Thanks to all the veterans, the advocates the mothers - the govt is scrapping the cap! When we unite - we win! #AustralianVeterans
Jacqui Lambie
@jacquilambie.bsky.social
Senator for Tasmania, https://lambienetwork.com.au/
3,700 older Australians are in hospital waiting for an aged care bed. I And now the Albanese Government wants to make private health insurance more expensive for Australians over 65. If people drop or downgrade their cover, where do they end up? 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺. #auspol
@jacquilambie.bsky.social answers her own questions correctly. “Would the Secretary of the Department or the Attorney-General do this if the costs were coming out of their bank account? I don’t think so.” Backed by taxpayers money with no personal risk, appealing an FOI loss is easy. #auspol
Crossbenchers accuse Albanese government of mounting an attack on Australia’s FOI regime
An unlikely alliance of crossbench MPs and senators in federal parliament have accused the Albanese government of mounting an attack on Australia’s freedom of information (FOI) regime, after bureaucra...
thepoint.com.au
The root cause of $29B in Defence blowouts over the last decade is Defence’s inability to appreciate project risk. The Govt can’t announce a believable Defence procurement shakeup without cancelling #AUKUS - our most costly and risk laden project. #auspol
Defence reform announced after $29 billion cost blowouts
Sweeping changes to the way complicated Australian Defence projects are managed will be unveiled by the Albanese Government this week, as a review found at least $29 billion worth of cost blowouts.
thenightly.com.au
1) You request access to Govt docs to participate in democracy. 2) Govt says “NO”! 3) You seek a Tribunal review and it says “YES”. 4) Govt appeals to a court and demands you pay their legal fees. 5) Independent MPs & senators say “THAT’S NOT OK”! #auspol
Lambie, Hanson and Pocock form unlikely alliance to protect transparency campaigner Rex Patrick
Exclusive: Patrick is using freedom-of-information rules to seek where nuclear waste from Aukus submarines will be kept
theguardian.com
FOI laws exist so ordinary Australians, not just politicians or journalists, can hold governments accountable. #FOI #Transparency @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social
Lambie, Hanson and Pocock form unlikely alliance to protect transparency campaigner Rex Patrick
Exclusive: Patrick is using freedom of information rules to seek where nuclear waste from Aukus submarines will be kept
theguardian.com
Today I got an amendment through the Senate that will put podiatry medications on the PBS - the govt might knock it off in the House Reps - even if they do I will keep coming on this! #auspol
"Lambie’s Bill was referred to a parliamentary committee and was later voted down." @johnmenadue.com #BloodBoiling @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social
The million-dollar secretary salary question
The Remuneration Tribunal’s review of Commonwealth departmental secretary salaries should confront the large and poorly justified gap between top bureaucrats and the senior executives beneath them.
johnmenadue.com
“It’s the worst combination of bloody-mindedness and self-harm you can imagine.” @ngruen.bsky.social 👏 #auspol
‘Hard to think of a more wasteful project’: Economist slams ‘bloody-minded’ AFL over stadium
The 18 AFL club presidents will meet to discuss the controversial Tasmanian stadium on Tuesday ahead of the Hall of Fame. Dr Nicholas Gruen has said the cost of the stadium would far outweigh the bene...
smh.com.au
Earlier this year the Parliament stopped @albomp.bsky.social expanding Govt secrecy. So, he’s got a new tactic. When there’s a transparency win, his Govt appeals to the Federal Court and threatens the #FOI’er with ($150K) costs, so they can’t fight. More soon at Michael West Media. #auspol
And what if the US President throws a tantrum and we never get the #Secondhandsubs - we don't get our money back and apparently there is no plan B! #Aukus
Rex Patrick@mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 4mo agoThe Govt has committed to buying 3 US Virginia Class subs, without first negotiating a price🤦♂️. Yesterday it was revealed they also haven't negotiated a warranty for the second-hand subs🤦♂️. Would officials personally buy a car like that? No! #dumb #OnlyYOURMoney #AUKUS #auspol
'So far, Defence has wasted, completely wasted, $5 billion not buying French submarines and not life-extending Collins-class submarines. They’ve also spent another $5 billion on AUKUS so far. And there’s not a new submarine in sight.' @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social
Hundreds of thousands of millions of dollars: Tallying Defence's toxic submarine waste
The shame of it is $693 million doesn’t even touch the sides of our wasted investment in submarines. Rex Patrick crunches the numbers.
