When government keeps the truth from you,
what are they covering up?
https://yourrighttoknow.com.au/media-freedom/When government keeps the truth from you,
what are they covering up?
Australia’s Right to Know is a coalition of Australia’s leading media organisations and industry groups, formed more than a decade ago to protect the Australian public’s right to know.
Australians have a right to know:
which aged care facilities have a history of neglect and abuse when considering where their loved ones are cared for
that Australian land is sold to foreign owners and the terms of those deals are kept secret
that the government has plans to undertake secret surveillance of Australian citizens
that the Australian Tax Office can take money from your account without you knowing.
Abuse and neglect in aged careThere were more than 4,000 reports of assaults in aged care homes last year, but the government won't tell us whether they were by staff, residents or if any led to convictions.
Journalist’s home raided by policeWhistleblower faces 161 years in prison
Australian Taxation Office (ATO) whistleblower Richard Boyle spent months asking his superiors to investigate his concerns that the ATO was abusing its powers. Boyle believed the ATO was using heavy-handed debt collection practices on individuals and small businesses including seizing money from their bank accounts, sometimes without their knowledg
More than a year after News Corp Australia journalist Annika Smethurst reported on secret discussions about the introduction of new powers that would allow the electronic intelligence agency, The Australian Signals Directorate, to spy on Australians, federal police officers raided her home.