Delay, deny, defend. The FOI process is brokenBy Rex Patrick | July 13, 2025The 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?By Rex Patrick | July 8, 2025It’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?By Rex Patrick | July 7, 2025Before the last election, a bureaucrat in the office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet attempted to embed ...
Chalmers’ tax reform must tackle corporate tax evasionBy Rex Patrick | July 4, 2025Treasurer 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 shipbuildingBy Rex Patrick | June 29, 2025As 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 spyingBy Rex Patrick | June 22, 2025It'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 secrecyBy Rex Patrick | June 15, 2025After more than four years, the Information Commissioner has compelled the Defence Dept. to hand over information ...
Secret nuclear testing at Lucas HeightsBy Rex Patrick | June 7, 2025What’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 billsBy Rex Patrick | June 7, 2025The 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 seatsBy Rex Patrick | June 1, 2025Taxpayers 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?By Rex Patrick | May 31, 2025Newly minted Industry Minister, Tim Ayres, has hinted at a future federal gas reservation policy. He may be ...
Who’s afraid of Virginia submarines never arriving? Not usBy Rex Patrick | May 27, 2025A US Congressional analyst says the US will not be able to transfer Virginia-class submarines to Australia. Do our ...