Tag: ICAC

Critical Thought

Glad All Over – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Cue the sound of one invisible hand clapping – doing nothing undoes everything. The Covid Crusader’s government presides over the baffling mystery of who gave permission to the Ruby Princess to dock in Sydney 19 March 2020 and to let all 2650 passengers disembark. It’s an enigma. At least the ruling elite’s cult de jour, our Hillsong prosperity gospellers, are allowed to come ashore and bring their covid infections with them. No-one is brought to account. What we do is have an inquiry. Normalising corruption is something the Morrison government has turned into an art form, the embossed wallpaper of modern politics. Instead of penalties, Ministers get promotions. Witness sports rorts’ Bridget McKenzie. Back with not one but five portfolios. In the end, Gladys makes a bad exit. Whilst she may appear to enjoy a type of celebrity, this is not to be confused with legitimacy. Indeed, her authority is undermined by the corporate media’s wilful myth-making, in which she is taken captive, made into a type of mascot or trophy wife for appeasing business demands for as little regulation as possible.

Source: Glad All Over – » The Australian Independent Media Network

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Old Dog Thought- Trump too claims he should never be investigated as he’s the President. Those trying should on any other day be arrested lika Julian
climate change World leaders slam Australia's climate change policy

Fighting Fake News with REAL, 4/10/21; World Australia & Climate Change; ICAC, Israel, FOI

Informed Comment

When I Say We Are Going Round In Circles, Do I Need A Flat Earther For Balance? – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Gladys Berejiklian shows she knows Morrison will push her under a bus.

Well, I could be wrong, but I suspect that any day now there’ll be media articles about what a mistake it would be to have a Federal Integrity Commission when ICAC is responsible for such a great Premier as Gladys having to stand down when she’s done nothing more than have loyalty to her partner and if we’d had a similar one at federal level then who knows how many of the great performers like Stuart Robert or Richard Colbeck would have lost their portfolios over some minor issue like forgetting where they left it.

Source: When I Say We Are Going Round In Circles, Do I Need A Flat Earther For Balance? – » The Australian Independent Media Network

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Old Dog Thought- Gladys’s tearless political posture was calculated. There will be more to come. ICAC after all is a non-partisan “inquiry not a trial”.

Fighting Fake News with REAL; 3/10/21; Abbott and Australia’s global influence shames the nation; ICAC and Morrison’s Federal do-nothing promise; Glady’s political posture

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Gladys Berejiklian backed some huge projects, but two Wagga Wagga grants are in ICAC’s sights – ABC News

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian resigns

Berejiklian spat the dummy and resigned from “Everything” when she didn’t have to. This isn’t the toughest issue she’d faced and didn’t step down.

Later this month, the watchdog will probe whether Ms Berejiklian was in a position of conflict when grants were awarded to the Australian Clay Target Association and Riverina Conservatorium of Music between 2016 and 2018. Both groups are based in the seat of Wagga Wagga, which Ms Berejiklian’s former lover, Daryl Maguire, held at the time.

Source: Gladys Berejiklian backed some huge projects, but two Wagga Wagga grants are in ICAC’s sights – ABC News

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Old Dog Thought- ICAC = Idependance and Tranparency. The LNP hate ICAC. The ALP would do what Morrison promised but hasn’t after 1030 days. The LNP hate the ABC too and have shredded it.
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Fighting Fake news with REAL 2/10/21; Subs and the French backlash; Morrison rejects hospital funding, Berejiklian and ICAC;

LNP, LNP Corruption, LNP Government, Uncategorized

What does it take? – » The Australian Independent Media Network

The list of current LNP members whose conduct in the office that they represent has been overshadowed by underhanded dealings is through the roof. Insult to injury is that they all manage to resurface as the government merry-go-round of ‘how quickly we forget’ spins on its merry way.

Source: What does it take? – » The Australian Independent Media Network

LNP, LNP Corruption, LNP Government

Killing competition and a Federal ICAC, courtesy of the Coalition

When politics is neither a duty or a service and reduced to simply a game of 4 years to set up winning at all costs then there is only 1 party to vote for ant that’s the opposition.

The Morrison Government is about to pull one of its best-ever scams. All of the Coalition’s many tricks take Australians to the cleaners, but this quiet little rort is aimed squarely at Australian democracy.

