Sometimes the most terrible things provide the opportunity for us to change things for the better.
The footballer’s friend held Hayne’s sexual assault victim in “contempt” by spitting in her direction,yet he was granted compensation. The law needs fixing.
The carefully detailed ICAC report is damning for the former premier,but on the evidence,criminal charges are unwarranted.
Why is Australia outsourcing so much of its governing to private enterprise? It’s a question voters should be asking their MPs.
That the outgoing NSW government entered secret contracts for $5 billion on privatised bus services just before the election is disturbing at a number of levels.
The new National Anti-Corruption Commission will be an important addition to our democratic infrastructure. But it could be better.
Our freedom of information regime is moribund,destroyed by political cynicism and an obsession with secrets. It can and must be fixed for the sake of our democracy.
There is almost certain to be a backlash against ICAC,but to its credit it has decided to investigate.