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BossKeeper: how JobKeeper lined the pockets of top ASX directors, executives and shareholders – Michael West
JobKeeper rorting by business

New Zealand and the US compile public registers to ensure their Jobkeeper-type subisidies are not rorted by businesses. But no such transparency for Australians. As the Government singles out bureaucrats such as Australia Post chief Christine Holgate for corporate excesses, Tasha May shines the torch on pandemic rorting at the top end of town. JobKeeper is the single largest piece of government spending in the country’s history. Yet despite taxpayer funding this hundred billion dollar wage subsidy, there is no public database to see whether JobKeeper is being used appropriately. From the limited information that has come to light, it seems clear that it is not. A report from governance advisory service Ownership Matters reveals four kinds of appalling activity by business.

BossKeeper: how JobKeeper lined the pockets of top ASX directors, executives and shareholders – Michael West
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Morrison wants Victoria lockdowns over, says Andrews should open faster

Morrison who has no faith in science and readily cuts back on research prefers to get his political advice from God and his only son Lachlan. which miraculously appears on the front pages of Australia’s media. Wh would anyone intentionally sabotage Victoria’s lock-downs by sending 55 NZers across the border to simply flout the States efforts to save lives and then blame the State? Simply because he can and has Ruperts blessing (ODT)

The frosty relations between the federal government and Mr Andrews continued on Sunday, with Mr Morrison and his two most senior Victorian ministers – treasurer Josh Frydenberg and health minister Greg Hunt – saying the easing of rules needed to go further.

Morrison wants Victoria lockdowns over, says Andrews should open faster
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New Zealanders arrive in Adelaide despite South Australia not being in coronavirus bubble – ABC News
A Qantas aeroplane takes off in the air
Morrison’s determined cock up
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Five travellers from New Zealand have been forced into hotel quarantine in Adelaide after arriving unexpectedly on a flight from Sydney.

New Zealanders arrive in Adelaide despite South Australia not being in coronavirus bubble – ABC News
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Eric Abetz refuses to apologise for demanding Chinese-Australians denounce Communist party | Australia news | The Guardian

File photo of senator Eric Abetz
German Australian Abetz challenges Chinese Australians on loyalty

The veteran Liberal senator has been accused of subjecting three Senate inquiry witnesses to ‘race-baiting McCarthyism’

Eric Abetz refuses to apologise for demanding Chinese-Australians denounce Communist party | Australia news | The Guardian
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I was born in Australia. Why do I need to renounce the Chinese Communist Party?
Osmond Chiu is a research fellow at Per Capita, a progressive think tank.
McCarthyism in the US is Abetzism in Australia

I have sometimes wondered how people felt when they were dragged in front of the House Committee on Un-American Activities with Congressmen demanding that they prove their loyalty. Never did I imagine I would be placed in a similar situation. I have followed the debate about our relationship with China, but I did not fully appreciate how toxic it had become until I appeared before the Senate inquiry into issues facing diaspora communities on Wednesday. Osmond Chiu is a research fellow at Per Capita, a progressive think tank. Osmond Chiu is a research fellow at Per Capita, a progressive think tank. I spoke to the committee about the underrepresentation of multicultural communities in Australian politics. Australia’s Parliament is significantly less representative of cultural diversity than Canada, the United Kingdom and New Zealand. Instead of being asked about complex issues facing multicultural communities or how Australia could benefit from a more diverse Parliament, I was asked by Senator Eric Abetz to “unequivocally condemn” the Chinese Communist Party. Presumably, the association trying to be made was that, by virtue of my ethnicity, there was some likelihood of divided allegiances. Advertisement

I was born in Australia. Why do I need to renounce the Chinese Communist Party?
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Budget 2020: Josh Frydenberg’s two-class tax cut is like no other we’ve seen

Lower income earners will get a smaller cut which will be temporary.

Frydenberg will be remembered as the inventor of the two-class tax cut.

