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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s diary reveals he had a meeting with then-Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce in November 2022.

In giving a rosy picture of how households were coping with interest rate hikes RBA Governor Michele Bullock ignored advice from her own analysts that many were struggling.

The prime minister met the former Qantas chief executive in late 2022, just six weeks after the airline began urging the government to block Qatar from expanding its services into Australia.

As many ordinary Aussies struggle to pay for the basics the Prime Minister, top public servants and judges go into 2024 with huge salary increases, with one mandarin on almost a $1million a year.

The secretive Australian government just cannot help itself. Clamouring and hectoring of other countries and their secret arrangements (who can forget the criticism of the Solomon Islands over its security pact with China for that reason?) the Albanese ...

Despite aggressively raising interest rates to combat inflation, the Reserve Bank admits it has no documents on the impact of stage-three tax cuts which will inject an extra $21 billion into the economy. Michael Pascoe says the bank is either incompetent or cowed by Treasury and politics.

The secretive Australian government just cannot help itself. Clamouring and hectoring of other countries and their secret arrangements (who can forget the criticism of the Solomon Islands over its security pact with China for that reason?) the Albanese government is a bit too keen on keeping a lid on things regarding the withering away of

Expense report, which previously included itemised spending, now has almost zero detail on how money actually spent in each category

Freedom of information documents sought by former senator Rex Patrick outline ‘key risks’ attorney general was advised of in Bernard Collaery case

The government continues to refuse freedom-of-information access to minutes of a committee established by the Coalition. When will it live up to its rhetoric on transparency?