The resignation of Paul Brereton reflects flaws in how we set up our integrity agencies. Here are 3 ways to ensure these bodies are truly independent.
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We have examined where $4.2 billion of grants were directed in the five years from 2018 to 2022. The firms that received repeated grants were among Australia’s poorest performing.
One of Australia’s leading media scholars says the Canberra press gallery reached ‘peak passivity’ during the Menzies and Fraser governments. And again over the last three years of Coalition rule.
Given the effort politicians and their advisers commit to directing public funds to marginal electorates, an observer would think the returns would be substantial.
A senate hearing has produced yet more damning evidence about the ‘car park rorts’ affair.
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