crikey.com.au
I've got a bill that will cap the pay of Senior Public Servants - the renumeration tribunal is 'reviewing' their processes - and that review won't be public. Marking their own homework AGAIN! #auspol
Public pressure has caused the Remuneration Tribunal to commence a review into the million dollar salaries THEY set for departmental secretaries. The problem is the review is Caesar judging Caesar and is being conducted in complete secrecy! #sham #auspol
Public pressure leads to review of mandarins' excessive salaries - Michael West
Public pressure has now caused the Remuneration Tribunal to review how it sets salaries for our top bureaucrats.
michaelwest.com.au
GOOD NEWS - The MInister's office has confirmed a commitment of $38.9 million for the veteran Hubs for the next three years. But don't worry I will be keeping a very close eye on this! Veteran Hubs SAVE LIVES! #VeteranHubs
Australia Institute polling shows three in four Australians support a ban on gambling advertising. Australians lose more gambling than anywhere else in the world. It's time for the government to step up and make real changes. #auspol
The govt are tabling their response to Peta Murphy's 2023 'Win Some, Lose More' Gambling report TODAY - tabling it AFTER the budget LOCK UP - This is an insult to all the Australians who have fought for a ban of gambling advertising. SHAME! #auspol
There are nearly 45000 Australia children & young people in out of home care. Our Child protection system is broken and underfunded by state & federal govts! It's a digrace. #fostercare #auspo
The Dep. Comm of the NACC has resigned - The NACC fought for by so many Aussie for so long - has been designed to fail - and that's the fault of the Govt and the guy in charge! #NACC
A Senate inquiry found the capital gains tax discount favors investors and worsens intergenerational inequality. Australia Institute research estimates removing the discount could raise an extra $19 billion a year. The case for reform is hard to ignore. Read more ⬇️ https://theaus.in/3R1bXIS
Who to pay regard to? Two intellects on the ground in Britain who tell us our UK #AUKUS partner ‘looks seriously unserious about naval defence’ … or … our Prime Minister who assures us politicians in London are committed. #auspol
UK ‘unserious’ about naval defence | The Australian Naval Institute
navalinstitute.com.au
“It’s like they’ve just gone: ‘Let’s just maximise this and don’t even consider the impact,” he said. That's tight mate - it's exactly what they've done! #Auspol
Under a cloud: the growing resentment against the massive datacentres sprouting across Australian cities
Residents say massive, noisy AI factories with unknown environmental impacts are being rushed into development right next to their homes
theguardian.com
This million $$$ mansion is owned by GFG Alliance's Sanjeev Gupta - he Australian assets bought by Gupta - Whyalla steelworks , Liberty Bell Bay & Tahmoor are ALL in trouble. As a worker told the ABC y- "I know he's got a big house in Potts Point. ...Sell it, pay your debts" AMEN TO THAT!!!
In 2025, we had Chinese warships circumnavigating our coastline and conducting live firings just outside of our territorial waters. Given the current state of the world, our government needs to be more transparent about the threats we face, not less transparent! #Transparency #auspol #china
Australia must be transparent about nuclear threats, Lambie says, after China hid alleged bomb test for years
The waters on nuclear testing are murky, with international observers casting doubt on whether the 2020 test even happened — all while China is ambiguous and Australia remains in the dark.
crikey.com.au
Ügyes vagy Hungary! Orban got his arse kicked - thank God! Hopefully this will juice up Americans to turn out in massive numbers and give Trump the arse kicking the whole world calling for! #GlobalStability #Hungary #Orban #auspol #VégeVan
What Viktor Orbán’s election loss means for Putin, Trump and the rise of right-wing populism
The White House and Kremlin tried unsuccessfully to influence Hungary’s election. But this doesn’t mean illiberalism is going away.
theconversation.com