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The role can be based in most locations in Australia, with remote work/flexible options available.
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Great question 💪 from Senator @DavidPocock on Ministers shredding docs!
A perfunctory answer from Minister @MurrayWatt. It’s pretty simple - @MarkDreyfusKCMP has to issue a direction to Ministers that it is unlawful to shred their docs and it must not occur. #FOI #auspol
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Pacific leaders are calling out Australia for the "death sentence" that is our continued expansion of gas and coal exports, supporting the fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty. @fossiltreaty
Tuvalu's Prime Minister Feleti Teo on @abcnews, with @stephendziedzic reporting. #auspol
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Tuvalu’s Prime Minister Feleti Teo launching a report which confirms the wealthiest Commonwealth countries - Australia, Canada and the UK - are responsible for bulk of new fossil fuel projects in Commonwealth nations. Teo calls fossil fuel expansion a “death sentence” for Tuvalu
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A secrecy addiction can be very expensive. @AlboMP’s Govt has spent >$1 million losing #FOI fights with me, unsuccessfully denying but wrongfully delaying the release of public policy info. This from a Govt that promised greater transparency 😡 1/2 #auspol canberratimes.com.au/story/8…
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Why does Australia, one of the richest countries in the world, force the unemployed to live so far below the poverty line?
It's anti-poverty week. Let's #RaiseTheRate.
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Our democracy should be open, transparent and accountable. But two years into the Albanese Government, a culture of secrecy prevails and whistleblowers are paying the price.
It's time for the Albanese Government to walk the walk on transparency. See our ad in today's @smh👇
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We call on the Govt to:
🔴 Stop prosecuting whistleblowers
🔴 Reform the broken FOI system
🔴 Address the culture of secrecy in Govt & the APS
Signed:
Whistleblower Justice Fund
@GrataFund
Alliance for Journalists’ Freedom
@humanrightsHRLC
@theACIJ
@TheAusInstitute
#auspol
Secrecy is not security. Join us at the Transparency Summit 2024!
Hear from:
⭐️@DavidPocock
⭐️@DavidShoebridge
⭐️@MaryInman94
⭐️@isreinecke
⭐️@MrRexPatrick
⭐️@rawanarraf
⭐️@PeterGreste
⭐️@RDNS_TAI
and more!
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🚨86 climate lawsuits have been filed against fossil fuel companies – including BP, Chevron, Eni, ExxonMobil, Shell, and TotalEnergies. See the latest trends on Big Oil in Court: oilchange.org/publications/b…
“The rise in lawsuits against Big Oil underlines how their role in climate change is catching up to them. No major oil and gas company is pledging to do the bare minimum to prevent climate chaos, so communities are taking them to court.” -@Davidxvx
Three categories of lawsuits have grown significantly in recent years:
1) Compensation for climate damages
2) Challenges to misleading advertising claims by companies about the climate and environment, and
3) Requirements for companies to reduce their emissions
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Thanks to transparency fighters Brendan Lim and Amanda Sapienza (@auslawnerd) of counsel, Maurice Blackburn Lawyers and @GrataFund. 3/3 🙏🙏🙏 #auspol
The judgement of the Full Court can be found here. 👉 austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewd…
An important win for democracy!
Congratulations to @MrRexPatrick for leading the charge, as well as his brilliant legal team at @YouCanCountOnMB.
In a MASSIVE win for transparency and accountability, the Full Federal Court has rejected @MarkDreyfusKCMP’s argument that ministers should be allowed to shred official docs when they leave office. He’s going to have to feed his secrecy addiction in some other way. 1/3 #auspol
Today at 4pm, the Full Federal Court will release its decision on whether the practice of shredding #FOI documents after a Minister leaves office is indeed unlawful (as well as just bad for democracy).
@MrRexPatrick won in the Federal Court, but the Cth appealed. #auslaw #auspol
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Delighted to see costs reform pass the Senate today, a game-changer for access to justice. It was an honour to play a very small role in this vital reform, including through Prof Thornton, Madeleine Castles & my report on damages & costs in harassment litigation for @agdgovau.
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Did Labor just come good on its promise to protect women at work? Today's win represents the most significant reform for access to justice in Australia in a generation, writes @isreinecke. crikey.com.au/2024/09/19/lab…
RELEASE: “One of the most significant reforms to access to justice in a generation”: Costs Protection Bill passes Federal Parliament
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