Raw Aus Pol

Simple Wins

Fixes that don't need a new tax, a lower standard or a new survey: just a government willing to do the boring bit.

Red tape: the waiting, not the checking

Step-by-step maps of what it takes to build, open or get approved in Australia: who does each step, what law requires it, and why it takes the time it does. Time spent waiting in a queue or for a meeting to be scheduled could be cut without anyone checking anything less carefully.

Explore the red tape → · What the data shows

Aussies Wanna Know: what government won't publish

Questions people actually ask, like how much we've paid under AUKUS or how many homes the housing fund has built, and whether anything published can answer them. Where the data already exists and is just locked in a PDF or never released, publishing it costs next to nothing.

See the questions → · The gap register

Both are works in progress. Every figure carries its source and a confidence label, and each section lists what hasn't been checked yet on its verification page.