Rex Patrick on Labor’s Safeguard Bill: bigger holes than the Ozone but not beyond repairBy Rex Patrick | March 7, 2023The Government’s key emissions policy has been dealt a blow with a Senate Committee report showing the Greens are ...
Ending jobs for mates – Sophie Scamps’ bill for integrity, transparency in public appointmentsBy Callum Foote | March 6, 2023Sophie Scamps is introducing the ‘Ending Jobs for Mates Bill’ which intends to legislate a transparent and ...
Who will keep our submarine reactors safe?By Rex Patrick | March 3, 2023The decision to acquire nuclear submarines has been made. The important question is who will be responsible for ...
The Big Mac of avoidance: how intellectual property payments eat our tax revenueBy Callum Foote | March 2, 2023The most expensive thing in a McDonald’s Big Mac® is not the patty or the labour cost, but the intellectual ...
Safeguard Mechanism is great … for big polluters and landowners, not so much for the planetBy Callum Foote | March 1, 2023The Senate inquiry into the government’s key emission reduction policy, the Safeguard Mechanism, revealed broad ...
Robodebt and transparency failures: is the rule of law optional for the PM’s office?By Rex Patrick | February 28, 2023The Robodebt Commission lays bare a lack of regard for the rule of law among both ministers and public servants. ...
New Report: coal and gas emissions “set to soar” under Safeguard MechanismBy Callum Foote | February 27, 2023The government has "significantly underestimated" coal and gas emissions in its Safeguard Mechanism to curb big ...
Secret government Roundtable with media mates less love-fest than nat-secBy Michael West | February 26, 2023Documents reveal national security people involved in this week's Media Roundtable in Parliament House along with ...
AUKUS and B-52’s stand in the way of a treaty with IndonesiaBy Duncan Graham | February 26, 2023A recent meeting gives hope for a treaty with Indonesia. But there are obstacles on both sides of the Timor Sea, ...
Farmers, elders, Teals meet to thwart Santos fracking the Pilliga and the Liverpool PlainsBy Callum Foote | February 24, 2023Kamilaroi elders, farmers and politicians gathered under a temporary pavilion on the Gunn property east of ...
Qantas shareholders re-Joyce, not taxpayers, passengers and staffBy Michael Sainsbury | February 23, 2023The ebullience with which Qantas chief Alan Joyce announced the airline’s record half year pre-tax profit of $1.4 ...
Santos’ wins fracking approval for Towrie gas development from Environment Minister Tanya PlibersekBy Callum Foote | February 21, 2023Tanya Plibersek has quietly approved another Santos fracking project to go ahead in Queensland’s Surat Basin.
Banks hurtle to record profits turbocharged by Reserve Bank pandemic helpBy Callum Foote | February 21, 2023The Big Four banks are hurtling to a record $33bn profit this year fired by $13bn in risk free Pandemic aid. ...
Privatisation inquiry call: Cayman Island owners pay no penalty for Australian hospital failsBy Michael West | February 20, 2023The Sydney public hospital now controlled in the Cayman Islands is not subject to penalties for healthcare ...
The RBA Nine: Phillip Lowe cops the blame but who makes the decisions?By Callum Foote | February 18, 2023As interest rates rise, much of the blame is lumped on Phillip Lowe. But contrary to popular belief, the Reserve ...