Budget 2020: Josh Frydenberg’s two-class tax cut is like no other we’ve seen
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The federal budget reveals an ideology that is set to kill any recovery just as it is getting started | Greg Jericho | Business | The Guardian
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and Prime Minister Scott Morrison during Question Time in the House of Representatives at Parliament House on October 08, 2020 in Canberra, Australia.

The ideology was present by absence – no extension of jobseeker payments, nor any mention of climate change other than in a footnote

The federal budget reveals an ideology that is set to kill any recovery just as it is getting started | Greg Jericho | Business | The Guardian
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Aged care residents neglected once again

According to Melbourne-based newspaper The Age, the aged care crisis which peaked during the second wave of our recent global health pandemics was years in the making. The implications of COVID-19 for 180,000 elderly Australians in aged care facilities have been such that, well over five hundred succumbed to death while in residential care in Victoria alone. According to The Guardian, up to 40 per cent of those residents came from just ten residential settings.

Aged care residents neglected once again
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Josh Frydenberg’s Budget Takes From the Poor to Give to the Rich

Instead of providing sorely needed stimulus, the 2020 budget from Australia’s Coalition government transfers wealth toward millionaires and big business and away from the poor, the unemployed, women, and the government’s ideological enemies.

Josh Frydenberg’s Budget Takes From the Poor to Give to the Rich
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Budget 2020 takes Australia towards a trillion-dollar debt, but most experts say it isn’t a problem. Here’s why – ABC News
Opposition Leader Tony Abbott (left) and shadow treasurer Joe Hockey discuss the Coalition's budget reply speech.

We’ve gone from ‘debt and deficit disaster’ to a trillion-dollar debt with no worries. How does that work?

How is the Australian Government funding its deficit spending?

Budget 2020 takes Australia towards a trillion-dollar debt, but most experts say it isn’t a problem. Here’s why – ABC News
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The arts sector is already suffering. This year’s budget just pours salt on the wound | Leya Reid | Culture | The Guardian
A ghost light burns at the Arts Centre Melbourne’s closed Playhouse theatre during the coronavirus pandemic

The Coalition has demonstrated its lack of interest in helping a job-rich industry hit hard by Covid-19

The arts sector is already suffering. This year’s budget just pours salt on the wound | Leya Reid | Culture | The Guardian
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Old Dog Thoughts- For the Sake of the ABC This LNP Gov has to go to save our ABC & Democracy
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Fighting Fake News with REAL 9/10/20; In Defence of the ABC; Mansplaining the Budget and Women;

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Budget 2020: Morrison government cuts thousands of refugee places
Acting Immigration Minister Alan Tudge says the change to the humanitarian intake is needed.
The Covid Cover Excuse

The Morrison government has slashed the maximum humanitarian intake by thousands on the basis it is too difficult to bring refugees into Australia in the same numbers as before the coronavirus pandemic. The humanitarian intake was reduced from 18,750 places to 13,750 over the next four years in Tuesday’s budget.

Budget 2020: Morrison government cuts thousands of refugee places
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‘To those who have, more will be given’: Largesse to private schools continues
Private school funding

As families at public schools scrimp and save to provide the bare necessities, the federal government funnels ever more money into private schools without taking into account parents’ true capacity to pay. Trevor Cobbold reports.

‘To those who have, more will be given’: Largesse to private schools continues
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Morrison Defends Lack Of Money In Budget For Women: “It Simply Isn’t Possible To Cater For Every Single Minority Group” | The Shovel

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has responded to claims that women were the losers in Tuesday night’s budget, saying it is an unfortunate reality that not all special interest groups can be catered for.

Morrison Defends Lack Of Money In Budget For Women: “It Simply Isn’t Possible To Cater For Every Single Minority Group” | The Shovel
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Australia to block visa for partners if they don’t speak English
Chelsea Sonkar with her husband Sanjay and their one-year-old son Milo.

LNP Freedom is Australia’s Shame (ODT)

Australians who fall in love with non-English speaking foreigners will be barred from bringing their partners into the country to be married if they do not speak English.

