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Rex Patrick

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Australian Space Agency fails to launch

The Adelaide-based Australian Space Agency needs a shake-up after bureaucratic inertia put obstacles in the way of Saturday’s historic satellite launch, argues Rex Patrick.

Now is the time to plan for post-pandemic recovery

Australia needs to start planning now for our post-coronavirus recovery, just as a previous generation took on the huge task of post-war reconstruction, argues Senator Rex Patrick.

The Turnbull Government has refused to appoint a Privacy Commissioner and a legally trained FOI Commissioner, says Rex Patrick. Photo: AAP/Lukas Coch

Freedom from information in Canberra's utopia

Canberra’s addiction to secrecy is damaging democracy, argues Nick Xenophon Team senator Rex Patrick.