Summer Series - Keeping the Bastards Honest with Senator Rex Patrick [webinar series]

Our summer podcast series brings you some of the best conversations from our webinars in 2021. This episode you’ll hear from Independent Senator Rex Patrick Rex about the huge gaps in Australia’s system of integrity and accountability mechanisms at the federal level.

This in-depth discussion covers everything from unnecessary government secrecy, Freedom of Information laws to the powers of the Senate to expose dodgy decisions and poor administration that the Government battles to keep hidden from the public.

Host: Ebony Bennett, Deputy Director at the Australia Institute // @ebony_bennett

Senator Rex Patrick // @Senator_Patrick

Bill Browne, Democracy & Accountability program lead // @Browne90

The Australia Institute // @theausinstitute

Producer: Jennifer Macey // @jennifermacey

Theme Music: Pulse and Thrum; additional music by Blue Dot Sessions