Australia to block visa for partners if they don’t speak English
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Tax break for weapons exports to Mid-East countries accused of war crimes
Zero transparency in Australian weapons exports

Australian weapons manufacturer Electro Optic Systems, with financial support from the federal and ACT governments, is capitalising on the ‘growth market’ of the Middle East, one of the world’s most volatile regions. Michelle Fahy reports.

Tax break for weapons exports to Mid-East countries accused of war crimes
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Frydenberg Starts Budget Speech With Reminder That All Figures Are Correct To Closest $60 Billion | The Shovel

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg last night delivered his second budget as Treasurer, beginning his speech by noting that the figures had been checked and were correct, give or take $60 billion.

Frydenberg Starts Budget Speech With Reminder That All Figures Are Correct To Closest $60 Billion | The Shovel
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Trust me, I’m a Deregulated Banker – » The Australian Independent Media Network

We’re not ‘all in this together’ — Morrison and his government are back to their ideological worst. And we had a chance to create a new and better normal. What do you think?

Trust me, I’m a Deregulated Banker – » The Australian Independent Media Network
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No strings attached: aged care providers have the Coalition wrapped around their little fingers – Michael West

More money for aged care providers

Locking out visitors has made it difficult for staff to meet the daily care needs of residents. What an indictment on aged care providers. They receive billions a year in funding, yet rely on the unpaid work of family/friends and volunteers. Surely it is time for complete accountability for their government funding, writes Dr Sarah Russell.

No strings attached: aged care providers have the Coalition wrapped around their little fingers – Michael West
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Aged care facilities are homes, not prisons – Michael West
Aged care lockdowns

By locking down residents, it seems aged care providers are worried about claims for negligence. They should be more worried about being sued for illegal detention. Senior lawyer John W. Wallace reports.

Aged care facilities are homes, not prisons – Michael West
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Reform in uncaring aged care is needed

They try to blame Dan Andrews (ODT)

The Federal Government isn’t doing enough to adequately look after our elderly and reform in aged care is urgently needed, writes Lyn Bender.

Reform in uncaring aged care is needed
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Environment is the enemy of Right-wing governments

The biggest cause of environmental destruction in our country is the Right-wing ideology shared by conservative politicians and media groups, writes Sue Arnold.

Environment is the enemy of Right-wing governments
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Top economists back boosts to JobSeeker and social housing over tax cuts in pre-budget poll

Overwhelmingly, Australia’s leading economists want the budget to boost social housing and the JobSeeker unemployment benefit rather than bring forward personal income tax cuts.

Top economists back boosts to JobSeeker and social housing over tax cuts in pre-budget poll
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Greg Hunt’s care-in-the-home plan sparks warning of US-style health model
Greg Hunt has linked his hospital-in-the-home shake-up with efforts to reduce health insurers' costs.
Doing to Health what they did to the NBN

Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt’s plan to let private patients access hospital treatments at home under their health insurance has opened up a fierce debate over how much control funds should have over care, as private hospital operators warn against a shift towards an American-style “managed care” model.

Greg Hunt’s care-in-the-home plan sparks warning of US-style health model
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The announcement artist | The Monthly
Doing the TRUMP

He switched to an announcement-based approach to leadership, and it made complete sense. In the current environment, there are no disincentives for doing so. Press conferences are held at short notice with details postponed until later, and inconvenient questions are easily batted away, well after headlines have established an underlying narrative. Outlets rush to break the news first, follow-ups are negligible, corrections are buried, and the media as a whole paints the picture you would expect from an ecosystem increasingly dominated by supporters of Morrison and his government (most notably in the News Corp stable). It’s all working for the prime minister – he’s a ­self-styled practical dad, an optimist taking care of business. If there are objections or uncomfortable revelations, he doesn’t accept the premise of your question. Next, please. And tomorrow he’ll have another announcement.

