A hearing by a Senate inquiry into pilot training and air safety in Australia has adjourned in confusion after the CEO of CASA, John McCormick, said there were no current show cause notices against major Australian carriers but did not clarify whether any had been recently issued.
Senate Estimates
ABC #budgies tweets — left-wing conspiracy or just going with the flow?
What’s in a Twitter hashtag? An example of institutional ABC bias when the ABC used #budgies, according to one Liberal Party senator, sparking a new debate on news and social media.
By 2010, ASIO will have doubled in size
Last night, ASIO appeared before the Legal and Constitutional Affairs committee.
ACMA’s blacklist stuff up response: “so sue us”
ACMA has told a Senate Estimates hearing that owners of websites mistakenly or maliciously added to its web filtering blacklist will have to sue it or seek redress from the Commonwealth Ombudsman.
A big parliamentary fortnight, by any estimate
In the aftermath of the budget, the next fortnight should be a target-rich environment for Opposition senators. If they can’t score some points now, it may be time to give up.
How your money pays for government privilege
Answers to Estimates questions have revealed the Government’s replacement for the notorious Coalition Government Members’ Secretariat is up and running, writes Bernard Keane.
