Good Governance News

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 […]

CENTRAL COAST, NSW: A community planning forum to be held on December 11, is intended to give individuals and concerned community groups a chance to steer the planning agenda for their region. It has been argued that for the past decade NSW communities have been losing control over local planning […]

The notion of platform as publisher deserves consideration when determining who is responsible for the digital undermining of everything from personal safety and wellbeing to the pillars of democratic society. By Jackie Pearson It took Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce complaining about his daughter being abused on social media for […]

We have an over-supply of political spin in NSW at the moment and a shortage of honest leadership about a pathway out of the Delta outbreak and the mishandling of this year’s HSC is a strong case in point. By Jackie Pearson The poor old Class of 2021 and their […]

Liesl Tesch, Member for Gosford, has called on the Federal Government to bring back JobKeeper payments. New restrictions for Greater Sydney mean all construction must be paused and non-urgent maintenance, including cleaning services and repair work on residential premises, is to be paused, adding more financial stress for thousands of […]