Rex Patrick
@mrrexpatrick
Transparency Warrior, small business owner, former Independent Senator for SA and former submariner.
Save the date. Canberra. Come and watch the National Archives taxpayer funded lawyers/senior counsel try to swindle three ART Deputy Presidents into thinking that revealing the already revealed 2004 spying will cause harm to Australia’s security and international relations 2/2 #auspol
Journalism by the campfire. Bigriggen Camp Ground, Scenic Rim Region, QLD. #WorkFromRoam
High on #FOI. Yellow Pinch Lookout, Mount Barney National Park, QLD. #WorkFromRoam
#FOI on the rocks! Lower Portals, Mount Barney National Park, QLD. #WorkFromRoam
The new Trump Class battleship (Priority 1) places #AUKUS at priority 4 behind Columbia class nuclear missile subs & Ford class aircraft carriers. The battleship will further tie up a workforce already not making enough Virginia subs. @albomp.bsky.social will ignore this new risk. 🤦♂️ #auspol
When @albomp.bsky.social goes to a ‘doner dinner’ he thinks he’s going along as the ‘Leader of the Labor Party’. When donors go to the same dinner they think they’re going along to eat and talk with the ‘Prime Minister of Australia’. #PaidAccess #auspol 👉 www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/alb...
Politicians using public money to post ‘entertainment pieces’ is not reasonable. If a government department used taxpayers’ money to post silly little videos, MPs and senators would rightly seek an explanation as to why. #auspol
#WorkFromRoam doesn’t just mean having an office in a different country location each week. I’m in Sydney for Transparency International’s 5th National Whistleblowing Symposium. Cities have some special places to work from. Circular Quay, Sydney, NSW.
Last month I had a significant transparency win in the SA Court of Appeal (relating to Murray Darling Basin water). This month Premier Malinauskas is trying to restore Govt secrecy by appealing my win to the High Court. #FOI #MaliVsRex #saparli #auspol
Everything the Govt does, it does on our coin. Everything the Govt does, it should do for public purpose. So we have a right to know. When it comes to transparency @albomp.bsky.social has proven to be a disappointment and a shameless hypocrite. #auspol
Federal Court Justice O’Sullivan agrees info on selecting a site for #AUKUS nuclear waste is “a matter of significant public interest”. The PM can release this info. @albomp.bsky.social, why not do so instead of fighting for secrecy in Court? #FOI #auspol 👉 www.news.com.au/technology/i...
Today I’ve been engaging in a bit of creekside journalism. Bigriggen Camp Ground, Scenic Rim Region, QLD. #WorkFromRoam
Parents relaxing, kids playing, uni students chilling and couples romancing. Together with the chatting, laughing and (birds) singing it makes a great backdrop as I work on some complicated #FOI legal submissions. Bigriggen Camp Ground, Scenic Rim Region, QLD. #WorkFromRoam
The matter will be heard in Canberra (unusually) by three ART Deputy Presidents. An ASIS Deputy Director and DFAT Deputy Secretary will be cross examined. The Govt has engaged Senior Coun$el and the Australian Govt Solicitor to conceal the truth. 2/2 #auspol
#SaveTheDate: It’s only ASIS, DFAT and the delusioned who believe the immoral 2004 spying by the Howard Govt on #Timor-Leste’s maritime boundary negotiating team isn’t confirmed. Let’s see if the Tribunal will force them to come to terms with the truth. 1/2 #auspol
It’s like there’s a government secrecy culture sweeping the nation, with our governors forgetting they govern for us and that the information they have belongs to us. Shame on you Premier Crisafulli. #qldpol 👉 www.smh.com.au/national/que...
On his concluding remarks to the inquiry into allegations of his breaches of the APS Code of Conduct. 7/7 #auspol
On substantiated allegation 4 - Failure to act apolitically in your employment. 6/7 #auspol
On substantiated allegation 3 - Failure to maintain confidentiality of sensitive government information. 5/7 #auspol
On substantiated allegation 2 - Engaging in gossip and disrespectful critique of ministers and public servants. 4/7 #auspol
On substantiated allegation 1 - Using your duty, power, status or authority to gain a benefit or advantage for yourself. 3/7 #auspol
On the 1400 text messages between him and Liberal power broker Scott Briggs. 2/7 #auspol
#Exclusive: In November 2023 Home Affairs Secretary Mike Pezzullo was sacked for various breaches of the Public Service Act Code of Conduct. His side of the story has never been told … until now. #FOI On what action should be taken against him for the breaches. 1/7 #auspol
I won an #AUKUS nuclear waste site #FOI fight! The Dept of Industry has appealed the win to the Federal Court asking I pay their cost. That’s wrong! I’m writing to the Attorney-General asking her to intervene. At least I write from a tranquil spot. Conondale National Park, QLD. #WorkFromRoam