Today’s Australian Electoral Commission annual donations returns reveal vested interests are still pouring funds in to the Liberal and Labor parties.
Both Labor and the Liberals voted against the Greens’ move to clean up Question Time and restrict the amount of time Ministers can waffle on.
Cassy discusses unanswered questions on notice and backbencher dorothy dixers during the Adjournment.
This matter relates to one of the most important functions of this House in the Westminster system and that is to scrutinise government.
Tasmanians still do not know how many millions the gambling industry poured into the election campaign in order to guarantee profits until 2043.
We will be supporting the legislation, but it is grindingly frustrating to know that we have been here before.
It has long been the practice of governments to provide the answers that are asked during Estimates scrutiny during that week or by the end of that week.
The Premier refused to commit his government to releasing information about how the highly paid Coordinator General spends his time.
The Coordinator-General is a public servant under the State Service Act. He is paid $446 000 to cosy up to business and trade in public assets.
The latest Right to Information Annual Report highlights that this system, by the Hodgman Government’s direction, is broken.