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 ...
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."
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
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!
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
Australia’s sovereign wealth fund manages more than $200 billion of taxpayer’s funds but does so with a notorious ...
Want to give First Nations real power in Canberra? Rex Patrick reckons a vote is preferable to a Voice
Will the Voice really achieve its objectives? Former senator Rex Patrick, who understands exactly how Canberra ...
AUKUS Fissile or Fizzer? Rex Patrick on the trouble with Virginia Class second hand submarines
Former submariner Rex Patrick looks under the hood of the second-hand Virginia-class nuclear submarines to see ...
Playing chicken to the detriment of democracy and cost to the taxpayer
Far too often, government departments and its agencies deny Freedom of Information requests without good reason. ...
Kathryn Campbell – from RoboDebt ignominy to plum Defence job with the PM’s help
Kathryn Campbell is to many the face of the governance scandal. But in stark contrast to those affected by ...
Robodebt Cancer – has our public service become the secret service?
The Robodebt saga was not the Public Service’s finest moment. The recent release of the National Cabinet minutes ...
Scott Morrison’s secrecy fetish exposed by release of National Cabinet papers
Secrecy has shrouded Scott Morrison's National Cabinet. In an epic transparency battle, Rex Patrick has finally ...
Fuel security! What fuel security? A government security blunder
Securing Australia's fuel supply is of strategic importance accoridng to Richard Marles. Yet, our fuel reserves ...
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