We need to stop Commission stacking
Sophie Mirabella is the latest political appointee to the Fair Work Commission – former MP outpolled by Independent Cathy McGowan in 2013 and again in 2016 in her seat of …
March4Justice
We are proud to say that our male colleagues in the Democrats are strong supporters of gender equality and appalled by the behaviour of men that so damages women. None …
Coal obsession rort
The Auditor-General last week reported Shine Energy incapable of delivering on the $3.3 million ‘bankable’ feasibility study for the Collinsville coal-fired power station. Due diligence was incomplete, checks were not comprehensive, a probity …
Did that media code just get gutted by Facebook? Yes … an update
We were right – the Media Code is dead. A sweet side deal has been struck with News Corp and Nine Entertainment bypassing all the conditions in the Code and …
Sports rorts report going nowhere
This just-released Senate Administration of Sports Grants report makes some sensible recommendations but it was chaired by Labor’s Kristina Keneally and the Government wrote a strongly dissenting report, defending the actions of the …
Oh what a day for women!
March4Justice yesterday had women coming out in force – demanding change to the culture that reinforces male supremacy and power and the laws that do not punish perpetrators of rape …
Our OECD Sec-General
It is certainly a coup that an Australian will head up the OECD. Mathias Cormann may be the best person for the job, who knows? There was no selection process, …
Market gets rid of old, dirty Yallourn power
Update: Yallourn means high time for a carbon price says Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW 12 March. We couldn’t agree more – see here for our $30/tonne plan. Professor …
Flights to Qld the latest rort?
$1.2 billion is to be spent subsidising 50% of the cost of flights, 14 routes out of the 34 to Queensland. The capital cities of other states missed out which …
JobKeeper comes to premature end
The number of workers on JobKeeper dropped by more than half from 3.6 million individuals last September to 1.54 million in December but it is clear that there are many …