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Defang Bureaucrats So They Can’t Be Used As Political Pawns
6 February 2020

Defang Bureaucrats So They Can’t Be Used As Political Pawns

The revelations about how former prime minister Tony Abbott and other conservative activists were pursued by the federal Attorney-General­’s Department at the behest­ of Labor legal affairs spokesman Mark Dreyfus represents a failure of our democracy and the rule of law. A Freedom of Information request­ lodged by the Institute of Public Affairs uncovered further details about how the organiser
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Attorney-General Must Order Department To Release 1,300 Documents Targeting Australians
29 November 2019

Attorney-General Must Order Department To Release 1,300 Documents Targeting Australians

As uncovered in The Australian, an Institute of Public Affairs freedom of information request has revealed that the Attorney-General’s department holds in excess of 1,300 documents and correspondence relating to Andrew Cooper, Tony Abbott, CPAC and ACU. “1,300 documents and correspondence relating to Abbott, Cooper, CPAC and ACU captured from eight full time public servants over a seven-month period is
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There May Be 1300 Reasons This Law Does Not Work
29 November 2019

There May Be 1300 Reasons This Law Does Not Work

There are potentially 1300 smoking guns pointing to evidence that the Attorney­-General’s Department has been using the power of the commonwealth to target conservatives­ in Australia. It is not acceptable for bureaucrats to be running a covert political operation out of the Attorney-General’s Department to silence Australians because of their polit­ical beliefs, but they are able to under the Foreign
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The Secretary Of The Attorney-General’s Department Must Stand Down
6 November 2019

The Secretary Of The Attorney-General’s Department Must Stand Down

“The Secretary of the Attorney-General’s Department, Chris Moraitis, must stand down pending an investigation into how his department abused its power to target Australians because of their political beliefs,” said Daniel Wild, Director of Research at free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs. On Saturday, The Australian reported that Andrew Cooper, the organiser of a conservative political conference
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This Foolish Act Must Be Repealed At Once
6 November 2019

This Foolish Act Must Be Repealed At Once

Bureaucrats are using Australia’s foreign-influence laws to run a covert political operation out of the Attorney-General’s Department to silence Australians becaus­e of their political beliefs, all under the nose of the Coalition government. This is the kind of behaviour one would expect from the Stasi in East Germany in 1961, not in Australia­ today. On Saturday, The Weekend Australian reported that Andrew
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