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[mullokintyre]

The demise of the NSW liberals has been completed with the election of Matt Kean as the deputy leader.
Watch now as the slimy little turd continues his undermining of Perottet so that Matt can take the reins.
NSW labour only has to keep a low profile , do nothing outlandish, promise a few small things , and they will sail out of the opposition seats into the ruling seats.

Mick

 

[Knobby22]

The demise of the NSW liberals has been completed with the election of Matt Kean as the deputy leader.
Watch now as the slimy little turd continues his undermining of Perottet so that Matt can take the reins.
NSW labour only has to keep a low profile , do nothing outlandish, promise a few small things , and they will sail out of the opposition seats into the ruling seats.

Mick

And a new corruption issue with the Vic Opposition and they don't even have any power yet!! Caught red handed trying to rip off their billionaire donors for personal gain.
Dan Andrews is now setting the police on to them and just laughing and the donors are upset.
Really annoyed they let Matthew Guy backstab the previous leader and get back in charge ready to lose again. Talk about giving Dan Andrews a free ride. Time to sack him again.

Minister’s letter reveals details of allegations against opposition leader

Matthew Guy stared down nervous MPs and attacks from the government on Tuesday after the resignation of his chief of staff following a donation scandal.

www.theage.com.au

 

[mullokintyre]

And a new corruption issue with the Vic Opposition and they don't even have any power yet!!
Dan Andrews is now setting the police on to them and just laughing.
Really annoyed they let Matthew Guy backstab the previous leader and get back in charge ready to lose again.

Minister’s letter reveals details of allegations against opposition leader

Matthew Guy stared down nervous MPs and attacks from the government on Tuesday after the resignation of his chief of staff following a donation scandal.

www.theage.com.au

It is just a microcosm of the political class in Australia.
Nepotism, Jobs for the boys, the inability to see that some action may be viewed or reported as corruption, surrounding yourself with people who all think like you do, not tolerating any dissenting opinion, the list goes on.
Mick

 

[PZ99]

Bring it on I say... the more people see the rope around their necks the more independents get in.

 

[sptrawler]

It is just a microcosm of the political class in Australia.
Nepotism, Jobs for the boys, the inability to see that some action may be viewed or reported as corruption, surrounding yourself with people who all think like you do, not tolerating any dissenting opinion, the list goes on.
Mick

That is exactly why I said any ICAC should be completely separate from politics, having the Govt select the ICAC is like putting the fox in charge of the hen house IMO, an absolute joke.
Every State ICAC currently in service is in some sort of internal or external crisis, they sound to me like an extension department of whichever party is in office IMO.

Commission of Inquiry relating to the Crime and Corruption Commission | Department of Justice and Attorney-General

www.justice.qld.gov.au

As a NSW premier falls and SA guts its anti-corruption commission, what are the lessons for integrity bodies in Australia?

South Australia has shown other Australian jurisdictions what not to do with their anti-corruption bodies, especially the proposed federal integrity commission.

theconversation.com

 

[sptrawler]

@SirRumpole it sounds like the union might be getting it's mojo back, about time after 40 years, better late than never.

ACTU presses for radical overhaul of economic structures to boost jobs

Sally McManus, the peak union body’s secretary, says raising living standards “will require more than fiddling around the edges”.

www.smh.com.au

But having said that, there are a lot of home truths about lazy people they have to address, if they can't do that they are doomed to the never ending bin of hypocrisy. Lol

 

[sptrawler]

Oh well I suppose Zali will find out how many of her voters were protest voters and how many actually wanted her in.

Zali Steggall seeks crowdfunding for extra staff after Albanese’s cuts

The Warringah MP will also ask for the prime minister to be stripped of the power to decide parliamentarians’ staffing.

www.watoday.com.au

 

[mullokintyre]

Oh well I suppose Zali will find out how many of her voters were protest voters and how many actually wanted her in.

