Six months after its 2025 re-election, the Australian Government faces serious integrity challenges. This report card assesses the Government’s actions – and inaction – across key democratic safeguards: transparency, merit-based appointments, limits on undue influence, strengthening the public service and support for the institutions that hold power to account. The paper urges the Government to...

This submission is based on research on political disinformation and advertising on WeChat, RedNote and Chinese-language YouTube channels during the 2025 Australian federal election. The findings uncover the challenges in electoral regulation and enforcement, particularly concerning political advertising and disinformation that may undermine Australia’s electoral integrity. The submission provides four recommendations.

This submission to the Senate Committee on Information Integrity on Climate Change and Energy draws on research conducted ahead of the 2025 Australian Federal Election to track political advertising in key electorates. The research revealed that astroturfing in climate and energy debates is not the work of fringe actors but a systematic strategy of mainstream...

This paper contends that key details of the Australian Government’s flagship Help to Buy scheme have been hidden from proper parliamentary oversight. It reveals how the Help to Buy Program Directions 2025 hand sweeping powers to the executive, exempting crucial policy rules from parliamentary disallowance and scrutiny.

This report analyses the first year of client data from the Human Rights Law Centre's Whistleblower project in Australia. It finds women who blow the whistle are vital to exposing wrongdoing but are paying a heavy price. The report makes four recommendations to better protect women whistleblowers, including establishing a Whistleblower Protection Authority.