The Competition and Consumer Amendment (Responding to Exceptional Circumstances) Bill 2026 gives the ACCC and the minister wide ranging power to exempt large corporations from anticompetitive and fair trading laws during crises like the Iranian oil shock. It lets the government “tear up the rulebook” by rubberstamping illegal anticompetitive behaviour through a Ministerial instrument. Using […]
The Copyright Amendment Bill 2025 is the culmination of two years of consultation aimed at fixing a long-standing issue with orphan works, expanding online education exemptions, and making minor technical updates. Division 2AAA in the Copyright Act 1968 limits remedies against those using copyrighted works when the owner can’t be found after a “reasonably diligent” […]
This is my interaction with federal agencies at the Illicit Tobacco hearing in Canberra on 18 May 2026. Tobacco excise tax losses range from $7.7 billion to $11.8 billion annually (ITEC report). The agencies confirmed that illicit tobacco is a massive, highly sophisticated, and growing threat tied directly to organised crime. The Australian Federal Police […]
Fuel costs are skyrocketing! When harvest fuel bills double and take weeks to recoup from supermarkets, family farms simply can’t finance the food on our tables. If Canberra keeps treating our fuel sovereignty like someone else’s problem, store shelves will empty fast. Our food producers are already feeling the heat. Government needs to step up […]
During this Senate estimates, I confronted officials over their “dodge” of my earlier question regarding M1 motorway works between Brisbane and the Gold Coast. Instead of a brief summary, they dumped a staggering 1,535 pages of unindexed data on my office, effectively telling my staff, who have already been halved by resourcing cuts, to dig […]
I questioned Minister Murray Watt and departmental officials to get straight answers on how much taxpayer money is being spent on United Nations climate events and whether the government’s policies are hurting economic growth. I asked the department questions on taxpayer spending regarding Minister Chris Bowen’s role as president of negotiations for COP31 in Türkiye. […]
I questioned the Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Dr Cody, regarding the Australian Human Rights Commission’s intervention as an amicus curiae in the Tickle v Giggle case. I asked Dr Cody whether the Commission could genuinely claim neutrality when participating in the legal action. I also raised concerns regarding the official report Equal Identities, questioning whether the […]
I questioned the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) CEO Ms. Spence regarding the authority’s heavy-handed treatment, regulatory delays and conflicts of interest directed at Mr Barker and his company, UAS Pacific. When pressed about why Mr. Lewis — a former UAS Pacific employee whose credibility, motives, and personal “axe to grind” were flagged in Fair […]
In my questioning of NACC Commissioner Brereton, we reviewed the commission’s performance and legislative framework since July 2023. Commissioner Brereton confirmed that the NACC has received 7,624 referrals, of which 7,026 have gone through the assessment process. Out of these, 54 investigations have been commenced alongside 22 inherited from ACLEI; 35 have been completed and […]
Are the chemicals used in the fire ant eradication program truly “not toxic”? I raised this question with the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) during the last senate estimates. Pyriproxyfen and S-methoprene are targeted insect growth regulators. Said to be safe for soil microbes and non-accumulative in the food chain, they are toxic […]
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