Will the Albanese government act?
As Scott Morrison’s secret ministries saga demonstrates, Australia is still learning about the profound impact of a decade of highly partisan government, when once independent bodies came to be treated as the political property of the Coalition.
But will Labor — now back in control of the agency it created — take on the powerful vested interests that have benefitted from a decade of special treatment?
Organisations like the Australian Catholic Bishops’ Conference, a registered basic religious charity, are largely free from accountability.
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