The announcement artist | The Monthly
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Stop the lies, Morrison. Your gas-led recovery is a toxic sham. – » The Australian Independent Media Network

In any other universe, recovering from one public health crisis by worsening another would spark immediate backlash. An “asbestos led recovery” would be career-ending; as would a “tobacco led recovery” or a “AK-47 led recovery”. But fossil fuels have locked their harm so deeply into our lives that we have become desensitised to this incredible, radical significance of proposing to hurt humans as a pathway to helping them. What is happening here is simultaneously deadly and ludicrous. (Ketan Joshi Renew Economy).

Stop the lies, Morrison. Your gas-led recovery is a toxic sham. – » The Australian Independent Media Network
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Releasing Covidsafe app usage numbers could risk public safety, government claims | Australia news | The Guardian
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Or maybe it’s because Scott Morrison’s $70 million Covid tracing app… hasn’t worked? 🤔🙄 More here

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/sep/20/covidsafe-app-government-refuses-to-release-numbers-citing-public-safety?fbclid=IwAR2xqrb7OCNPzp9Dp8_jlvPaM3iKwmJIZZflR7DpgvEIDd93oR68hNNu8lU

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The ballad of Sir Barilaro – Alien Sideboob

A dangerous animal, the koala. A creature so foul, so cruel that no man yet has fought with it and lived! Heed the alarums of brave Sir Barilaro that the bones of full fifty men lay strewn about its lair and if you do doubt your courage or your strength, venture no further into its core habitat as defined by the State Environmental Planning Policy, for death awaits you all with nasty, big, pointy teeth.

The ballad of Sir Barilaro – Alien Sideboob
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Coalition regains Newspoll lead; time running out for Trump

Newspoll, conducted September 16-19 from a sample of 2,068, gave the Coalition a 51-49 lead, a one-point gain for the Coalition since the previous Newspoll, three weeks ago.

Coalition regains Newspoll lead; time running out for Trump
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Coalition’s gas-fired recovery a benefit to its donors

Motives behind the Coalition’s intention to build a gas-fired power plant appear to be driven by ties to fossil fuel power companies, writes Richard Gillies.

Coalition’s gas-fired recovery a benefit to its donors
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To talk up Australia’s coronavirus economic recovery, Scott Morrison found the perfect weapon – ABC News
A composite image of Scott Morrison and Jacinda Ardern

Typical Morrison look over there don’t examine us too closely politics. Short term pain for long term gain isn’t in Morrison’s song book. NZ isn’t the resource rich country Australia is so the comparison is hardly justified let alone anything to do with Morrison’s actions. “History will ultimately judge who chose the best path and it’s probably still too early to say.”

Morrison however does mimic Trump doesn’t he? He & Frydenberg will be boasting the biggest boom in Australia’s history rather than the inevitable bungy rebound he has had no control over. He certainly hasn’t factored in the shitstorm he’s created with China. (ODT)

The point of raising New Zealand’s record-breaking downturn, of course, was to demonstrate the relative success of Australia’s crisis management.

To talk up Australia’s coronavirus economic recovery, Scott Morrison found the perfect weapon – ABC News
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The Coalition, koalas and coal

Is Barilaro, Berejiklian or Morrison to blame for the annihilation of Australia’s favourite furry marsupial, the cuddly koala? And why is there such a kerfuffle over recent legislation changes affecting koalas?

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Frydenberg’s Folly – » The Australian Independent Media Network

So why is this piece titled Frydenberg’s folly?. Because in one fell swoop he has morphed his image as a credible commentator on the nation’s accounts into just another partisan attack dog. He has replaced his reputation in the area of finance with what we have come to despise so profoundly. That is his folly!

Frydenberg’s Folly – » The Australian Independent Media Network
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Productivity Commission report on mental health languishes for 10 weeks
Health Minister Greg Hunt will not say when the government will release the Productivity Commission report on mental health.

Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt has refused to say when he will release the Productivity Commission’s report on mental health, despite growing calls to make it public before the October 6 federal budget.

