There are significant gaps in federal anti-corruption measures, a Federal ICAC is needed to fill the gaps.
Category: Politics
NSW medicinal cannabis bill fails
The NSW Government has voted down legislation that would decriminalise cannabis possession.
Clearing homeless camps will make the problem worse
“You can’t solve homelessness without housing.”
There is no private ‘Utopia’
Government is the only one working to create a ‘Utopia’.
Council administrators: caretakers or career builders?
Standing for election, selling off assets… council administrators are in the firing line.
Political reformation
A referendum on fixed terms will succeed only if other constitutional changes are made.
Spyware merchants: the risks of outsourcing government hacking
The distribution of commercial spyware to government agencies appears to be common practice in Australia.
Senate fight looms over the deep blue sea
Cutbacks to marine protection in the Coral Sea will meet fierce opposition in the Senate, and even the ocean is predicted to fight back.
Scrambling in the party ranks
The Greens federally and the Queensland Government have had to rearrange their houses, fast.
Queensland in line for billion-dollar defence contract
One of the contenders for a $5bn defence contract has undertaken to base itself in Qld.