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."
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 ...
Trigger shy: dithering on the obvious fix for gas and electricity bills costs every Australian

Trigger shy: dithering on the obvious fix for gas and electricity bills costs every Australian

A simple solution to the gas crisis and rising energy bills is being ignored. In WA they earmark a portion of gas ...
Rex Patrick: has the Australian Senate lost its mojo?

Rex Patrick: has the Australian Senate lost its mojo?

The Senate has greater powers than a royal commission yet in recent years its authority has declined amid refusals ...
Prime Minister’s department ordered to come clean on Sports Rorts cover-up

Prime Minister’s department ordered to come clean on Sports Rorts cover-up

The Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet has been ordered to hand over the Gaetjens Report into the Sports ...
A sickening thought: medical fund secrecy is a corruption incubator

A sickening thought: medical fund secrecy is a corruption incubator

Secrecy around a huge $20bn fund for government grants, Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF), makes it a corruption ...
AUKUS was a tough sell already, and now it seems local industry will miss out

AUKUS was a tough sell already, and now it seems local industry will miss out

When Australia signed up to the AUKUS pact, it committed to enormously expensive nuclear-powered submarines. And ...
Falk Lines: Information Commissioner fights for the right to hide information indefinitely, que?

Falk Lines: Information Commissioner fights for the right to hide information indefinitely, que?

Information Commission, Angelene Falk, will argue in the Federal Court that she can take forever to handle FOI ...
No results found.

Don't pay so you can read it. Pay so everyone can!

Don't pay so you can read it.
Pay so everyone can!

Pin It on Pinterest