08 April 2016
A Shorten Labor Government will hold a Royal Commission into misconduct in the banking and financial services industry.
07 April 2016
Further allegations of foreign bribery in The Age today suggest that Leighton Holdings dirty dealings overseas go far deeper than first thought
06 April 2016
Revelations this evening that personal information delivered in confidence to the Trade Union Royal Commission has been sent mistakenly to third parties is yet more evidence of the farcical nature of the entire process.
04 April 2016
Always unpredictable, always interesting, always prolific, Bob Ellis will be a great loss to Australian literature, Australian film, and Australian politics.
03 April 2016
According to reports today, Mr Turnbull has chosen Arthur Sinodinos, the man embroiled in the biggest donations scandal in the history of the New South Wales Liberal Party, to headline a $8,000-a-head fundraiser with him.
01 April 2016
The Abbott-Turnbull Government has all but confirmed it will abolish the Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal (RSRT), which was established by the previous Labor Government to ensure Australian roads were safer for all users.
21 March 2016
Prime Minister Turnbull and his Attorney-General George Brandis have gone to great lengths to present their decision today to use the Governor-General to override Parliament as a normal and unremarkable occurrence.
18 March 2016
This morning the Turnbull Government quietly advertised for a Disability Discrimination Commissioner.But the advertisement provides more questions than answers.
17 March 2016
The Turnbull Government's recycled announcement that it will provide $2.5 million to the Women's Services Network (WESNET) to support women experiencing technology facilitated abuse is as welcome now as when it was first announced but is not compensation for cuts to frontline services.
17 March 2016
I welcome confirmation from the Australian Federal Police today that an investigation has been launched into misconduct by former Human Services minister Stuart Robert following my referral of February 14.