Zali Steggall seeks crowdfunding for extra staff after Albanese’s cuts

The Warringah MP will also ask for the prime minister to be stripped of the power to decide parliamentarians’ staffing.

www.watoday.com.au

Holy cow, crowd funding from a politician to get extra staff.
And it seems its not only legal, ok with the crowd funders rip off merchants, but it looks like there are enough suckers to put into make the target.
Cupla questions.
Who pays when the money runs out and not enough crowd funding for the army of workers?
What promises will she give to her donors in return?
Will she check to see if any of those evil Land Developers or gaming businesses make contributions?
From the Evil murdoch Empire

Peter Costello acted as an undisclosed Crown lobbyist, working personally for James Packer as he attempted to get “closer” to the Victorian gaming minister, the billionaire businessman has alleged in private correspondence with the former federal treasurer.
In the emails, Mr Packer accuses Mr Costello of hypocrisy and deceiving the Nine Entertainment board, which he chairs, about his time as a “secret Crown lobbyist” in 2011.

“Your job was to get me closer to (then gaming minister) Michael O’Brien,” Mr Packer wrote to Mr Costello in July, adding he paid the Future Fund chairman $300,000 “to lobby for me, for Crown”.

Surpise Surprise, Costello was not a registered lobbyist at the time.
Now with the news that Costello was paid 300,00 by Packer to act as secret lobbyist proves , he surely must resign from the Future Fund, plus any other public or political bodies.
I am not the first person, nor will be the last, to say, just follow the money.
Mick

 

[sptrawler]

At last we have a Government in that is a allowed to take on the sacred cows and highlights why we have to flip Governments. As I said pre election we need Labor in to sort out problems the coalition isn't allowed to.

Australia news LIVE: Organised crime strips more than $1b from NDIS; Scott Morrison swore himself in to additional portfolios as PM

There are fears organised criminals are exploiting the National Disability Insurance Scheme, marine scientists have rejected a key assertion by the environment minister and Labor plans to bring in tens of thousands of skilled migrants to fill chronic labour shortages.

www.smh.com.au

The minister said NDIS rorting appears to be occurring in two or three ways.

“Through coercion and other criminal tactics, accessing the accounts and putting in invoices. So that’s one way,” he said.

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“But I also suspect that there’s ghosting where false invoices and false clients might be being made up. I want to find out if that’s true. But then there’s another way... it’s just the padding of bills by people who might be not connected to organised crime, but they’re just robbing the scheme.

“I also worry that the fraud or overpayment is occurring through a lack of scrutiny of the invoices.

 

[SirRumpole]

At last we have a Government in that is a allowed to take on the sacred cows and highlights why we have to flip Governments. As I said pre election we need Labor in to sort out problems the coalition isn't allowed to.

Australia news LIVE: Organised crime strips more than $1b from NDIS; Scott Morrison swore himself in to additional portfolios as PM

There are fears organised criminals are exploiting the National Disability Insurance Scheme, marine scientists have rejected a key assertion by the environment minister and Labor plans to bring in tens of thousands of skilled migrants to fill chronic labour shortages.

www.smh.com.au

The minister said NDIS rorting appears to be occurring in two or three ways.

“Through coercion and other criminal tactics, accessing the accounts and putting in invoices. So that’s one way,” he said.

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“But I also suspect that there’s ghosting where false invoices and false clients might be being made up. I want to find out if that’s true. But then there’s another way... it’s just the padding of bills by people who might be not connected to organised crime, but they’re just robbing the scheme.

“I also worry that the fraud or overpayment is occurring through a lack of scrutiny of the invoices.

Anytime government money is available the crims come out.

I'm surprised people are surprised. They should be looking at other areas as well, unemployment benefits for example.

 

[mullokintyre]

Anytime government money is available the crims come out.

I'm surprised people are surprised. They should be looking at other areas as well, unemployment benefits for example.

You could also add the Childcare industry as a great source of criminal income, along with same day payday lending, medical diagnostic rorts.
Mick

 

[InsvestoBoy]

I'll just leave this here https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08...try-appointments-to-be-investigated/101332916

 

[sptrawler]

I'll just leave this here https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08...try-appointments-to-be-investigated/101332916

Yes I think Mark McGowan is doing the same in W.A and the good thing is, it is working the States never run better. ?

 

[orr]

Morrison's distaste for scrutiny in fact his detestation of it could only be match by my detestation of this most ignominious of excutive office holders. All the more satisfying that for schmuck schmo scrutiny is coming. And Ignominy is assured.

you carn't always correctly assess character of a man from get-go. And in morrison's case I didn't; No.. he's a cur of much deeper sounding than I first thought.

I'm yet to meet an ICAC I haven't liked.

