Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus looks to spend thousands more of taxpayers’ dollars to appeal a Full Federal Court decision that denied the right of ministers to shred politically sensitive documents as they leave office.
Shredders and dustpans. Mark Dreyfus’ desperate sweep on taxpayers
More broadly, the question now has to be asked: has the Liberal Party simply lost its way under Scott Morrison and since? Members usually prattle on about the need to go back to traditional Liberal values, but what does this actually mean, now it is no longer a tolerant “broad church”, and instead is drifting further and further to the right, and taking guidance from Tony Abbott and his former chief of staff Peta Credlin? The recently launched federal takeover of the New South Wales branch only consolidates this trend. It smacks of a loss of confidence, a sign of a party unsure of what it believes, let alone how to translate those beliefs into policy development, and then to an electable platform.
What happened to the Liberal Party?
NACC Commissioner Paul Brereton gave a speech where he in effect defended the decision not to investigate the Robodebt 6, defended NACC’s secret hearings and seems to be under the delusion he
NACC Commissioner Paul Brereton defends Robodebt decision and says witnesses are “more comfortable” with secret hearings
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