The missing piece of the integrity puzzle: politicians' private interests
Federal parliament needs to act against MPs who don’t declare their private interests and restrict gifts, free travel, and hospitality from influence peddlers. Check out our proposed reforms.
Interests - 8,512
Shareholdings - 928
Trusts and nominee companies - 314
Real Estate - 475
Directorships - 243
Partnerships - 50
Liabilities - 665
Bonds and debentures - 152
Saving or investment accounts - 1,031
Other assets - 570
Other income - 367
Gifts - 1,213
Travel or hospitality - 906
Memberships / Office holder or donor - 1,386
Other interests - 212
The real story behind David Collard’s departure from PwC
Exclusive: The CEO and founder of scandal plagued Scale Facilitation left PwC in circumstances he’d prefer to keep under wraps.
US authorities investigate Australian company over alleged wage theft
Scale Facilitation, the scandal plagued company promoted by the Deputy Prime Minister and Opposition Leader, is alleged to have breached New York State wage theft laws.
Getting Scalier: David A. Collard's creditors, lawsuits, now a thing of Scale
Australian entrepreneur and ex-PwC partner David A. Collard is being sued for rent on both his fancy apartment in Manhattan as well as Scale's 88th floor World Trade Center headquarters. That's on top of an ATO tax raid, unpaid staff and creditors, and defaulting on the purchase of Britishvolt in the UK.
Terry Young MP

Member for Longman, Queensland
Liberal National Party of Queensland
Total Interests: 36
Latest alteration: Travel or hospitality - 22/03/23
Source: Statement of Registrable Interests - this contains interests declared as at 11/04/22 and alterations since then.
Ninth politician caught not disclosing junket
In what is becoming an all to regular occurrence, another federal parliamentarian has failed to disclose their privately funded overseas trip - the ninth we've discovered in less than eight months. Open Politics looks at what's driving a culture of non-compliance and how to fix it.
New revelations about ex-PwC partner's company raided over alleged tax fraud
An ex-PwC partner's lithium battery startup Scale Facilitation pulled a top flight crowd from both sides of Australian politics to its grand Manhattan HQ opening in December. Since then, Australian staff haven't been paid on time, the AFP has raided their Geelong offices over alleged tax fraud, and now we can reveal concerning and bizarre activities stateside.
Golf classified: Deputy PM won't budge on naming wealthy golf buddy
Despite our emails, phone calls, and now an FOI request to his office, Richard Marles just won't divulge who provided him with a free round of golf at an exclusive US golf club on the eve of AUKUS talks last year.
Is PwC caught up in Scale Facilitation’s alleged $150 million tax fraud?
Scale Facilitation is in default in its takeover of Britishvolt. After a financial crime taskforce raid in Australia and failures to pay staff both here and in the US, its chief executive David A. Collard remains defiant. Open Politics questions why PwC is getting paid when staff and creditors have been missing out.