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.
The making of a criminal … from a whistleblower

The making of a criminal … from a whistleblower

The 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 them

Us and Them: Qantas execs and RoboDebt instigators are them

FOI 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.

Richard Boyle appeal fails. Another deep blow for whistlebower protections.

In 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 workers

AUKUS ‘JobGiver’: a non-recourse handout to overseas companies and workers

The 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 tongue

Talking the Talk: Dutton dumps climate commitment, Labor speaks with forked tongue

Peter 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 on

Down Periscope: tragi-comedy of Australia’s submarine travails rolls on

Down Periscope is a submarine comedy; the Australian version is a comedic tragedy. Former Royal Australian Navy ...
Australia, Defence and the anti-Midas touch with submarines

Australia, Defence and the anti-Midas touch with submarines

It 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?

Dutton and Albanese playing nuclear politics. What’s the scam?

Prime 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?

Time to regulate ‘Wild West Web’, audit social media algorithms?

Social 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 fearful

Secret Treasury advice. Neither frank nor fearless but dishonest and fearful

Senior 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 execution

Future Made in Australia? It’s all in the execution

Prime 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 reactors

Secret Defence docs: we need a large civilian workforce for AUKUS nuclear submarine reactors

An internal report that Defence tried to keep secret highlights the high risks involved in growing a civilian ...

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