“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 ...
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."
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.
“Disingenuous”. Minister blindsided as Australia stumbled into Iran war
Defence Minister Richard Marles was not informed until after US submarine with three Australian Navy personnel ...
Transparency wins as Tribunal rebukes government secrecy
The Administrative Review Tribunal has rebuked the Government over the lead lining it's wrapping around plans for ...
Snowy 2.0. A snow-job costing taxpayers twenty times its budget
The newly revealed $40B blowout on Snowy 2.0 is shocking, but not surprising. Former senator Rex Patrick on ...
Secrecy culture vs transparency. Albanese’s FOI cost scam
The Albanese Government claims that the Freedom of Information system is costing too much, but it's the secrecy ...
“Deeply concerning” says UK Parliament report on AUKUS progress
A UK House of Commons Defence Committee report pointing out the unlikelihood of successful AUKUS delivery has just ...
Fat Cats and the Pezullo report. So keen for secrecy, they’d rather admit failure
In its pitch to keep the “Pezzullo Report” secret, the Australian Public Service Commission has given sworn ...
Chinese Whispers. Broken promises on Port of Darwin buy-back
At the last election both sides of politics promised to return the Port of Darwin to Australian hands. FOI reveals ...
Where are the AUKUS nuclear waste costings (let alone the dump sites)?
Defence is supposed to provide ‘cradle to grave’ costings for proposed capability before a procurement is ...
Fuel price gouging. War profiteering and government dissembling
Greedy fuel companies are taking advantage of war, while politicians tell us they’re going to deal with those ...
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