 

[wayneL]

Morrison's distaste for scrutiny in fact his detestation of it could only be match by my detestation of this most ignominious of excutive office holders. All the more satisfying that for schmuck schmo scrutiny is coming. And Ignominy is assured.

you carn't always correctly assess character of a man from get-go. And in morrison's case I didn't; No.. he's a cur of much deeper sounding than I first thought.

I'm yet to meet an ICAC I haven't liked.

Yeah! How about that Victorian one, hey?

In any case I think the Marxists among us have just opened Pandora's Box. The law of unintended consequences is quite clear that we are in for a new bout mccarthyism next.... And you lot will have thoroughly deserved it.

 

[sptrawler]

Yeah! How about that Victorian one, hey?

In any case I think the Marxists among us have just opened Pandora's Box. The law of unintended consequences is quite clear that we are in for a new bout mccarthyism next.... And you lot will have thoroughly deserved it.

It's only o.k to run a dictatorship, if you are on the left of the fence, what a comedy.

 

[Knobby22]

Grace Tame slammed for refusing to smile near the Prime Minister, Health Minister, Resources Minister and Finance Minister.

(thanks to the Chaser)

A reporter today asked Dutton if Morrison was the Defence Minister and Dutton said he didn’t believe so but he wasn't sure.

Honestly the Governor General failed his job. Secretly doing this. This is sinister. The Queen wouldn't do it.

 

[SirRumpole]

Yeah! How about that Victorian one, hey?

In any case I think the Marxists among us have just opened Pandora's Box. The law of unintended consequences is quite clear that we are in for a new bout mccarthyism next.... And you lot will have thoroughly deserved it.

What Victorian one ?

 

[sptrawler]

Grace Tame slammed for refusing to smile near the Prime Minister, Health Minister, Resources Minister and Finance Minister.

(thanks to the Chaser)

A reporter today asked Dutton if Morrison was the Defence Minister and Dutton said he didn’t believe so but he wasn't sure.

Honestly the Governor General failed his job. Secretly doing this. This is sinister.

If you can keep the emotion and hype out of it, I suppose from Morrisons point of view, he was hammered on everything during the pandemic.
Vaccines, RAT's, quarantine facilities, masks, China and everything in between, he had to run the heads of the States meetings every other week, plus the media where at him endlessly.

So if you or I were in his position, you would want to be all over things especially the finance and health issues and would want to be read in on everything that came across the desks.
You wouldn't be leaving it up to someone else, to decide what was important enough to tell and what wasn't.

Especially when the media had a field day, over you not being here during bushfires, floods and anything else they could find to criticise you about.
So really if it was legal to be sworn in to to get informed on all and every new bit of information in the critical portfolio's, I would think it would be quite smart and very pertinent to do so, especially through a critical time like the pandemic, where money was flying around like there was no tomorrow.
If Morrison had not had all the info, the media would have crucified him and he wouldn't have been able to successfully run the meetings with the Premiers.

What Albo has to be careful of, is he doesn't get too critical of something he may be required to do himself, as was shown when he was overseas recently, when the floods were on.

Throwing bricks in glass houses has a tendency to end badly.
Just my two cents worth, but apparently I'm a turnip.

 

[Knobby22]

If you can keep the emotion and hype out of it, I suppose from Morrisons point of view, he was hammered on everything during the pandemic.
Vaccines, RAT's, quarantine facilities, masks, China and everything in between, he had to run the heads of the States meetings every other week, plus the media where at him endlessly.

So if you or I were in his position, you would want to be all over things especially the finance and health issues and would want to be read in on everything that came across the desks.
You wouldn't be leaving it up to someone else, to decide what was important enough to tell and what wasn't.

Especially when the media had a field day, over you not being here during bushfires, floods and anything else they could find to criticise you about.
So really if it was legal to be sworn in to to get informed on all and every new bit of information in the portfolio, I would think it would be quite smart to do so, especially through a critical time like the pandemic, where money was flying around like there was no tomorrow.
If Morrison had not had all the info, the media would have crucified him and he wouldn't have been able to successfully run the meetings with the Premiers.

What Albo has to be careful of, is he doesn't get too critical of something he may be required to do himself, as was shown when he was overseas recently, when the floods were on.

Throwing bricks in glass houses has a tendency to end badly.
Just my two cents worth, but apparently I'm a turnip.

Yea, Mugabe was misunderstood.
A PM forced to act as a President as everyone around him was incompetent.