Who’s been smoking what?By Rex Patrick | July 25, 2023When the ABC broke the story in March that the Legalise Cannabis Party had made it onto the list of approved ...
Dutton’s Nuclear Folly: Small Modular Reactors a political mirageBy Rex Patrick | July 23, 2023As Peter Dutton talks up nuclear power, it is not surprising to see Andrew Liveris shifting his pitch from a ‘gas ...
How to make sure RoboDebt could never happen again: ditch Westminster, embrace the republicBy Rex Patrick | July 14, 2023Our system of government needs be knocked down and rebuilt. In RoboDebt's wake, Rex Patrick argues we require a ...
RoboDebt Royal Commission: Kathryn Campbell must be first to goBy Rex Patrick | July 7, 2023The 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 securityBy Rex Patrick | July 6, 2023Fuel 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!By Rex Patrick | July 2, 2023Every 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 gamblingBy Rex Patrick | June 22, 2023Australia’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 VoiceBy Rex Patrick | June 19, 2023Will 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 submarinesBy Rex Patrick | June 5, 2023Former 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 taxpayerBy Rex Patrick | May 17, 2023Far 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 helpBy Rex Patrick | May 13, 2023Kathryn 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?By Rex Patrick | May 8, 2023The Robodebt saga was not the Public Service’s finest moment. The recent release of the National Cabinet minutes ...