The Victorian Government's Ministerial diaries were just published. It's crazy the Federal Government doesn't do the same, as called for in my #CleanUpPoliticsAct. We deserve to know who our Ministers meet with and why. Time to open up the diaries. theage.com.au/national/victo…

Who indeed? Peter Fox 🦊🦘 Alysha Rose Richard D Boyle Dr Koh Whistleblower Adele Ferguson Mona K

In Estimates I asked about the status of over 100 Defence staff recruited by KPMG. The question went to the heart of our national security but Defence decided to side-step it using a ploy straight out of the new handbook on how to avoid answering questions asked by senators. FAIL

'Boyd describes the big four's "insidious and creeping expansion" into the public service had not only drained it of agency motivation and experience but it had threatened the integrity of government decision-making.' ABC News on NSW consultants inquiry. abc.net.au/news/2024-06-0…

Watchdog walks away, saying new evidence unlikely to be found with five of six referrals already before APSC Code of Conduct investigation. themandarin.com.au/247941-nacc-du…

Exhaustive final report from Australian Senate inquiry into the integrity of the consulting industry - billions of dollars in public money is spent on consultants, who have abused confidential information, undermined the public sector and misled Parliament. aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_…

🚨We welcome the Senate inquiry report calling for new rules on government use of consultants. Clancy Moore says, "It’s a damning indictment of the Commonwealth’s overreliance on consultancy firms, and their lack of accountability." transparency.org.au/tia-welcomes-s…

‘Please explain’ for watchdog’s robodebt probe thenewdaily.com.au/news/national/…

The struggle for securing public integrity must be won — for all our sakes. “Transparency is abysmal, with an alarming culture of secrecy pervading our government institutions. With ineffective FOI processes characterised by prolonged delays and dubious claims of commercial

The SA Court of Appeal has unanimously dismissed Richard D Boyle’s appeal - thereby declaring how broken our Federal whistleblower protection laws are. The reasons have been temporarily suppressed. Mark Dreyfus must drop this prosecution. #auspol

Be a corrupt politician Be a terrorist. But any sort of thug. But do NOT be a whistleblower.

Richard Boyle did the right thing by small taxpayers getting their bank accounts garnished unfairly - he now faces jail - while multinational tax dodgers are mollycoddled #auspol youtu.be/3N7fYUKSIk8?si…

Extraordinary how 3 judges found Richard Boyle to be a whistleblower BUT after lawyers argued over one word, 'making', he now faces criminal trial #auspol Rex Patrick michaelwest.com.au/the-making-of-…

There is a growing push from politicians and legal experts for the Albanese government to establish a body to protect whistleblowers. themandarin.com.au/249273-whistle…

Tax office whistleblower Richard Boyle wonders if legal and political authorities understand the negative impact government institutions are having on society. themandarin.com.au/249458-richard…

When South Australian Parliament made these changes in 2021, the National Integrity Committee w/ Australia Institute warned: "the recent amendments raise a real concern that integrity reform has been set back considerably in South Australia." australiainstitute.org.au/post/statement…

It is an open secret that former politicians use their knowledge and connections to help corporations secure government contracts. Yet Australia has some of weakest restrictions on lobbyists in the world. My #CleanUpPoliticsAct would change that. theage.com.au/politics/feder…

#Breaking: The Full Court has affirmed that a 3 year delay (now 4) in the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner reviewing an #FOI decision is not legally unreasonable, just “unfortunate”. The right of timely info access to scrutinise Govt is solely up to the same Govt’s willingness to fund the OAIC. #auspol

"Transparency sits at the heart of our democracy. If we do not know what is done in our name, how do we exercise informed political judgement? In a troubled world, transparency is more essential than ever." Timely article from Kieran Pender via The Monthly themonthly.com.au/issue/2024/aug…

A framework for legislation and policy governing anti-corruption and integrity commissions overseeing the public sector has been released by the NACC. themandarin.com.au/251724-anti-co…