Enough.
Here’s What Changes.
We want a say in who runs our inquiries, and we want them to make real change.
Being allowed to vote every few years shouldn’t be the full extent of our involvement in our own bloody country.
An Integrity Royal Commission, With a Difference
We are tired of rigged inquiries that go nowhere, or that are set up to investigate nobody and get the outcome they want.
Most of what we face has come off the back of a banking royal commission, a disability royal commission and a child abuse royal commission.
We want a royal commission for and by the people of Australia, into the people who have been paid to run our country. What that looks like, we create together.
A federal corruption watchdog with the powers and resources to investigate properly. Criminal conduct prosecuted. Public services that exist to help the people who need them.
Who will be held accountable?
And what will be done to make sure this never happens again?
Release the Records
The Senate can order ministers to produce documents. The Auditor-General can examine how money was spent. The ACCC can look at acquisitions, and since 1 January 2026 big ones have to be notified.[1][2]
| Record to publish | What it would show |
|---|---|
| Lobbying briefs, meeting diaries and submissions for care reforms | Who asked for a change, for which client, and before which decision |
| Taskforce and advisory-group interests, recusals and appointments | How financial interests were declared and managed |
| Provider proposals and departmental assessments | Which proposals were adopted, rejected or changed, and why |
| Quality-pilot assessments and grant agreements | Why recipients were picked and what they must deliver |
| Future Fund investment chains through to care companies | The funds, stakes and amounts missing from manager-level reports |
| Provider accounts covering debt, rent, fees and distributions | How much care money reaches owners, lenders and related companies |
| Outcomes contracts, amendments and evaluations | What triggers payment, who carries losses and how results were measured |
| Data-sharing agreements, approved uses and vendor contracts | Where records go and what decisions they can support |
| RedBridge briefs, behavioural-trial protocols and campaign spending | What government tested on the public and how it used the results |
| Departure declarations, employment restrictions and later approaches | Whether former officials used public roles for private gain |
| Algorithms, model assessments and override records | How software shaped a decision and whether a person could fix it |
| Investigation outcomes and referral decisions | Who was investigated and why action was or wasn’t taken |
| Assessments of effects on participants and workers | Whether changes cut choice, staffing, wages, access or safety |
It’s Time
At Blacktown in November 1972, Gough Whitlam promised greater equality, a say in public decisions and the freedom to develop your talents. He also talked about who owns the country.[3]
A person needs healthcare, education, housing and support to use an opportunity. They also need some power over the places that run their lives.
Australians should be able to build a business, earn a living and get care without handing control of their lives to the owners of an essential service.
“We will put Australians back into the business of running Australia and owning Australia.”
Gough Whitlam, Blacktown, 13 November 1972.[3]
What Happens After a Finding
- Every adverse finding gets a public response: prosecution, civil recovery, discipline, or a published reason for doing nothing.
- Where there’s evidence of crime: preserve the emails, trace the payments, find out who knew what, and take it to court.
- New evidence gets looked at on its merits, even after an earlier inquiry has closed.
- Political prominence and a fancy corporate title give no protection.
Sources
- Australian Senate, Brief Guide No. 12, Orders for production of documents. https://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Senate/Practice_and_Procedure/Guides_to_Senate_Procedure/No_12
- ACCC, Mergers and acquisitions; Thresholds for notifying acquisitions. Mandatory notification began 1 January 2026. https://www.accc.gov.au/business/mergers-and-acquisitions https://www.accc.gov.au/business/mergers-and-acquisitions/thresholds-for-notifying-acquisitions
- Gough Whitlam, Labor policy speech, Blacktown, 13 November 1972, Museum of Australian Democracy. https://moadoph.gov.au/explore/democracy/election-speeches/gough-whitlam-1972