran War, all eyes were on fuel supplies. However, critical medical supplies potentially ...
Whistleblower laws. “Perfect the enemy of the good but this ain’t even good”
Whistleblowers get the blunt end of the stick in Australia. They do great public good but suffer for protection. ...
FOI to die? Albanese’s nuclear strike on transparency
To keep AUKUS nuclear waste plans secret, the Government has appealed an Administrative Review Tribunal ...
Children’s Guardian cover-up. Changing the law to justify sacking
The State Government is trying to stop MWM from reporting on the sacking of the NSW Children's Guardian, despite ...
AUKUS. From ‘best’ we’ll never get to second hand subs
Defence Minister Marles announced a change to the AUKUS submarine program: second-hand subs!
Substandard. The Auditor General’s verdict on Collins Class extension
The Auditor General's report on Defence’s project to extend the life of the Collins Class submarines declares it a ...
“Enhanced sustainment.” Collins Class subs to fight on – the true Budget hit
Buried (or sunk) in last week's Federal budget was another $6 billion to be spent extending the life of the ...
Public pressure leads to review of mandarins’ excessive salaries
Public pressure has now caused the Remuneration Tribunal to review how it sets salaries for our top bureaucrats.
If AUKUS were NDIS? Rising cost of elusive subs submerged in budget
The price of the AUKUS submarines program is rising while the chances of subs being delivered is sinking.
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