Alannah’s back:MacTiernan registers as lobbyist but isn’t ‘open for business’
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Alannah’s back:MacTiernan registers as lobbyist but isn’t ‘open for business’

The former state Labor minister and federal MP insists she placed herself on the register out of an abundance of caution after starting a new job.

  • byHamish Hastie

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Lobbyist donations climb more than 500 per cent over two decades

Lobbyist donations climb more than 500 per cent over two decades

Lobbyists and industry groups have ramped up their payments to the major political parties,extending their influence.

  • byDavid Crowe
Lobbyists gaining unfair access to ministers,says leading lawyer

Lobbyists gaining unfair access to ministers,says leading lawyer

A top constitutional lawyer has warned that federal parliament needs stricter rules on who gets favoured status when seeking influence.

  • byDavid Crowe
Burke’s tip to Basil:Cull the Clan or go nowhere with the Libs
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Burke’s tip to Basil:Cull the Clan or go nowhere with the Libs

When asked what he spoke to Perth Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas about,the former premier said it related to the Liberals’ powerbroking faction known as the Clan.

  • byHamish Hastie
Inquiry launched into visa deals linked to Scott Morrison ally

Inquiry launched into visa deals linked to Scott Morrison ally

A federal inquiry will examine a cancelled visa outsourcing project that cost taxpayers at least $92 million.

  • byDavid Crowe
Failures on quarantine contract helped sink Pezzullo
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Failures on quarantine contract helped sink Pezzullo

The decision by the ousted Home Affairs secretary to direct a government contract to his lobbyist friend’s firm without declaring it was among the factors in his dismissal.

  • byNick McKenzie,Michael Bachelard andJames Massola
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‘Toothless and ineffectual’:Lobbying crackdown to be put to parliament

‘Toothless and ineffectual’:Lobbying crackdown to be put to parliament

Independent MP Monique Ryan will seek support for the draft law to tighten the lobbying rules and force much greater disclosure on federal ministers.

  • byDavid Crowe
It’s time for more sensible thinking about productivity

It’s time for more sensible thinking about productivity

When will we tire of all the bulldust that’s talked in the name of hastening productivity improvement?

  • byRoss Gittins
‘Modern version of the D Notice’:How the Home Affairs boss tried to stifle press freedom
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‘Modern version of the D Notice’:How the Home Affairs boss tried to stifle press freedom

Michael Pezzullo pushed for the power to censor the media’s reporting of some national security issues after controversial raids on Australian journalists.

  • byMichael Bachelard andNick McKenzie
Crakanthorp family’s $67m property empire revealed

Crakanthorp family’s $67m property empire revealed

Sacked Labor minister Tim Crakanthorp withheld the true extent of his extended family’s property empire as he sought an exemption to continue lobbying on behalf of a redevelopment.

  • byMax Maddison andCarrie Fellner
Ex-minister Stuart Robert to be referred to anti-corruption watchdog

Ex-minister Stuart Robert to be referred to anti-corruption watchdog

In an interim report,a parliamentary inquiry said the National Anti-Corruption Commission should investigate Robert’s contact with companies that sought major contracts with government agencies he oversaw.

  • byDavid Crowe andNick McKenzie