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Another day, another win for transparency! Yesterday, the Senate agreed to my proposal requiring the government to name and shame shoddy contractors who find themselves on a new digital contractor blacklist.

Slightly technical but important motion I was able to get up today: On Tuesday, there were more than 1,000 overdue questions taken on notice during estimates, some more than 2 years ago! This motion orders monthly updates on how many are left until they're all answered.

The Digital Transformation Agency tried to reach out to a government board about AI policy by...trying to guess their email? Then, when the email bounced back, despite being from a government email address, DTA's email filter sent it to the spam folder and it was missed🤦‍♀️ @DTA

““Consistent with longstanding practice, the Department…does not disclose information about the business and operations of cabinet,” came the response. Except, that’s not strictly true. The department provided an answer to that same question when Julia Gillard was in power.”

The government's foreign investment ban was so rushed and confused that it discouraged investment in Build to Rent developments #fail🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️ In 2024-25, just 0.5% of established dwelling acquisitions were by foreign investors. Amateur hour Story 👇👇👇👇

At estimates two weeks ago, senators were told that every government agency that was required (in February 2025) to publish a statement about how they use AI had done so. Here's what the statement of one 'compliant agency' looks like right now. Does this look transparent to you?