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Paddy Gourley

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Budget savings for Chalmers – fix the bloated pay system at the top of the public service

Budget savings for Chalmers – fix the bloated pay system at the top of the public service
25.03.2026 10

Pearls and Irritations

Paddy Gourley

Australia, Iran and the politics of evasion

Political evasions and half-truths are shaping Australia’s response to the US-Israel attack on Iran, undermining honest debate about legality and...

11.03.2026 20

Pearls and Irritations

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ASIO fails to gag the ABC

ASIO’s pre-emptive attack on a Four Corners investigation into the Bondi killings was vague, thinly evidenced and ultimately counter-productive. The...

25.02.2026 10

Pearls and Irritations

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Do we really need a Minister for Social Cohesion?

11.02.2026 10

Pearls and Irritations

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Blaming the Privacy Act for government secrecy

28.01.2026 10

Pearls and Irritations

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Best of 2025 - How the Albanese government kept “jobs for mates” alive

18.01.2026 20

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Best of 2025 - ASIO's Mike Burgess and a lust for the limelight

15.01.2026 10

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Best of 2025 - A deserved defeat for Albanese on freedom of information

11.01.2026 10

Pearls and Irritations

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How the Albanese government kept “jobs for mates” alive

03.12.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

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The Dismissal at 50: Albanese condemns the past but avoids real reform

26.11.2025 8

Pearls and Irritations

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ASIO's Mike Burgess and a lust for the limelight

12.11.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

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Commonwealth administrative reform remains up the creek

29.10.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

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Government secrecy 2, the public interest 0. Again

02.10.2025 10

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How to get Albanese up for the Nobel Peace Prize

17.09.2025 9

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Messiness in spookdom: Australia's Iran Contra deal

03.09.2025 10

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Modelling consultative ineptitude at the economic roundtable

20.08.2025 10

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Mike Burgess on the ASIO soapbox, again

06.08.2025 9

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Time for Foreign Minister Wong to put her foot down

18.07.2025 9

Pearls and Irritations

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Senior APS pay is a mess, and latest increase is simply beyond explanation

16.06.2025 10

Canberra Times

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Greg Sheridan piles on the Murdoch delusions

24.05.2025 10

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Kim Beazley bombs out

21.03.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

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Mike Pezzullo and the Murdoch comedy company

19.02.2025 8

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Public servants’ pay: Lambie’s on the money

05.02.2025 10

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Hugh White is stirring the China pot again

30.01.2025 8

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Elitists touched up by one of their own – The Callick case

21.01.2025 10

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Rumours of ASPI’s death are exaggerated

When a review of Commonwealth funding of “strategic policy work”, together with the government’s response, was released just before Christmas, the...

06.01.2025 20

Pearls and Irritations

Paddy Gourley