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Why are casual coal miners getting ripped off? Coal LSL at Senate Estimates
March 2021, National, Senate Estimates
https://youtu.be/wInad1QUBUY
Despite possibly tipping more into their entitlements from working more hours, casual miners pull out less on the other end from the entitlements pool at Coal LSL. I also queried $33 million dollars that has…

Why do we send data to the IRS without telling the individual? Australian Tax Office at Senate Estimates
March 2021, National, Senate Estimates
https://youtu.be/ynEjhTTltzo
Australian banks hand over a large amount of sensitive banking and financial data to the United States IRS. This happens through the FATCA Act. Despite the huge intrusion to privacy and information of Australian…

How many foreign deals have we actually rejected? Questioning the Foreign Investment Review Board
Foreign Ownership, March 2021, National, Senate Estimates
https://youtu.be/vNb_uB4LJ0g
Despite the tough talk about foreign ownership, the government continues to allow foreign entities to buy up too much Australian land and critical infrastructure. While there is a lot of spotlight on larger…

Can we afford $220 billion Submarines right now? Department of Defence at Senate Estimates
March 2021, National, Senate Estimates
https://youtu.be/Agz0DzzefFQ
CANCEL THE $220 BILLION SUBS CONTRACT
It is currently estimated that the Future Attack Submarines the government wants to buy will cost $220 billion including construction and ongoing service. We aren't…

Why didn’t Fair Work raise the alarm on casuals? Fair Work Ombudsman at Senate Estimates
March 2021, National, Senate Estimates
https://youtu.be/k0BXzvAoxP8
In Senate Estimates today, I continued to pursue the case to support casual coal production workers. I showed the FWO that the hunter valley CFMEU bosses sold out casual mine workers and left them significantly…

Is Australia’s election software hackable? Questioning the AEC at Senate Estimates
March 2021, National, Senate Estimates
https://youtu.be/ZtRJIfqLXg8
Confidence in our elections is a cornerstone of our democracy and many questions have been raised by events in the United States Presidential election about our own software, which was originally sourced from…

Industrial Relations Omnibus Explainer
National, Speeches
https://youtu.be/dIHhSrf8S3Q
The Government's IR omnibus was gutted last week before it passed the Senate. I was disappointed to see that the wage theft and enforcement measures were not passed. The insertion of a detailed definition of…

Does Australia Post care about Mum and Dad LPOs?
March 2021, National, Senate Estimates
https://youtu.be/xTBRd8-EX0g
Licensed Post Offices (LPOs) provide important services especially in regional towns. Unfortunately, they've been overlooked in a number of the changes to the way Australia Post operates.
Transcript
[Malcolm…

Questioning the Bureau of Meteorology at Senate Estimates
Climate Change, March 2021, Senate Estimates
https://youtu.be/3_phX925bdc
I'm down in Canberra at Senate Estimates this week. Over many years now I have consistently grilled the Bureau of Meteorology at Estimates over their methodology in 'homogenising' or changing raw temperature…

Fixing IR reform to protect employees and help small business
National
https://youtu.be/ToS8-r89i2U
The monstrosity of the Fair Work Act is the first problem with our industrial relations. We have gone through the proposed legislation in detail and put together many amendments for the government to consider.…