Helen Haines
Presidential pardon melds fatherly care and hypocrisy
Perhaps if President Biden had confidence that the administration of justice under incoming President Donald Trump would be fair and rational, he might have felt able to withhold this pardon.
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‘Losing trust’: MPs say they’ll quit Chairman’s Lounge and Virgin VIP perks, too
Independent MPs Allegra Spender and Helen Haines are the latest MPs to ditch their VIP airline treatment as senior public servants are quizzed on their own access to Qantas’ Chairman’s Lounge.
- David Crowe
SOLD!? When you accidentally bid $30,000 at a charity auction – and win
That thing that everyone dreads happening at an auction happened to one unsuspecting guest at Reach’s charity gala auction on Friday night.
- Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
Crossbench demands Labor pork-barrel-proof $22 billion policy
Future Made in Australia is in limbo unless the Albanese government provides assurances the centrepiece policy will not be used to buy votes.
- David Crowe
‘We’ll be living with these’: The renewable-energy blitz dividing regional towns
Australia’s renewable energy rollout is facing headwinds in the very communities it needs on board. For the switch to succeed, they need a bigger stake in it.
- James Button
Humanity rises above political sniping
Once again, In the face of catastrophe and in the worst circumstances, the best Australian characteristics shone through.
New federal corruption watchdog focuses on complaints to chase in 2024
Almost 90 per cent of reports to the National Anti-Corruption Commission are dismissed as irrelevant – but have recent whistleblower prosecutions deterred those who know about serious wrongdoing?
- Olivia Ireland
‘Toothless and ineffectual’: Lobbying crackdown to be put to parliament
Independent MP Monique Ryan will seek support for the draft law to tighten the lobbying rules and force much greater disclosure on federal ministers.
- David Crowe
Whistleblowers need their own watchdog: Crossbench
Two whistleblowers facing trial need more than ‘a discussion paper by Christmas’ from a government that’s promised better protections, the independent MPs say.
- David Crowe
Audit office slams ‘ineffective’ $2 billion Morrison government health funding program
Flagrant breaches of Commonwealth grants rules and unethical behaviour were revealed in the peak audit body’s review of the Coalition scheme.
- James Massola and David Crowe
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