Close to a year after a report found Scott Morrison “fundamentally undermined” the principles of responsible government, reforms to close the loophole are sitting dormant in the Senate. It was a key recommendation of a landmark report by former High Court justice Virginia Bell and described as “vital” by Attorney-GeneralContinue Reading

Climate scientists and environmental activists are calling for an immediate change to Australia’s environmental laws, following a Federal Court decision. The Court on Wednesday handed down its judgment in the Living Wonders case, brought on by Environmental Justice Australia on behalf of the Environment Council of Central Queensland. Federal EnvironmentContinue Reading

Australia’s solicitor-general has advised that the voice to parliament “will not fetter or impede the exercise of existing powers of Parliament” smashing the proposals’ critics, including Liberal leader Peter Dutton. After weeks of calls to release the secret legal advice on what the proposal would mean for Australia’s system ofContinue Reading

Scott Morrison‘s most senior advisers have admitted in a bombshell new book that his ill-fated secret trip to Hawaii was his biggest mistake that destroyed his political fortunes. Veteran political journalist Niki Savva writes in her new book, Bulldozed, that Mr Morrison “effectively destroyed his prime ministership on 15 DecemberContinue Reading

Anthony Albanese has slammed Scott Morrison’s “unprecedented and inexcusable actions” in secretly appointing himself to multiple ministries as emblematic of the former government’s culture of secrecy. Releasing a damning report examining Scott Morrison’s secret power grab today prepared by former High Court judge Virginia Bell, he said the report confirmsContinue Reading