More Than 80% of Strip Searches Turn Up Nothing
It is difficult not to be cynical about the New South Wales Government’s recent decision to shut down the Law Enforcement Corruption Commission’s (LECC) inquiry into strip searches, particularly in light of new statistics published this week that show that...
ABC Loses Legal Challenge Against Police Raids
To the disappointment of many, the ABC has lost its legal challenge to controversial police raids on its Sydney newsroom last year. In what can only be described as a massive blow for freedom of the press and healthy democracy,...
The ‘Sports Rorts’ Scandal: Buying Votes in Targeted Electorates
Hot on the heels of revelations about the government’s potential misuse of funds from community sports grant programmes in the lead up to last year’s election, new information reveals the government spent more than $600 million across six programmes, five...
Police Misconduct Is Costing Taxpayers Millions Every Year
New figures show that over the four-year period since 2016, New South Wales Police have paid more than $238 million dollars in in damages payouts to civil litigants who took legal action over police misconduct. When police are successfully sued...
Fossil Fuel Companies Dominate ‘Top Tax Dodgers’ List
As the climate change debate comes to a standstill in the echelons of leadership, despite the recent bushfire catastrophe which is not yet over, many Australians are angry and frustrated that the Federal Government remains so tied to its commitment...
‘Sports Rorts’ Scandal: 43% of Grants Were Ineligible
On the back of a politically controversial 2019, you might think Prime Minister Scott Morrison couldn’t possibly find himself embroiled in yet another public relations disaster. But the PM has proven us wrong, with the latest ‘sports rort’ scandal, another...
What You Paid for the PM to Settle Into His New Home
Taxpayers have forked out thousands of dollars on kitchen and home appliances as well as wine for Scott Morrison and his family. New government audit reports for 2019 show how public money was used to purchase goods for the newly-elected...
Should Catfishing be a Crime?
The parents of a 20-year old woman who disappeared after becoming a victim of catfishing, are now calling for the behaviour to be made a crime in its own right. What is catfishing? Catfishing is generally the term given to...
Beware: Your Private Data Could Be Shared With Strangers
Just to remind us that even the world’s biggest and wealthiest tech companies are not immune to privacy breaches, Google made worldwide headlines recently after a glitch that sent thousands of users’ private videos backed up on Google Photos to...
Man Sent to Prison For Defrauding Desperate Farmers
In the midst of the crippling drought affecting many parts of the nation, scammers have been preying on the vulnerability of who are desperate to feed their livestock. And recently, a man from Parkes was sent to prison for his...