Productivity Commission report on mental health languishes for 10 weeks

 

Productivity Commission report on mental health languishes for 10 weeks
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Australian firms and their staff face increasing risks in China

 

What’s left of “team Australia” in China is now, potentially, team hostage for a regime seemingly determined to punish Australia.

We seem to have soured our relationship with China since 2016. It’s not hard to understand why. Murdoch Media was quick to change it’s praise of China to editorials that resembled Fox Corp and the LNP was quick to jump on board. The country that bugged Timor Leste started openly China accusing having agents wherever there was a Chinese face.. Australian Chinese like Australian Muslims started to feel the impact of the LNP and their media backed 1950’s and 60s attitudes to a country they celebrated when CHAFTA was signed. Yes there has been a lot of kowtowing but not to Chinese attempt at friendship.

Australian firms and their staff face increasing risks in China
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Coalition plans on track — corporate slice of the nation’s pie hits all-time high

The process of shifting wealth and income from the poor and middle to the rich continues apace. Alan Austin examines the latest national accounts. FOR THE FIRST TIME since 1959, when Australia first published detailed national accounts, the share of all income going to corporations has risen above 30%. Simultaneously, the share for employees has fallen below 50% for the first time ever.

Coalition plans on track — corporate slice of the nation’s pie hits all-time high
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Coalition’s push for secret trials: behaviour of a tin-pot dictatorship – Michael West

 

Coalition’s push for secret trials: behaviour of a tin-pot dictatorship – Michael West
Secret trials in Australia

Claims that the release of information poses a risk to national security can be used to avoid legitimate scrutiny of conduct. If ever there were reasons to suspect a cover-up by this government, the Bernard Collaery and Witness K court cases are prime examples, writes Ian Cunliffe.

Coalition’s push for secret trials: behaviour of a tin-pot dictatorship – Michael West
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Old Dog Thoughts- Scapegoating Dan Andrews on Aged-Care and China. Remember CHAFTA
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg in a suit in front of a TV screen

Fighting Fake News with REAL 4/9/20;How Big Money Corrupts Our Politics (And How to Fix It) | Robert Reich; Josh Frydenberg the Harvard dropkick Treasurer;

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Aged care sector to muscle up against minister
Agent Max Markson.

The sector, which includes religious, not-for-profit and private operators, has banded together to devise a massive PR campaign to “change the conversation” about aged care and “win the hearts and minds of middle Australia”. And if that involves swatting aside an incompetent minister and making the federal government look stingy, well, so be it.

Aged care sector to muscle up against minister
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Morrison’s China decree reeks of rash decision-making
Illustration: Jim Pavlidis

Morrison’s efforts to impress Trump is causing our chaos and his confusion and a lack of direction. He’s always tended to be a follower rather than a decisive leader a boat without a rudder and he seems to believe Trump is the answer. Canberra is now increasingly revealing itself to be what it has always been a Government in opposition. Working for themselves and not Australia. Frydenberg’s already “blaming” his economic failures on Victoria. The deaths encountered however have and will continue to be from the Commonwealth’s aged-care sector (ODT)

Ever got into a car and found a little way into the journey that the driver isn’t sure of the destination? Scott Morrison predictably won plaudits for his latest assault on China via new legislation that will empower him to cancel or veto agreements between state entities and foreign government organisations. China might be our biggest trading partner, but it is thoroughly on the nose in much of Canberra.

Morrison’s China decree reeks of rash decision-making

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Before Covid inflicted carnage, the Australian economy was struggling | Greg Jericho | Business | The Guardian
construction in Sydney

When everything is going downhill at speed it’s easy to pretend that beforehand everything was fine

Before Covid inflicted carnage, the Australian economy was struggling | Greg Jericho | Business | The Guardian
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Branch stacking scandals highlight the media’s double standards

Australia is a nation of double standards. It should come as no surprise to see our politicians and our media brazenly wearing them like badges of honour. As a country, we criticise China at every available opportunity for any whiff of foreign interference, though we turn a blind eye to blatant interference coming from Israel. As many on the right say: “China has a woeful record on human rights”, as if Palestine didn’t exist. The media talked up “historic” peace deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates. People hear the words “Middle East peace deal” and think of Israel and Palestine, yet the media have neglected to sufficiently inform the public that this dud deal that is already in jeopardy. It has not brought about peace, in fact, Gaza has seen Israel bomb their men, women and children every night for two weeks.

