Democracy & Accountability
'Beggars belief': firm behind BoM website bungle gets new government web deal
The consulting firm behind the Bureau of Meteorology’s (BoM) heavily criticised website has been awarded another multi-million-dollar government contract to build a new climate platform.
Factcheck: The crossbench called it -- High Court rules curfew measures unconstitutional, again
On the 18th of March, the High Court released its judgment on EGH19 v Commonwealth of Australia, ruling that conditions requiring a curfew and ankle-bracelet monitoring on someone released from indefinite immigration detention were not compatible with the Constitution.
Soaring petrol prices have exposed a ‘rotten core’ in Australia
So much of what passes for Australian political discourse relies on existential threats. It’s easy to make grandiose statements and take positions when the threat is some amorphous vague maybe that could possibly happen.
What the South Australian result shows about how elections are really won
The easiest way to understand the structural shift taking place in Australian politics is to understand that you can now win a landslide majority of seats in parliament even when your primary vote declines.
South Australian election a triumph for SA Labor, sees collapse of Liberal Party
On Saturday, South Australians voted decisively to re-elect the first-term Malinauskas Labor Government. While we don’t know exactly how the 47 lower house seats will fall, Labor will have a super-majority having won about 35 seats.
South Australians have truth in political advertising laws. Why doesn’t everyone else?
With South Australia in its final week of campaigning ahead of the state election, you may have noticed while there’s been a few scandals around mistaken identity of hospital patients and controversial candidates’ opinions, accusations of politicians lying are muted.
Under siege: the so-called right to protest and the criminalisation of dissent in Australia
You could be forgiven for assuming that we have a robustly protected ‘right to protest’ in Australia. The ‘right to assemble in public’ has long been respected in common law legal systems; but in Australia, this right only applies if it is not overridden by parliamentary laws.
Women whistleblowers are vital in healthcare, we need to do more to protect them
Behind the closed doors of a consultation room, or concealed by impenetrable medical jargon, wrongdoing in the healthcare sector impacts the lives of every Australian.
Robodebt findings spark calls to fix NACC and protect whistleblowers
An investigation into the illegal Robodebt scheme has found two senior public officials engaged in corrupt conduct, but the Greens say the political and bureaucratic “architects” have “walked away scot-free”.
Scamps presses Albanese over claims of staff offer to Coalition
Independent MP Sophie Scamps has questioned Prime Minister Anthony Albanese about reports that he offered his Liberal–National Coalition rivals extra staff in exchange for their support for the Labor Government’s crackdown on freedom of information rights. To her credit, then Opposition Leader Sussan Ley turned him down on this offer.
