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."
A Royal Dud: Queen’s death FOI debacle shows Australia’s transparency system is bust

A Royal Dud: Queen’s death FOI debacle shows Australia’s transparency system is bust

The institutions responsible for transparency prevents citizens getting timely access to information to hold the ...
Documents show no sign Albanese government lobbied the US to bring Julian Assange home

Documents show no sign Albanese government lobbied the US to bring Julian Assange home

The government is hosting a media freedom roundtable yet Freedom of Information inquiries show no evidence of ...
The Secret Diary of a Prime Minister

The Secret Diary of a Prime Minister

A fee of $1,344 to process a Freedom of Information request for PM Anthony Albanese's diary is "outrageous" says ...
The dog ate my Cabinet document: Christian Porter’s vanishing rorts advice

The dog ate my Cabinet document: Christian Porter’s vanishing rorts advice

First a Morrison government whitewash, next disappearing advice from former Attorney-General Christian Porter. On ...
Dear US Congress, thank you for saving Australia from itself

Dear US Congress, thank you for saving Australia from itself

Is "bad news" out of US Congress about an AUKUS nuclear submarine deal a blessing in disguise? Former submariner ...
Dumb Ways to Buy: Defence “shambles” unveiled – former submariner and senator Rex Patrick

Dumb Ways to Buy: Defence “shambles” unveiled – former submariner and senator Rex Patrick

"The AUKUS nuclear submarine project will bleed the Australian Defence Force white", on top of the billions in ...
It’s a trap: mooted gas cap plays into the hands of the cartel, locks in high energy prices

It’s a trap: mooted gas cap plays into the hands of the cartel, locks in high energy prices

National Cabinet is to consider capping the gas price at $12 when National Cabinet meets Friday. At that high ...
Rex Patrick: “exceptional circumstances” choke National Anti-Corruption Commission

Rex Patrick: “exceptional circumstances” choke National Anti-Corruption Commission

Labor may rue the day it mired the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) in secrecy. Transparency warrior Rex ...
Rex Patrick: Government credibility on the line amid Boyle, McBride whistleblower trials

Rex Patrick: Government credibility on the line amid Boyle, McBride whistleblower trials

Relentless prosecution of whistleblowers David McBride and Richard Boyle may damage the credibility of Australia's ...
Come on Mr Attorney-General, transparency is more than a cry for opposition benches

Come on Mr Attorney-General, transparency is more than a cry for opposition benches

Has the government forgotten who employs it? Everyone should get their Freedom of Information requests dealt with ...
A Perfect Slime: Scott Morrison’s slippery Sports Rorts report just the fix for Bridget McKenzie

A Perfect Slime: Scott Morrison’s slippery Sports Rorts report just the fix for Bridget McKenzie

It's a Sports Rorts whitewash. Scott Morrison's former chief-of-staff and top bureaucrat Philip Gaetjens ...
Lawyers’ picnic: cost of government advice escalates as big law firms ride $1bn gravy train

Lawyers’ picnic: cost of government advice escalates as big law firms ride $1bn gravy train

Law firms the big winners in government funded litigation bonanza. Rex Patrick reports on the lawyers' picnic, the ...
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