The making of a criminal … from a whistleblowerBy Rex Patrick | June 23, 2024The reasons of the South Australian Court of Appeal on why Richard Boyle will face criminal charges will make ...
Us and Them: Qantas execs and RoboDebt instigators are themBy Rex Patrick | June 22, 2024FOI reveals ASIC and ACCC officials spent as much time talking about sanctioning Qantas executives as it takes a ...
Richard Boyle appeal fails. Another deep blow for whistlebower protections.By Rex Patrick | June 19, 2024In a unanimous judgment, the South Australian Court of Appeal has stripped ATO Whistleblower Richard Boyle of ...
AUKUS ‘JobGiver’: a non-recourse handout to overseas companies and workersBy Rex Patrick | June 17, 2024The Morrison Government received the opposition's scorn for failing to include claw-back provisions in its ...
Talking the Talk: Dutton dumps climate commitment, Labor speaks with forked tongueBy Rex Patrick | June 9, 2024Peter Dutton's Coalition is abandoning Australia's climate targets while new FOI data show Labor's fossil fuel ...
Down Periscope: tragi-comedy of Australia’s submarine travails rolls onBy Rex Patrick | June 6, 2024Down Periscope is a submarine comedy; the Australian version is a comedic tragedy. Former Royal Australian Navy ...
Australia, Defence and the anti-Midas touch with submarinesBy Rex Patrick | June 2, 2024It was revealed at Senate Estimates this week that there’s a corrosion problem with HMAS Sheean, one of our ...
Dutton and Albanese playing nuclear politics. What’s the scam?By Rex Patrick | May 24, 2024Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been having a ball calling out Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s lack of ...
Time to regulate ‘Wild West Web’, audit social media algorithms?By Rex Patrick | May 21, 2024Social media algorithms are designed to drive advertising revenue to the platforms, not to benefit users. The ...
Secret Treasury advice. Neither frank nor fearless but dishonest and fearfulBy Rex Patrick | May 7, 2024Senior officials regularly give advice to Ministers and are paid very well to do so. But how frank and fearless is ...
Future Made in Australia? It’s all in the executionBy Rex Patrick | April 28, 2024Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s ‘Made in Australia’ policy could be bad, good or great for Australia, depending ...
Secret Defence docs: we need a large civilian workforce for AUKUS nuclear submarine reactorsBy Rex Patrick | April 26, 2024An internal report that Defence tried to keep secret highlights the high risks involved in growing a civilian ...