Laurie Patton Laurie Patton is a journalist and one of many campaigning for broad whistleblower laws.
In to bat again for Julian Assange May 20, 2024 By Laurie Patton Editors' Picks Later today, Julian Assange’s lawyers will make their final appeal against his extradition to the US. That’s why we need whistleblower laws.
A plea to end the Assange saga? May 29, 2023 By Laurie Patton News It looks like the legal team behind Julian Assange is finally on track to see him released, with a plea bargain being seriously considered.
Whistleblower protection laws need broad scope July 20, 2022 By Laurie Patton Editors' Picks Along with the Bernard Colleary case the Julian Assange saga highlights the need for whistleblower laws to also protect people who assist them, even computer hackers.
Ministerial staff should not be a highly visible part of the political process July 10, 2022 By Laurie Patton Editors' Picks Given they are paid by the public, we have the right to expect certain standards, rules and regulations to apply to political staffers.
We need an innovation-led decentralisation plan for Australia’s workers May 11, 2020 By Laurie Patton Economy & Industry The ability to work collaboratively without necessarily having to be in the same room or even the same city shows decentralisation works.
Op-ed: we wouldn’t need inquiries if public administration wasn’t so broken November 13, 2019 By Laurie Patton Community & Social We pay politicians and public servants to do a job not fob off their responsibilities to royal commissions and the like. Accounts of systemic failures in aged care are the latest revelations to expose how fundamentally ineffective our governments and their agencies have become.
