Coles and Woolies meat, Maccas burgers, Primo ham: You may not have heard of scandal-plagued company JBS, but you're probably eating their food. Latest from Grace Tobin, Lesley Robinson and Patrick Begley. abc.net.au/news/2022-04-2…

The Australian Institute has done a deep dive of every single appointment made to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal since 1996, and it's found that political appointments have sky-rocketed. Ben Oquist abc.net.au/radionational/…

Hey folks, we’ve taken down our paywall at The Saturday Paper from now until Saturday so you can read all of our election coverage (& archived coverage) & love it so much that you realise what a good idea it is to subscribe. Or just spend a few days reading. As you wish. You’re welcome!

PM tells abc730 that pork-barelling (ie, indirect electoral bribery of marginal seats using public funds, at the expense of safe seats) is OK, despite damning National Audit Office report and Sports Australia recommendations. #abc730

PM still sounded 'like a bit of a bulldozer' abc730 #abc730 #ausvotes #auspol

31 former judges have thrown their weight behind calls for a federal anti-corruption commission. In an open letter to parliament, the group says the erosion of public confidence in our shared democratic principles is at stake. abc.net.au/radionational/…

“Scale of Australia’s aged care Covid deaths laid bare as staff prepare to strike”#auspol #ausvotes RN Breakfast theguardian.com/australia-news…

Unemployment fell recently because 7000 people stopped looking for jobs (likely due to COVID), explains @RDNS_TAI - like the UK where #COVID19 has slashed its participation rate by 1/2 million people, says the Bank of England #AusVotes #AusPol2022 #Ausbiz

#Tasmania's govt-owned electricity transmission company has a $1 million public relations campaign to push the Marinus project. Bob Burton uncovers a stealthy plan to plug into political lobbyists with influential connections. Read at bit.ly/3Suv2yL 👇 #TasInq #politas

When a union leader criticised TasNetworks' Marinus project, he had no idea a team of spin-doctors would swing into action. Bob Burton has inside running on what happened next in a million $ PR campaign. Find out at bit.ly/3LVeduH #politas #auspol #TasInq #Tasmania

It appears #Tasmania wasn’t supposed to find out about the million-dollar PR campaign that TasNetworks has been waging for the Marinus Link project. Bob Burton analyses the implications of this covert campaign. Latest from #TasInq at bit.ly/3DW34HZ #politas #auspol

Thread) The federal government decision to fund the Marinus transmission link between #Tasmania and Vic toria will be in the news today – so here are links to earlier #TasInq stories on this and related Tas #energy issues #auspol #politas tasmanianinquirer.com.au/news/revealed-…

Dear David Speers Insiders ABC Disclosures please re the rep of highly politically-connected PR/lobbyist company who joined Mike on today’s cartoon couch. Why depart from journos usually there to an ex-journo from PR co? #insiders #auspol

Critics say it's an 'extreme version"... and "sports rorts on steroids" - My colleague Alexandra Humphries reports on a Tas Govt Grants process: > abc.net.au/news/2022-11-1… You can hear a version on AM too. ABC Hobart ABC News

Experts condemn Liberal Party's planned law change to make MPs dissenting from Party position forfeit seats to Party's next candidate: abc.net.au/news/2024-03-1… #auspol #politas ABC Australia ABC News Kevin Bonham

Saul Eslake on Tas Treasury's dire forecasts for unemployment and the Budget's holes - which he says explain why election called so early, before next Budget needed to be delivered: linkedin.com/pulse/tasmania… #politas

A reminder that if you are interested in this project please contact me asap. Total stipend per annum is AUS$58,000 utas.edu.au/research/degre…

My thoughts in Mercury ahead of tomorrow's state election. #politas "Former Australian of the Year General David Morrison made the powerful observation that "the standard that you walk past is the standard you accept". His words emphasised that everyone has a role to

Conflict of interest story re Braddon Liberal candidate Vonette Mead raised by Tasmanian Times a month ago has now made the ABC abc.net.au/news/2024-03-2… #politas

AI may sack us because we failed to reply to its out of hours message in time! QandA Sally McManus