Once again,In the face of catastrophe and in the worst circumstances,the best Australian characteristics shone through.
Almost 90 per cent of reports to the National Anti-Corruption Commission are dismissed as irrelevant – but have recent whistleblower prosecutions deterred those who know about serious wrongdoing?
Independent MP Monique Ryan will seek support for the draft law to tighten the lobbying rules and force much greater disclosure on federal ministers.
Two whistleblowers facing trial need more than ‘a discussion paper by Christmas’ from a government that’s promised better protections,the independent MPs say.
Flagrant breaches of Commonwealth grants rules and unethical behaviour were revealed in the peak audit body’s review of the Coalition scheme.
Independent Helen Haines and the Coalition’s Michelle Landry have separately complained to the Speaker about the personal abuse of first-term MP Max Chandler-Mather.
While the opposition claimed the government dropped the ball on security,the crossbench questioned why they weren’t given more time to debate the renewal of Nauru as an offshore detention location.
The federal MP for Indi talks about where the government spends too much (and too little),whether two-party politics is dead – and her 36-year marriage.
Expressing frustration with the Albanese government’s messaging ahead of the referendum,teal independents are launching their own grassroots campaigns.
Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus will soon refer the government’s pick for the top job to a new parliamentary committee for approval.
In its submission to a parliamentary inquiry,the NSW government said some people in the state subscribed to two mobile service providers and had two mobile numbers to maintain coverage.