DARK SECRETS: 220 - The Real Truth

Labor faces electric vehicle roadblock over inclusion of hybrid cars

Greens and David Pocock say government bill amounts to a fossil fuel subsidy and will slow uptake of zero emission vehicles

The Guardian - AU · Sep 20, 2022

Scott Morrison’s secretive cabinet committee of one had hundreds of meetings, FOI documents suggest

Exclusive: Transparency advocate Rex Patrick says body established by former PM with only one permanent member – Morrison – was ‘an abuse of process’

The Guardian - AU · Sep 20, 2022

Germany to nationalize gas giant Uniper in historic bailout

The German government is planning to inject about 8 billion euros ($8 billion) into Uniper SE as part of a historic agreement to nationalize the gas giant and stave off a collapse of the country’s energy sector.

The Times of India · Sep 20, 2022

Tasmanian government increases taxpayer funding lure to secure AFL licence

As AFL club presidents pore over documents to decide if Tasmania will win the 19th AFL licence, Premier Jeremy Rockliff increases the amount taxpayers will contribute, repeating his pitch that the "flow on effects" will benefit the state.

ABC News · Sep 20, 2022

Queensland police will have to use ‘open and closed hand tactics’ after spit hood ban, union says

Controversial spit hoods will no longer be used in Queensland watchhouses, commissioner says

The Guardian - AU · Sep 19, 2022

Labor urged to axe $1.9bn in ‘zombie’ fossil fuel subsidies promised by the Coalition

Exclusive: Morrison government announced support for coal and gas projects in ‘gas-fired recovery’ but didn’t formalise contracts, PBO analysis reveals

The Guardian - AU · Sep 19, 2022

Queensland bans 'inhumane' spit hoods

The use of controversial spit hoods has been banned in watchhouses across Queensland.

AAP · Sep 19, 2022

Calls for paid parental leave expansion

Ahead of a Senate inquiry, advocacy organisations are calling on the federal government to increase the amount of paid parental leave.

AAP · Sep 19, 2022

‘The real deal’: eight years in the red house, Jacqui Lambie still calls it as she sees it

The Tasmanian senator admits she was a wrecking ball when she first came to parliament, but Lambie 2022 is (mostly) not Lambie 2014

The Guardian - AU · Sep 17, 2022

Fork in the road: can Tasmania unwind the environmental damage at Lake Pedder?

Christine Milne argues the glory of restored Tasmanian lake, drowned in 1972, would outweigh benefits of energy it generates

The Guardian - AU · Sep 16, 2022