“Admit it, and move on”: Rex Patrick on Australia’s East Timor spying
It's 21 years since the Howard Government spied on Timor-Leste but the National Archives is still stonewalling on ...
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."
FOI win as Information Commissioner rebukes Defence secrecy
After more than four years, the Information Commissioner has compelled the Defence Dept. to hand over information ...
Secret nuclear testing at Lucas Heights
What’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 bills
The 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 seats
Taxpayers 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?
Newly 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 us
A US Congressional analyst says the US will not be able to transfer Virginia-class submarines to Australia. Do our ...
Hero Richard Boyle pleads guilty to being a whistleblower.
After the South Australian Court of Appeal ruled that he had no protection under Commonwealth whistleblower laws, ...
Rudd talking the AUKUS talk in Washington, but is the US walking?
A new FOI reveals Kevin Rudd has been talking the AUKUS talk, with success. But no amount of talk will cause the ...
Transparency. Is Labor’s large majority a threat to truth in government?
Information is the currency of power in a democracy. It’s what allows informed debate and scrutiny of Government. ...
Fat cat salaries and the secretive Remuneration Tribunal
Our top civil servants are being paid exceptionally well by international standards and much more than our Prime ...
Election brinkmanship. Defence Dept mute on East Coast AUKUS bases
The location of Australia's nuclear submarine bases on the East Coast is so sensitive that the Defence Department ...
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