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Category: Govt. Acountability

Category: Govt. Acountability

DFAT misses a chance to listen

11 February 2018 23 February 2018
What were once excellent consultations by DFAT with NGOs recently became one-way lectures, from DFAT, to the detriment of everybody. Let’s hope it reverts in style next meeting. 11  Feb 2018
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Sending journos and ‘whistlers’ to jail

4 February 2018 19 March 2018

The federal government plans more draconian security legislation, even as the cabinet documents farce mocks its own rhetoric. These are more over-the-top laws we don’t need.

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Police rule…by divine ‘right’?

19 April 2016 19 April 2016

Protest laws around Australia are being beefed up against the citizen as police seek ascendancy over the people in a dangerous shifting of the democratic power balance in society. 19 April 2016

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East Timor is mad as hell…

19 April 2016 19 April 2016

Australians with intimate knowledge of our sleazy dealings over oil reserves with East Timor are delighted the Labor Party has announced a change in policy. John Martinkus explains why.  19 April 2016

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Is speech free in the PS?

15 April 2016 15 April 2016

How constrained are public servants in expressing their private opinions in the lead-up to coming elections? Perhaps not as free from restraint as you might think, says John Wilson. 15 April 2016

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TPP: Corporations trump democracy

13 March 2016 13 March 2016

One of the world’s top business schools has dissected the TPP, finding that it would undermine public accountability, thwart democratic mechanisms and harm millions of people…just for starters. 13 March 2016

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State to control scientific exchanges

1 March 2016 1 March 2016

A bad law, due to start in April, will see the work of Australian scientists severely curtailed…or they risk $400,000 fines and 10 years in jail, Kevin Korb writes. 1 Mar 2016

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Marriage ‘Act of Good Faith’ needed

24 February 2016 24 February 2016

A same-sex marriage plebiscite could confirm an already-passed law. That way would give the national vote real bite when we cast our ballots, says Tim Vines 24 Feb 16

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Scientists want Controls law re-think

22 February 2016 22 February 2016

In a last-minute plea to the PM, top researchers urgently want reconsideration of a law that would do ‘irreparable damage’ to Australianscience. You too can sign the petition.  22 Feb 16

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Possible crimes need investigating

23 July 2015 23 July 2015

Paying cash to people-smuggling crews appears to break several Australian laws, CLA says in a submission to a parliamentary inquiry, working from un-contradicted media reports.  22 July 2015

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What CLA Says

  • TASSIE REJECTS INQUIRY:

    The Tasmanian AG has instantly rejected the CLA Australia Day call for an inquiry into the state’s legal system in 2020-2021. 'Nothing to see here, the system's perfect,’ she suggests. See CLA AUST DAY LETTER
  • SECRET TRIAL BEGINS:

    November brings the secret trial of Witness K and Bernard Collaery. They revealed how the government spied and lied…so they are in the wrong, the government says. This video explains why it’s all a gas…and you pay.  Click for Video

SECRET TRIAL BEGINS:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqegTsi6SiE

NOTHING TO CC HERE:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2ymjCqaAsY

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