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 - www.transparencywarrior.com.au.
Special treatment: Jim Chalmers covers for super fund lobby on property fees

Special treatment: Jim Chalmers covers for super fund lobby on property fees

When the Labor Government took office, it did so with a clear promise that there would be greater transparency. ...
Saving Tasmania’s Maugean Skate – a victim of extinction politics

Saving Tasmania’s Maugean Skate – a victim of extinction politics

Estimates suggest there are only 140 Maugean Skates left in the world. Despite this, it appears there’s something ...
Snowy Hydro performance shrouded in secrecy. The three-step trick.

Snowy Hydro performance shrouded in secrecy. The three-step trick.

Snowy Hydro 2.0 keeps being delayed and keeps costing taxpayers more money. Yet, finding out how much and what the ...
Quantum Betrayal: why is the government favouring Palo Alto over Parramatta?

Quantum Betrayal: why is the government favouring Palo Alto over Parramatta?

Take Australian taxpayers’ money, ship it overseas and build groundbreaking capabilities for foreign corporations ...
Australia has censored the easy fix for electricity prices – Rex Patrick gets gas FOIs back

Australia has censored the easy fix for electricity prices – Rex Patrick gets gas FOIs back

Electricity prices are among the greatest costs facing Australians. Electricity prices are set by the gas price. ...
Studious Ambassador Rudd and his “big careful” AUKUS shipyard cost study

Studious Ambassador Rudd and his “big careful” AUKUS shipyard cost study

While Australian taxpayers are pouring $4.7B into the US submarine industrial base as part of the AUKUS deal, ...
Surreal failure: Department of Justice and NCAT in child protection cover-up

Surreal failure: Department of Justice and NCAT in child protection cover-up

In the wake of a scathing report into Child Protection by the NSW Auditor-General, the NSW Civil and ...
Reverse nuclear secrecy. Albo or Dutton? What’s the scam?

Reverse nuclear secrecy. Albo or Dutton? What’s the scam?

When MWM’s Transparency Warrior Rex Patrick recently received a document he had requested under FOI, he was ...
The ‘Ensuring Integrity Bill’ that Pauline Hanson defeated kept the CMFEU rorts rolling

The ‘Ensuring Integrity Bill’ that Pauline Hanson defeated kept the CMFEU rorts rolling

The CFMEU’s conduct has been known about for the better part of a decade and could have been stopped in 2019, but ...
Buried in Winter Break: how they played the media over a hot report into the Cashless Debit Card

Buried in Winter Break: how they played the media over a hot report into the Cashless Debit Card

What's the scam with dropping the Cashless Debit Card report at 10pm on Friday night ahead of Parliament's winter ...
No House? Two-party Senate squeeze on cross-bench locks in Defence spending debacle

No House? Two-party Senate squeeze on cross-bench locks in Defence spending debacle

On the last day of sitting before the winter parliamentary break, the Albanese Government, who’ve had bills ...
Should Australian politicians claim credit for the release of Julian Assange?

Should Australian politicians claim credit for the release of Julian Assange?

Anthony Albanese has not been prominent on Julian Assange, rather he’s been defensive. But the PM and senior Labor ...

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