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INDEPENDENTS

Scomo and the Public Service: How Bad Can It Get?

The Report by the Secretary of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, Phil Gaetjens, into Bridget McKenzie’s handling of the Community Sport Infrastructure grants fails to address key questions and raises serious concerns...

How competent is Scott Morrison as a manager of government business?

By Michael Keating Scott Morrison wants the election to be about competence, but an examination of his record suggests that he is not capable of delivering good government. Scott Morrison has never had a policy agenda....

Clive Palmer and how to buy the balance of power

Clive Palmer writes his own ads. The mining billionaire, who has spent a lifetime seeking and wielding political influence, is proud of this fact. “I write all the ads personally,” he tells The Saturday Paper....

Explainer: what are Labor and the Coalition promising on an anti-corruption commission and what is the government’s record?

Explainer: what are Labor and the Coalition promising on an anti-corruption commission and what is the government’s record? Yee-Fui Ng, Monash University As the election is looming, the Labor Party has placed integrity issues prominently on...

It’s not the economy, stupid, it’s climate change

Alan Kohler: Anthony Albanese would have spent the past three nights in his hotel rooms staring, red-eyed, at the Australian Bureau of Statistics website, memorising economic data; he will now presumably be a statistical encyclopedia,...

Beware the ‘mog’: If only politicians realised playing God is not their job

Queensland’s politicians need be less god-like and more business-like when it comes to “mogging” their public servants writes Robert MacDonald. Once you start looking for lack of government accountability, you can find it everywhere – even...

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