Commentary on democracy reform, Australian politics, and business. Champion of independent media. Author of Why Democracy is Broken - A Blueprint for Change.
Understanding the nature of political donations is more important than a federal ICAC. Without a proper definition it will be just another ineffectual body that changes little.
The longevity vacuum is about how short sighted policy making by politicians unable to see beyond the next election is contributing to the decline in trust in our democracy.
The more thingc change, the more they stay the same - democracy reform is long overdue and if we dont act - one day it may be too late...
Facebook's Libra launch may well prove to be the most disruptive change to the world's financial system since Bretton Woods in 1971. Bankers and regulators beware...
The NBN is not only over budget, behind schedule and technologically buggered, it is driving down the value of a whole industry.
First in a series on the changing nature of media power and the threats and opportunities if media diversity