Branch stacking scandals highlight the media’s double standards
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ABC has for too long been unwilling to push back against interference – at its journalists’ expense

Our Democracy hinged on the ABC and it’s been eroded from outside and in and little is done about it, This alone is a reason to vote the LNP out. (ODT)

For those who watch the affairs of the ABC through the eyes of a critical friend, the removal of Emma Alberici, made public on August 21, is deeply disturbing. It is the climax to a destructive series of events that began more than two years ago and once again draws attention to two serious weaknesses in the ABC’s management arrangements.

ABC has for too long been unwilling to push back against interference – at its journalists’ expense
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No Sukkar for Labor over Liberal branch stacking revelations

Remember when branch stacking was the biggest scandal in Australian politics? Sure, at the time there were other, far greater, unresolved issues that the Federal Government should have been made to address, but, well, the Victorian Labor Party was involved in branch stacking! The PM said at the time: “Albanese has been totally burnt by this scandal … We’re fighting for jobs, they’re fighting each other.” The Labor Party was, he said, “absolutely at war” — and he did not stop there, adding for good measure, at his unctuous best:

No Sukkar for Labor over Liberal branch stacking revelations
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‘The only thing to fear is fear itself’ – the overreach of Australian anti-terror laws
Australian terror laws

Instead of crafting policies to tackle causes rather than symptoms, Australian leaders have used terror laws to turn social and national problems into security issues that demand a military response. Allan Behm investigates.

‘The only thing to fear is fear itself’ – the overreach of Australian anti-terror laws
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Morrison is not a Leader – » The Australian Independent Media Network

When Politics is reduced to a game it can’t and wont ever happen. (ODT)

Roosevelt took advantage of a crisis to make a better USA. You would hope Morrison and those that support him can live with the realisation that they could have made a better Australia for the next 50 to 70 years — and blew it. What do you think?

Morrison is not a Leader – » The Australian Independent Media Network
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Attorney General Christian Porter breaches law over three years, claims it was a mistake – Michael West
Christian Porter breaks national security law

Since taking the top legal job in Australia in 2017, Christian Porter has been in breach of Commonwealth safeguard legislation by neglecting to table crucial reports documenting his use of secretive national security (NSI) orders. Keiran Adair reports.

Attorney General Christian Porter breaches law over three years, claims it was a mistake – Michael West
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East Timor bugging scandal: Attorney General’s push for secret trial diminishes us as a nation – Michael West
Timor Gap dispute

The Attorney General is waging war against lawyer Bernard Collaery and his client in pushing the line that the sky will fall in if the Commonwealth has to admit in open court that ASIS bugged Timor-Leste. Yet the allegation has been widely noted in hundreds of reports over many years, including by the International Court of Justice, and nobody seems in any doubt it is true. Lawyer Ian Cunliffe reports on the latest judgment in the saga that has cost taxpayers nearly $2.5 million before the trial has even started.

East Timor bugging scandal: Attorney General’s push for secret trial diminishes us as a nation – Michael West
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National cabinet secrecy under fire in first-of-its-kind challenge to new arrangement | Australia news | The Guardian

 

A national cabinet meeting in May

Scott Morrison has no power to extend cabinet confidentiality to his national cabinet meetings with state premiers, Senator Rex Patrick has charged in a first-of-its-kind challenge of the intergovernmental body.

National cabinet secrecy under fire in first-of-its-kind challenge to new arrangement | Australia news | The Guardian