Archive - Undue Influence

Game of Mates. The Australian War Memorial and its military industrial conflicts.

Why doesn't Kim Beazley, chair of Australian War Memorial, which is undergoing a $550 million expansion, disclose his board roles with multinational…

Jul 12 •

Elizabeth Minter

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Decoded: Defence Department's deadly deceits

After nine months of denial and disinformation, the Australian government has been forced to confirm its deadly exports to Israel

Jul 9 •

Brereton’s NACC cloaked in military-grade secrecy

Monday marked the first anniversary of the National Anti-Corruption Commission. This deep dive into the NACC's first decision discovers secrets upon…

Jul 2 •

Elizabeth Minter

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June 2024

Lockheed Martin, Australian Government: joined at the hip

There is a remarkable “revolving door” of top people between Australian government and Defence Department roles and the world’s no 1 weapons-maker

Jun 19 •

Lockheed Martin deletes Australian F-35 ties

The world’s biggest weapons manufacturer, Lockheed Martin, has deleted from its website details about Australia’s key role in building F-35 fighter…

Jun 7 •

May 2024

Were Australian weapons used in mass killings by Saudi Arabia?

A report by Human Rights Watch on the mass killing of hundreds, possibly thousands, of defenceless migrants and asylum seekers on the Saudi-Yemen border…

May 10 •

Australia and the F-35 supply chain: in lockstep with Lockheed

The Australian government has continued arms exports to Israel while assuring Australians it has not sent weapons to Israel for five years

May 3 •

April 2024

Secrets of the weapons trade

The Australian government is obscuring weapons exports to Israel despite International Court’s ruling to oppose plausible genocide

Apr 12 •

March 2024

AUKUS: Red flag for arms industry corruption

There has been almost no public commentary about the likely influence of the arms industry in the secretive AUKUS deal.

Mar 22 •

December 2023

More serious governance failures in Defence contracting

The pattern of poor governance by Defence has been further exposed following disturbing revelations in yet another contract.

Dec 22, 2023 •

'Toothless' federal lobbying code targeted by Independents for major reform

Independent MP Dr Monique Ryan has introduced her first private member's bill, aiming to strengthen lobbying laws and limit the revolving door, as part…

Dec 8, 2023 •

November 2023

Mapping the revolving door between government and the weapons industry

Undue Influence revolving door database progresses

Nov 3, 2023 •

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