National day of shame on gambling reform

Well, the Government and Opposition have teamed up to protect the interests of the gambling lobby yet again. Minor tweaks and piecemeal amendments to this bad bill won’t address the…

A statement on Tasmanian electorate changes

The AEC’s announcement of new electorate boundaries is a bold and necessary change to fix what really was an increasingly shambolic set of boundaries in Tasmania. I’m continually impressed by…

The dodgy Tasmanian Government circus

Just when we thought the Tasmanian Government couldn’t stoop any lower, today they moved to stop MPs from being required to give evidence to the Integrity Commission under oath. In…

A statement on Federal Court ruling in Star Casino Case

It’s welcome news that the Federal Court has handed down penalties to two former executives of Star Entertainment for their breaches of the Corporations Act in relation to a Chinese…

A statement on Nyrstar

Nyrstar Hobart

Finally a Federal Government is having a crack

It’s heartening to see that a Federal Government is finally having a crack at difficult reform. For too long, Canberra has been deadlocked by policy timidity and a political culture…

Government abandons the public interest deciding instead to kowtow to gambling, media & sport interests

Well it took the Federal Government more than a thousand days to respond to the Murphy gambling report, and all we’ll get from the 31 recommendations is three partially implemented…

A Statement on NACC Robodebt findings

The National Anti-Corruption Commission has today found that two of the individuals referred to it by the Robodebt Royal Commission engaged in serious corrupt conduct. It also cleared former Prime…

A statement on Hobart Defence establishments

I support in principle the Federal Government’s rationalisation of the Defence estate. Governments have long been too timid in dealing with surplus Defence land and assets, and the reforms announced…