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ACT needs a bigger Assembly and it'd be cheaper than adding a local council: review

A bigger Assembly is 'more cost-effective' than local councils.

The Canberra Times

Albanese’s department among those blocking 80% of FoI requests, scathing report finds

Report finds culture of ‘resistance and delay’ in the Australian parliament with more than 60% of requests having longer response times than mandated 30-day deadline

The Guardian - AU

Why the Voice referendum failed – and what the government hasn’t learned from it

More than two years on, you’d be forgiven for thinking the story of the failure of the referendum on an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice has been neatly folded away and filed as a story of inevitable loss. Bipartisanship was essential. The country was not ready. Racism raised its…

The Conversation

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PM caught in backlash as transparency pleas grow

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese faces calls to bolster transparency as Labor starts the new year ramming through complex legislation with reduced oversight.

AAP

‘Serious gaps’ in Labor’s environment laws undermine attempt to fix broken system, integrity experts say

Pressure mounts on federal government to rethink controversial ‘national interest’ exemption for projects

The Guardian - AU

Senators urged to flex muscles to stop Labor inaction

A Greens senator has offered an olive branch to form an unlikely alliance to hold Labor to account as it fails to comply with document production orders.

AAP

Freedom of information overhaul plan winning no friends

A proposed overhaul of Australia's freedom of information system has failed to win crucial support, with the government urged to go back to the drawing board.

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Albanese government worse than Morrison era at producing documents for public scrutiny, report finds

Labor’s first term saw second-worst performance since 1993 in complying with Senate orders for documents, data shows

The Guardian - AU

What do we know about the Voice to Parliament design, and what do we still need to know?

The Australian people will soon be asked to vote in a referendum to constitutionally recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people through a First Nations Voice. Unfortunately, the political debate on this question has become mired in arguments over “detail” that are either ignorant or deceitful about the nature of…

The Conversation

High Court sides with developer Citta over Hobart Parliament Square disability access case

A disability advocate says he will consider lodging a new complaint after the High Court ruled in favour of the developers of Hobart's Parliament Square precinct, in a long-running dispute over equal access.

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