This is what happens when we try to build things in Australia Cross River Rail was meant to be completed by 2024 for total cost of $5.4bn True cost now expected at $19.0bn with 2029 delivery We are a joke of a people, a disgace, a worldwide laughing stock Currency is toast

The Government's own Department of Home Affairs is raising the alarm about their proposed reforms to Freedom of Information. I'm calling for this bill to be scrapped. Government needs more oversight, not less. theaustralian.com.au/nation/home-af…

Opinion | The NACC has yet to land a single major finding from over 5,000 referrals. The strain on the organisation is beginning to show, but there has been little evidence of meaningful change. crikey.com.au/2025/10/16/nat…

Jacinta Allan He was already on bail when he committed further acts of violence. Your bail laws are useless and magistrates are out of touch with community expectations

The Administrative Review Tribunal has achieved a $23 million budget surplus because it can't find the workers to manage its caseload. themandarin.com.au/300974-art-she…

Bring back the dream team

.Anthony Albanese’s #FOI Amendment Bill cannot be voted on this year. A week is a long time in politics - three months is an eternity. We must remain vigilant to fend off Albanese’s disgraceful attack on open and transparent Government. #auspol johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10/a…

How can you participate in democracy, how can you scrutinise government, how can you judge your political leaders if you don't have access to information? Anthony Albanese is trying to wrap everything his government does in a secrecy blanket. #FOI #auspol skynews.com.au/opinion/albane…

Hilarious. Where are those Labor fanatics this morning on red team good, blue team bad… #auspol

The other massive problem is none of you useless bastards actually know the first thing about how computers or the internet work, are therefore incapable of regulating it effectively, and you are all lying about this constantly in one respect or other. theguardian.com/australia-news…

Institutional crisis of legitimacy update: the ABC is explaining the concept of the perception of a conflict of interest to the Prime Minister, like a child, because he doesn't understand it or care and neither does anyone else in Canberra.

For those of us who enjoy simple maths 🙋‍♀️

Thanks for the heads up not to travel on Melbourne Metro tunnels until this issue is fixed #springst

The Australia Institute nailed it in their opening statement to the Senate Committee inquiring into Anthony Albanese's anti-transparency Bill. #FOI #auspol

Freedom of Information (FOI) legislation is there to serve the public, allow public scrutiny of decision making, and give us confidence in our democracy. At a time when trust in government is haemorrhaging, transparency has never been more important.

The most damning answer at today's Senate inquiry into the Govt's #FOI Amendment Bill came from the The Centre For Public Integrity's Dr Catherine Williams when asked by Senator David Shoebridge which one was less transparent - Anthony Albanese's Govt or Hon. Scott Morrison AC's Govt? 👇#FactualResearch #auspol

And the The Centre For Public Integrity came home strong in the closing moments of the hearing into Anthony Albanese 's anti-transparency Bill. #FOI #auspol

“The loss of trainees will inflame staff shortages at the hospital, which is struggling to cope with patient violence & drug abuse. 4 registrars were recently made redundant, *blamed on the May state budget*, with 5 other specialists also proposed to go.#springst