Undue Influence

One “family”: weapons multinationals, Defence bureaucracy and the military top brass

Defence shelves 12-month cooling-off period for staff departing for weapons industry and adopts 'bespoke' conflict management strategies in a move…

Jun 19 • Michelle Fahy

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May 2026

Inside the black box of the NACC under Brereton

NACC was established to weed out corruption in the public sector. As commissioner Paul Brereton quits, we reveal an internal culture of integrity…

May 30 • Michelle Fahy and Elizabeth Minter

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Full text_Built to fail? NACC: the integrity body undermined from the start

An investigation by Nick Feik, Michelle Fahy & Elizabeth Minter

May 9 • Michelle Fahy and Elizabeth Minter

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April 2026

Built to fail? NACC: the integrity body undermined from within

The NACC Commissioner's recusal from all defence matters has shifted greater responsibility for NACC investigations onto its three deputy commissioners…

Apr 25 • Michelle Fahy and Elizabeth Minter

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January 2026

Snapshots from the Shadow World, January 2026

Spotlighting under-reported items of interest for Undue Influence subscribers

Jan 28 • Michelle Fahy

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October 2025

Arms industry infiltrates National Press Club

More than a quarter of the National Press Club’s sponsors are part of the global arms industry or working on its behalf

Oct 31, 2025 • Michelle Fahy

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AUKUS: Revolving door, spiralling down

Ahead of the launch of a new database on the Australian military-industrial complex, we document the farce that AUKUS has become

Oct 19, 2025 • Michelle Fahy

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Inside Australia's covert F-35 parts pipeline to Israel

Additional leaked documents reveal that at least 68 shipments of F-35 fighter jet parts have been flown on commercial passenger planes to Israel from…

Oct 11, 2025 • Michelle Fahy

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Message from Michelle

Hello dear subscribers

Oct 7, 2025 • Michelle Fahy

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August 2025

Australia’s F-35 exports a “facilitation of war crimes”: US expert

Following Sydney’s huge protest against Israel’s killing and starvation of Palestinians in Gaza, the federal government has doubled down on its…

Aug 17, 2025 • Michelle Fahy

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July 2025

Australia has exported F-35 fighter jet parts directly to Israel

Leaked documents seen by independent investigative outlet Declassified Australia reveal that Australia has exported F-35 joint strike fighter parts…

Jul 11, 2025 • Michelle Fahy

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NACC shuns expert advice, keeps Robodebt investigation in-house

The National Anti-Corruption Commission began investigating Robodebt three months ago, but only came clean last week. Even then it buried the news.

Jul 6, 2025 • Michelle Fahy and Elizabeth Minter

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