Good Governance News

The 25-year saga that saw a golf course remodelling project at Mangrove Mountain transformed into a regional waste facility within the Central Coast’s water catchment does not appear to have been fully resolved by the latest Land and Environment Court judgement. By Jackie Pearson Justice Rachel Pepper’s judgement ran to […]

The Australian Council of Social Services (ACOSS) has welcomed the Federal Opposition’s commitment to support a stronger and better paid community sector if it is elected to government before the end of May. Labor chose March 15, World Social Worker Day, to announce its election policy for the community sector […]

The Senate Environment and Communications Legislation Committee will inquire into the complaints handling arrangements of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and the Special Broadcasting Service. In particular, the committee will examine the adequacy of the existing arrangements to provide a framework that is accessible, responsive, efficient, accountable and fit-for-purpose. The committee […]

Australia risks being left behind as global capital markets pour trillions of dollars into net zero investment opportunities, HESTA CEO Debby Blakey last week warned in a speech to the Global Race to Zero Summit. Ms Blakey said global capital markets are proactively weighing up climate change risks when making […]

Many are completely disengaged from contemporary politics but others, though fewer in number, are determined to diversify the voices in our national parliament and raise standards along the way. New Senator Dorinda Cox (Greens, Western Australia) had a great deal to say in her Maiden Speech that is worth consideration […]

Community campaign network GetUp! continues to prepare for the next federal election (due before May 2022) by raising funds to pay for advertising in marginal seats. This time the refusal of the Morrison Government to refer Christian Porter’s non-disclosure of the donors behind the $1 million blind trust that covered […]