Stephanie Tran

Stephanie is a journalist with a passion for uncovering stories that hold power to account. With a background in both law and journalism, she has worked at The Guardian and as a paralegal, where she assisted Crikey’s defence team in the high-profile defamation case brought by Lachlan Murdoch. Her reporting has been recognised nationally, earning her the 2021 Democracy’s Watchdogs Award for Student Investigative Reporting and a nomination for the 2021 Walkley Student Journalist of the Year Award.
Graham Richardson

Graham Richardson

         Labor | Revolving Doors   The Hon Graham Richardson AO, also known as “Richo” was a Labor Party ...
The Ex-Files: where is the life for discards of the parliamentary bubble?

The Ex-Files: where is the life for discards of the parliamentary bubble?

Australia is a different place politically, and so is Canberra. Scott Morrison is no longer a one-man employment ...
Culture shock: Liberal exodus from Canberra into lobbyland as Labor staffers flood in

Culture shock: Liberal exodus from Canberra into lobbyland as Labor staffers flood in

After nine years of Coalition rule, a Liberal stampede out of Parliament House means political and social upheaval ...
Paying dues: party card is just the ticket for media giants

Paying dues: party card is just the ticket for media giants

Once again, the big four, the banks, lobby groups and the biggest industry players lined up to pay their dues to ...
Minerals, oil lobbies are not taxpayers (but guess who subsidises them?)

Minerals, oil lobbies are not taxpayers (but guess who subsidises them?)

Revealed: how the government is subsidising the coal lobby, via Minerals Council of Australia, to lobby it, itself
Steggall takes hatchet job, but will the chickens come home to roost for major parties?

Steggall takes hatchet job, but will the chickens come home to roost for major parties?

Spooked by independents, Liberals are happy to turn the spotlight turn on their opponents on political donations. ...
AEC cracks down on Twitterati, lets breaches by major political parties slide

AEC cracks down on Twitterati, lets breaches by major political parties slide

While the AEC has been blocking its critics on Twitter, it is not so diligent when it comes to policing myriad ...
Only Lib donations this year from biggest donor, billionaire Anthony Pratt

Only Lib donations this year from biggest donor, billionaire Anthony Pratt

Billionaire cardboard King Anthony Pratt, Australia's biggest donor, slotted the Liberal Party $1.2m via Pratt ...
Who didn’t replace the toner? How our ex-prime ministers spent a million bucks

Who didn’t replace the toner? How our ex-prime ministers spent a million bucks

Malcolm Turnbull may have memorably coined the term miserable ghost for Rudd and Abbott, but he and his ...
The hidden world of power and influence: donors pay top dollar for a seat at Ministers’ table

The hidden world of power and influence: donors pay top dollar for a seat at Ministers’ table

“We don’t live in a democracy anymore. We live in a plutocracy. The Australian political system is a wholly owned ...
Revealed: Rupert Murdoch’s crack team of Liberal Party fundraisers

Revealed: Rupert Murdoch’s crack team of Liberal Party fundraisers

News Corp columnists have continued to beat the bushes for the Coalition at fundraising events, the latest ...
Profits of punishment: the big business of Australia’s private prisons 

Profits of punishment: the big business of Australia’s private prisons 

Multinational prison contractors reap billion-dollar government contracts with soaring profits throughout the ...
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