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."
Spies Like Us: how natsec and Attorneys-G meddle with justice, whistleblower David McBride

Spies Like Us: how natsec and Attorneys-G meddle with justice, whistleblower David McBride

"National security claims" too easily trump the actual delivery of justice in our courts. Rex Patrick looks at ...
Death of Sovereignty: everyday Australians will pay the cost of US kowtowing, AUKUS, inevitable war

Death of Sovereignty: everyday Australians will pay the cost of US kowtowing, AUKUS, inevitable war

The spiraling cost of our alliance with the United States goes way beyond the $368B AUKUS deal and joined ...
Plibersek Pressure: extend a $13bil dud, or deliver Murray Darling Basin Plan 2.0?

Plibersek Pressure: extend a $13bil dud, or deliver Murray Darling Basin Plan 2.0?

The Murray-Darling Basin Plan has less than 12 months to run. Everyone accepts the objectives of the Plan will not ...
Half a bil per aerial truck for the Royal Australian Air Force – what’s the scam?

Half a bil per aerial truck for the Royal Australian Air Force – what’s the scam?

The Albanese Government’s purchase of new transport aircraft provides an interesting insight into the eye-watering ...
Yes to Kathryn Campbell’s plum job Prime Minister, but why?

Yes to Kathryn Campbell’s plum job Prime Minister, but why?

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese signed off on Kathryn Campbell’s termination on June 21, 2022, the day before he ...
Who’s been smoking what?

Who’s been smoking what?

When the ABC broke the story in March that the Legalise Cannabis Party had made it onto the list of approved ...
Dutton’s Nuclear Folly: Small Modular Reactors a political mirage

Dutton’s Nuclear Folly: Small Modular Reactors a political mirage

As Peter Dutton talks up nuclear power, it is not surprising to see Andrew Liveris shifting his pitch from a ‘gas ...
How to make sure RoboDebt could never happen again: ditch Westminster, embrace the republic

How to make sure RoboDebt could never happen again: ditch Westminster, embrace the republic

Our system of government needs be knocked down and rebuilt. In RoboDebt's wake, Rex Patrick argues we require a ...
RoboDebt Royal Commission: Kathryn Campbell must be first to go

RoboDebt Royal Commission: Kathryn Campbell must be first to go

The royal commission into one of the nation's most shameful episodes of public administration will be handed down ...
Forget toilet paper — try no food, fuel or medicine. Why Canberra needs to act on fuel security

Forget toilet paper — try no food, fuel or medicine. Why Canberra needs to act on fuel security

Fuel storage tanks aren't "sexy" like subs and jets but it is high time the Federal government spent as much ...
Labor’s Solar Rorts unveiled – replete with colour spreadsheet!

Labor’s Solar Rorts unveiled – replete with colour spreadsheet!

Every properly organised taxpayer funded rort has a spreadsheet. And this one does too. With new FOI documents to ...
Revealed: Peter Costello’s Future Fund has $280m punt on the pokies, lotteries and online gambling

Revealed: Peter Costello’s Future Fund has $280m punt on the pokies, lotteries and online gambling

Australia’s sovereign wealth fund manages more than $200 billion of taxpayer’s funds but does so with a notorious ...
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