Information allows informed debate and scrutiny of Government. So, what’s transparency shaping up to look like in the 48th Parliament?

Some snippets:

The Senate has a number of tools available to force transparency and accountability of the Government.

One measure is the ability to initiate an inquiry into an issue. This requires a majority vote of the Senate. The LNP and Greens would have to join forces (38 votes), with at least one independent (39+ votes), to get an inquiry up in the face of Labor opposition. Getting the LNP and Greens to agree might be challenging, but if that occurs, it won’t be hard to get at least one independent onboard.

The reader can easily imagine the difficulties of getting the LNP and Greens to align on an inquiry. There will certainly be no inquiries on “drill baby drill” or “LGBTQI rights in the community” while such an inquiry requires right-and-left support.

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