Putting aside the systemic breach of privacy that a database like Electrac entails, it relies on the goodwill and maturity of MPs and their staff to ensure that such a database isn’t abused, writes Bernard Keane.
In early August, the Australian Law Reform Commission recommended, in its massive privacy report, that the current exemption from the Privacy Act enjoyed by our political parties should be removed.
Special Minister of State John Faulkner said the Government would think about it, next year, after it considers higher priority recommendations from the Commission. The ALP, in its submission to the ALRC, opposed any changes to the current exemption.
While giving testimony on 2017's AWU raid scandal, Cash seemed to have one brief: 'don't give them a headline'.
The Ramsay Centre’s curriculum erases Jewish works
There are a lot of unanswered questions about the Ramsay Centre's curriculum. Chief among them: why does it expunge Jewish heritage in the formation of Western culture?
Sex, power and finding success in the music industry
Music is a hierarchical industry built on relationships. The allegations made against Ryan Adams should be familiar to everyone.
No, this isn’t Morrison’s ‘Tampa moment’
It's going to take a lot more than the goings-on of the "Canberra bubble" to transform the medivac loss to the Coalition's advantage come election time.
Cash, Keenan, the DPP face serious questions over the AWU scandal
Two ministers refused to properly cooperate with an Australian Federal Police investigation, with indications that evidence was destroyed in the case. Where's the media outrage?
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