Undue Influence
Michelle Fahy, Elizabeth MinterIndependent investigative reporting on the weapons industry and its close connections with the Australian government
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NACC handed naval contracts corruption case back to Defence
Last week, reports from The Nightly and the ABC revealed details of a case involving a recently retired senior naval officer facing a court martial on eight separate charges relating to naval sustainment contracts at the Henderson shipyard...
Senior naval officer facing court martial over naval contracts - breaking news from WA
A secretive court martial process is under way in Western Australia involving a recently retired officer, The Nightly’s Andrew Greene has reported.
The Nightly said it understands the accused had left the Australian Defence Force in the p...
One “family”: weapons multinationals, Defence bureaucracy and the military top brass
The world’s largest weapons maker, Lockheed Martin, has poached its new Australian chief executive directly from the upper echelon of the federal government’s weapons buying group.
The high profile appointment, made in January, continued t...
Inside the black box of the NACC under Brereton
We undertook this investigation in collaboration with journalist Nick Feik. It was first published by Crikey on Thursday (28.5.26).
The inaugural commissioner of the National Anti-Corruption Commission, Paul Brereton, resigned unexpectedly...
Full text_Built to fail? NACC: the integrity body undermined from the start
We undertook this investigation in collaboration with journalist Nick Feik. It was first published by The Australia Institute’s The Point on 25 April 2026.
UPDATE: On 4 May 2026, the National Anti-Corruption Commission announced that deput...
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Michelle is an independent researcher investigating links between the weapons industry and Australian government. She has worked with ABC Four Corners, Declassified Australia, Arena, The Point, Michael West Media and others. MEAA member.
Liz has had a 30-year career in journalism, having worked for The Age and The Guardian in London as a reporter and an editor. A former professional tennis player, Liz has a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) and has worked as a financial counsellor.
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