The 2025 Federal Election

The 2025 Federal Election

Our message to candidates and voters is this: members of parliament should always act in the interests of their constituents and the nation Parliament must hold Government to account reform is urgently needed in accessing information, campaign financing, lobbying, and...
Party Loyalty – Conflict and the Public Interest

Party Loyalty – Conflict and the Public Interest

‘The Pledge’ by Barry Jones At the first election to the Commonwealth Parliament in 1901, 15 Members of the House of Representatives and 8 Senators were chosen with the support of Labour organisations in each state. There was then no national party...
In their interests!

In their interests!

Democratic government is founded on the idea that decisions of government should reflect the will of those people eligible to vote and to vote, you must be a citizen of Australia and a resident in the electorate in which you are voting.  It is people not corporations,...

Got away with it!

Jurisdiction/dateIssueSummaryWho got awayLink to moreFederal, 2016-17PaladinLarge contract handed to tiny company. Officials paid.Dept Home Affairs officialsNACC report ‘concerned’Federal, 2015-17Port of DarwinMinister leases to Chinese company, gets...

Paladin

The NACC found no evidence of corruption in the award by the Department of Home Affairs without proper tender process of a multi-billion dollar contract to a company that had no history to show it was capable of carrying out the contract and had made significant...