Emma Husar expenses review may not be published before election
An audit of Emma Husar MP’s travel expenses is still ongoing six months after it was launched, this blog can exclusively reveal.
Continue readingIndependent researcher and blogger. Walkley Award finalist 2017.
An audit of Emma Husar MP’s travel expenses is still ongoing six months after it was launched, this blog can exclusively reveal.
Continue readingThe Guardian has published an article today about my latest battle with the Victorian Government over a bizarre response to a Freedom of Information request I submitted.
Continue readingThe phrase “fair dinkum” was used in Parliament 150 times in 2018 – the most it has been used in any single year since Federation in 1901.
Continue readingHospitals in and around Melbourne have seen their car parking profits jump again, exceeding a total of $57 million in 2017/18.
Continue readingThe Victorian Government paid a Labor pollster $55k for two automated telephone surveys this year. Now it refuses to reveal the results (or even the questions!)
Continue readingPM Scott Morrison thinks “almond latte” drinkers are ruining Australia. Which got me thinking: how do his Coalition colleagues take their coffee?
Continue readingCharles and Camilla took a secret trip to NSW before the Commonwealth Games which was said to be “at no cost to the taxpayer”. Invoices released under FOI show that’s not true.
Continue readingI set out to find the biggest ever charge ever imposed for a Freedom of Information request in Australia. And here it is.
Continue readingThe Canberra Writer’s Festival begins today until Sunday (23-26 Aug). If you are interested in citizen journalism or Freedom of Information please come along to my sessions.
Continue readingWhen Yarra Council cancelled its 26 January citizenship ceremony the Government took over – but new data shows just one Yarra resident showed up to the replacement event.
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