Rex Patrick

NORTHERN EXPOSURE

I’ve crossed into the Territory to use to conduct some northern exposure.

Plenty Highway, Tobermorey Station, NT.

PETER “CHOPPER” MALINAUSKAS TAKES AN AXE TO THE PARK LANDS

In a masterpiece of urban planning Colonel William Light designed Adelaide as a city inside a park. Peter ‘Chopper’ Malinauskas is using a patchwork of vanity projects to end Light’s vision, signing a death warrant for 1,400 trees along the way.

Peter ‘Chopper’ Malinauskas to plonk MotoGP in Adelaide's cherished Park Lands - Michael West Premier Peter Malinauskas plans to chop down 400 trees in Adelaide's Park Lands for the MotoGP Grand Prix. Rex Patrick reports.

DESPITE $B SPENT ON SPOOKS, OUR GOVT READ ABOUT IT IN THE PAPER

Despite more than $4.5B per annum being spent on DIO, ASIO, ASIS and ASD, the Government only found out about a businessman with Chinese Communist Party links buying land next door to proposed sub-bases when it read about it in the newspaper🤦‍♂️.

Billions spent on spooks, yet AUKUS bases in clear view of Chinese neighbours - Michael West A businessman with links to Chinese Communist Party purchased land next to proposed sub-bases, ADF spooks read it in the paper

WILL AUKUS KEEP US SAFE AND CAN WE AFFORD THE COST?

Peter Garrett and I talk about AUKUS.

AUKUS public inquiry Q&A with Peter Garrett and Rex Patrick After conducting 10 days of public hearings and receiving almost 80...

THE RACE THAT STOPS A NATION

: The town numbers have swelled for the race that stops a nation; the Windorah International Yabby Races. There’s less than 2 hours to go until the first of four races starts, and the air is thick with excitement.

Windorah, Central West Qld.

LIFE AT SUNRISE

Life awoken at sunrise at Cooper Creek Crossing, Central West QLD.

COOPER CROSSING STAY

As I travel from Quilpie to Birdsville (to experience the weekend races) I’ve set up my ‘work from roam’ office at Cooper Creek near Windorah. I’m doing some FOI work with the most amazing bird life filling the view beyond my laptop screen.

Cooper Creek Crossing, Central West QLD

DRINKING WATER MAY BE AUSTRALIA’S BIGGEST WORRY IN A WAR

What’s the point of spending $368B on AUKUS nuclear-powered submarines if our water and food runs out, not through military attack, but because critical ingredients simply don't arrive.

Thirsty? Water supply, not fuel, may be Australia's biggest worry in war - Michael West In a time of crisis, water supply the real problem. Rex Patrick lifts the lid on some uncomfortable national resilience vulnerabilities.

EXCUSES, EXCUSES

The excuse that current advice can't be released because it will 'chill" future advice is logically flawed and contrary to an officials' statutory duties. But it's often used to delay the release of info about politically sensitive topics.

This excuse is used to prevent your access to information. It's complete nonsense The government repeatedly denies disclosing information due to a threat of it "chilling" the advice of public servants to ministers. It's a trick to avoid transparency.

COINCIDENTAL OR FOI WIN?

Coincidental? The SA Government announced details today of the Adelaide MotoGP track, two days before my Freedom Of Information (FOI) request on details of the Adelaide MotorGP track was due. I’m going to claim this as an FOI win.