Updates, explainers, and news about building a participatory democracy party for Australia.
From electricity networks to the registry that holds the title to your home, NSW governments of both major parties have quietly sold off public assets worth tens of billions of dollars - usually without asking voters, and often against their clear wishes.
Read moreWestConnex was sold to Sydney as a traffic solution. Instead, it became one of Australia's most expensive infrastructure disasters - a case study in what happens when governments make billion-dollar decisions without asking the people who actually have to live with them.
Read moreNSW governments of both stripes have spent years promising to fix one of Australia's most hated taxes - then quietly shelving reform when it mattered most. Here's who's paying the price, and why nothing changes.
Read moreSydney's metro rail expansion has ballooned billions over budget while commuters wait and taxpayers pay. We break down who's responsible, who benefits, and why direct democracy might be the only way to stop it happening again.
Read moreNSW has more poker machines per capita than almost anywhere on Earth, and the evidence of harm is overwhelming. So why does nothing change? Follow the money.
Read moreTens of thousands of NSW apartment owners are trapped in defective buildings they cannot sell, cannot repair without going to court, and cannot escape - while the developers who built them have long since walked away. This is not an accident. It is policy.
Read moreA quiet funding formula buried in NSW budget documents means some of the state's wealthiest schools receive more government money per student than struggling schools in disadvantaged communities. Here's how it works, who benefits, and why neither major party wants to fix it.
Read moreVictoria is now the most indebted state in Australian history, carrying over $160 billion in net debt - and ordinary Victorians are footing the bill through cuts to services, rising taxes, and a government that refuses to be held accountable. Here's what's really going on, and why it matters.
Read moreVictoria's Big Build was sold as nation-building infrastructure for the future. What taxpayers actually got was billions in cost overruns, cancelled projects, and a debt bill that will follow Victorians for decades - with almost no say in how their money was spent.
Read moreVictoria has spent over $13 billion removing level crossings across Melbourne - but with cost blowouts, disrupted communities, and questionable priorities, it's worth asking: is this really the infrastructure Victorians would choose?
Read moreVictoria's pandemic management laws gave the state government sweeping powers to detain people, restrict movement, and override parliament - and they lasted far longer than any genuine emergency justified. Here's what happened, why it matters, and what it tells us about how power is exercised when voters aren't watching.
Read moreVictoria's ageing public housing towers are home to some of Australia's most vulnerable people - yet successive Labor and Coalition governments have chosen managed decline over genuine investment. Here's what the evidence shows, and why residents keep losing.
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