For Graham Staerk — a registered lobbyist with a number of high-profile clients — his Gold Coast Bulletin column is the perfect platform to plug clients and present his credentials for future lobbying work.
Disclosure
What a difference disclosure makes
With all the noise in the My Schools debate, it’s crucial that we are properly informed about the background of participants. Like, John Mardsen in SMH. Shouldn’t it be mentioned that he is also a school principal? asks Dave Gaukroger.
More questions than answers on Bendigo Bank’s rising share price
The ASX asks Bendigo Bank if it knows why its share price rose strongly this week and the bank days “no”. On the face of it that was a perfectly reasonable question and answer writes Glenn Dyer.
The basis of Basis had turned cactus
‘Tis bemusing to read of Basis Capital looking for someone to sue over its considerable problems. An appraisal of Basis by van Eyk Research indicates the difficulties started very much at home and were evident last year.
No signs of benchmarks in NT intervention
It’s timely, four weeks after the Government announced its “national emergency response” to sexual abuse of Aboriginal children, to ask: how will we know what difference the initiative has made? writes health journalist Melissa Sweet.
