Outsourcing Government itself: the hidden privatisation of the public serviceBy Geordie Wilson | September 8, 2020The privatisation of the Australian Public Service is proceeding at a staggering pace. Documents accessed under ...
Coalition’s push for secret trials: behaviour of a tin-pot dictatorshipBy Ian Cunliffe | September 7, 2020Claims that the release of information poses a risk to national security can be used to avoid legitimate scrutiny ...
Coalition’s Banana Republic move: protecting lazy locals in battle with Google, FacebookBy Bernard Keane | September 2, 2020Everyone knocks Google and Facebook, but the government’s proposal to force them to hand a colossal sum of money ...
MPs’ ‘inexcusable’ behaviour is routinely excused in The Age of No ResponsibilityBy Michael Pascoe | August 27, 2020We live in a time when politicians saying “the buck stops here” only applies when there is not a problem, writes ...
ASIC grandly slammed by Harold Mitchell mates, must appeal Tennis Australia caseBy Stephen Mayne | August 26, 2020The Liberals have appointed all the key personnel to corporate cop ASIC. The decision on whether to appeal the ...
‘The only thing to fear is fear itself’ – the overreach of Australian anti-terror lawsBy Allan Behm | August 24, 2020Instead of crafting policies to tackle causes rather than symptoms of issues, Australian leaders have used terror ...
Attorney General Christian Porter breaches law over three years, claims it was a mistakeBy Kieran Adair | August 21, 2020Attorney General Christian Porter failed to disclose his use of controversial National Security Information (NSI) ...
Barnaby Joyce signed off $80m for Angus Taylor’s old company after zero was paid for same sort of water nearbyBy Kerry Brewster | August 20, 2020Same water, same valuer, $80m and nought. The same type of water licences for irrigation properties near those for ...
East Timor bugging scandal: Attorney General’s push for secret trial diminishes us as a nationBy Ian Cunliffe | August 19, 2020Christian Porter is waging war against Bernard Collaery and his client in pushing the line that the sky will fall ...
Barnaby’s Boondoggle: documents reveal $80m price for ‘Watergate’ licences was nearly twice valuationBy Kerry Brewster | August 17, 2020The Coalition paid the tax haven-linked Eastern Australia Agriculture nearly double what independent valuers ...
Covid-19 aged care guidelines: ‘They’re not a national plan. This is a plan!’By Dr Sarah Russell | August 16, 2020Dr Sarah Russell critically examines two documents that Scott Morrison asserts were the federal government’s ...
Gutless Wonders: when will politicians demonstrate the accountability they foist on the rest of us?By Elizabeth Minter | August 15, 2020From Robodebt to Ruby Princess, politicians are past masters at ducking responsibility, though busy prosecuting ...
Outsourcing Government itself: the hidden privatisation of the public serviceBy Geordie Wilson | September 8, 2020The privatisation of the Australian Public Service is proceeding at a staggering pace. Documents accessed under ...
Coalition’s push for secret trials: behaviour of a tin-pot dictatorshipBy Ian Cunliffe | September 7, 2020Claims that the release of information poses a risk to national security can be used to avoid legitimate scrutiny ...
Coalition’s Banana Republic move: protecting lazy locals in battle with Google, FacebookBy Bernard Keane | September 2, 2020Everyone knocks Google and Facebook, but the government’s proposal to force them to hand a colossal sum of money ...
MPs’ ‘inexcusable’ behaviour is routinely excused in The Age of No ResponsibilityBy Michael Pascoe | August 27, 2020We live in a time when politicians saying “the buck stops here” only applies when there is not a problem, writes ...
ASIC grandly slammed by Harold Mitchell mates, must appeal Tennis Australia caseBy Stephen Mayne | August 26, 2020The Liberals have appointed all the key personnel to corporate cop ASIC. The decision on whether to appeal the ...
‘The only thing to fear is fear itself’ – the overreach of Australian anti-terror lawsBy Allan Behm | August 24, 2020Instead of crafting policies to tackle causes rather than symptoms of issues, Australian leaders have used terror ...
Attorney General Christian Porter breaches law over three years, claims it was a mistakeBy Kieran Adair | August 21, 2020Attorney General Christian Porter failed to disclose his use of controversial National Security Information (NSI) ...
Barnaby Joyce signed off $80m for Angus Taylor’s old company after zero was paid for same sort of water nearbyBy Kerry Brewster | August 20, 2020Same water, same valuer, $80m and nought. The same type of water licences for irrigation properties near those for ...
East Timor bugging scandal: Attorney General’s push for secret trial diminishes us as a nationBy Ian Cunliffe | August 19, 2020Christian Porter is waging war against Bernard Collaery and his client in pushing the line that the sky will fall ...
Barnaby’s Boondoggle: documents reveal $80m price for ‘Watergate’ licences was nearly twice valuationBy Kerry Brewster | August 17, 2020The Coalition paid the tax haven-linked Eastern Australia Agriculture nearly double what independent valuers ...
Covid-19 aged care guidelines: ‘They’re not a national plan. This is a plan!’By Dr Sarah Russell | August 16, 2020Dr Sarah Russell critically examines two documents that Scott Morrison asserts were the federal government’s ...
Gutless Wonders: when will politicians demonstrate the accountability they foist on the rest of us?By Elizabeth Minter | August 15, 2020From Robodebt to Ruby Princess, politicians are past masters at ducking responsibility, though busy prosecuting ...