Crown cops it but doesn’t lose license yet
The Bergin inquiry report found Crown Sydney Gaming to be not a suitable ‘person’ to hold Sydney’s second casino license and the new Barangaroo Casino will remain closed. Commissioner Patricia …
Remember the banking commission?
The findings of the Haynes Royal Commission into Banking and Financial Services shocked us all – $1b stolen from customers, misconduct and greed on a grand scale. Two years on …
Sweet spin deal for the boys the latest rort
Richard Forbes, former media adviser to Nationals leader Mark Vaile, made a proposal to the PM and was given a contract, sans tender, for $189k for a project to show …
Pratt Holdings – donates $3m, gets $10m from fire fund
The world’s biggest privately-owned paper mill operation, owned by one of the richest people in Australia, Anthony Pratt, received $10m from the Federal Government under the Bushfire Local Economic Recovery …
Matt Kean for PM!
Amongst state energy ministers, Liberal, Matt Kean has arguably the most ambitious climate change abatement plan that he says is entirely consistent with conservatism and he is not afraid to …
Rorts watch
We are keeping tabs on the huge number of abuses of power by governments and their agencies – Federal and state – and it’s an alarmingly long list. We just …
RLO rollback is payback
The Morrison Government wants to abolish the current obligation on banks to ensure people don’t borrow more money than they can afford. The banks are all for this and, what …
‘Disgraceful and profound betrayal…’ Maj General Paul Brereton
Words can scarcely describe the shame we feel knowing 39 Afghan non-combatant citizens were killed and brutalised by special forces of the Australian Defence Force. The shocking reality is that …
An unlawful act by Government costs $1.2 billion and no one gets the sack?
The Robodebt settlement yesterday allowed the Prime Minister and Government Services Minister to walk away from responsibility for this sorry case and avoid facing court. It means we, the taxpayers, …
Commonwealth Integrity Commission bill no surprise
The Attorney-General finally released the exposure draft of its CIC Bill. It is certainly a milestone but the Commission’s powers are very limited. MPs and some Federal agencies are more …