The Great Australian Farce covers institutional failure, political evasion, and the gap between what systems are supposed to do and what they actually do. That kind of reporting depends on people who have seen things from the inside.
If you work in — or have had direct experience with — a government department, regulatory body, school system, health institution, local council, or any other public or publicly-funded organisation, and you believe something is being mishandled, misrepresented, or buried, we want to hear about it.
What we are looking for
We are particularly interested in:
Documentary default — promises of documentation that is never produced.
Recirculation — complaints that are redirected into channels that cannot actually resolve them.
Institutional retaliation — adverse consequences for raising legitimate concerns.
Pattern behaviour — conduct that appears to be systemic rather than isolated.
Executive assurance failure — commitments made at senior level that are never honoured.
Regulatory capture — oversight bodies that protect the institutions they are supposed to scrutinise.
We are interested in evidence. The stronger the documentation, the more we can do with it. But we also understand that the absence of documentation is sometimes the story itself.
Send your tip, document, or account to our tips address. Include as much context as you can. If you need to remain confidential, say so clearly in your first message and we will discuss how to proceed.
We do not share source information. We do not publish information that identifies a source without explicit consent. If you are concerned about being identified from the content of what you share, tell us and we will discuss what is and is not publishable.
tips@greataustralianfarce.comWritten Submissions
We occasionally publish contributed pieces from writers whose analytical standards and editorial values align with this publication. We are not a general submissions platform. Our bar is high and our style is specific.
If you want to pitch a piece, send a short summary — two or three sentences — of the argument you want to make and why it belongs here. Do not send the finished piece until we have asked for it. We will respond to pitches that interest us.
What we are looking for in contributed work:
A clear, arguable thesis — not a series of observations looking for a point.
Plain Australian English — no academic jargon, no ideological vocabulary.
Factual grounding — opinion supported by evidence, not substituting for it.
A voice — not a byline-seeking exercise, but writing that has something to say.
Short pitch first. Two or three sentences. Tell us the argument, the angle, and why it belongs in this publication. We will come back to you if we want to see the full piece.
submissions@greataustralianfarce.comWe are not a legal service or a formal complaints pathway. We are a publication. If your situation requires formal regulatory action, we can point you toward the right channels — but we cannot substitute for them. What we can do is cover the story if the story is there.