Source: Killing competition and a Federal ICAC, courtesy of the Coalition

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Old Dog Thought-from twitter- two outbreaks which is more dangerous . The Delta variant attacks the lungs and the Murdoch variant attacks the brain.

Fighting Fake News with REAL 13/8/21; Australia- Corruption is Winning; Winners & Losers; Virus in the ACT; ABC on its knees; Cities and the Future

Informed Comment

Q.E.D: The case for a federal ICAC – Michael West Media

Trust in government has never been so low. This crisis in public confidence is driven by the widespread perception that politics is corrupt and politicians and government have failed to be accountable. The sports rorts and the travel expenses rorts are just two major scandals that have again led to calls for a federal independent integrity commission. Below are a number of stories highlighting political misconduct over the past several years. Few have been investigated, even fewer properly investigated. None have been prosecuted. QED – Quod Erat Demonstrandum – “so it has been demonstrated”. This compilation of allegations is, in itself, hard proof that Australia needs a federal corruption commission to hold government to account! We’ll keep adding to the list. If you have something, to add, please get in touch.

Source: Q.E.D: The case for a federal ICAC – Michael West Media

LNP, LNP Corruption, LNP Government, LNP Tactics

Car park program shows Australia must adopt Commonwealth Integrity Commission ASAP: governance experts

The Croydon railway station in Melbourne is one of the car parks promised to be upgraded as part of the government’s program.

Governance experts fear Australia is sliding down the “slippery slope” of corruption, calling on the federal government to overhaul its planned integrity commission in the wake of an auditor-general report into a program funnelling hundreds of millions of dollars into Coalition-held seats.

Source: Car park program shows Australia must adopt Commonwealth Integrity Commission ASAP: governance experts

LNP Corruption, LNP Government, Uncategorized

Pressure mounts on government to pass federal ICAC plan

A crossbench plan to implement a federal anti-corruption commission has lit a fire under the federal Coalition and upped pressure on Scott Morrison to act on mounting government rorts.

Pressure mounts on government to pass federal ICAC plan
Informed Comment, LNP Government

QED proves the need for a federal ICAC, but also a broken culture

Federal ICAC - QED

via QED proves the need for a federal ICAC, but also a broken culture

Informed Comment, Uncategorized

Launching QED: The case for a federal ICAC – Michael West

QED, Federal ICAC

Before the Covid-19 pandemic hit, trust in government had reached its lowest level on record, according to a major study conducted by The Australian National University. Just 25% of Australians said they had confidence in their political leaders and institutions. The study of the 2019 federal election also found Australians’ satisfaction with democracy was at its lowest since the constitutional crisis of the 1970s. A huge 56% believe democracy is not working – that government is run for a “few big interests”. Just 12% believe the government is run for “all the people”.

via Launching QED: The case for a federal ICAC – Michael West

LNP Government, LNP Policy, LNP Tactics, Uncategorized

Accountability in the Canberra bubble – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Most jurisdictions in Australia have an independent body that investigates apparent corruption in politics and government. The Federal Government doesn’t. Taylor has questions to answer over the water rights dealings noted above, as well as the apparent falsifying of data for political ends. McKenzie only ‘resigned’ once she became a political liability to Morrison.

In addition, it is currently being reported that Infrastructure Minister (and Deputy Prime Minister) McCormack awarded 94% of infrastructure grants to areas represented by the coalition political parties.

And they keep refusing to consider legislation for a ‘Federal ICAC’.

What do you think?

via Accountability in the Canberra bubble – » The Australian Independent Media Network

LNP Government, Uncategorized

Coalition MPs lead the pack in leaning and entitlement

The Morrison Government has failed to release its own integrity commission legislation for consultation. They continue to stall. Revelations of $100 million of sports grants targeting marginal seats show why a Federal ICAC is needed, perhaps also a special prosecutor. Independent MP Zali Steggall has joined the many voices calling for a Federal ICAC. How many more are needed before those with entitlement respond?

Plato understood democracy but even he could not have foreseen the age of political entitlement. We need to return democracy to the voters.

via Coalition MPs lead the pack in leaning and entitlement

corruption, LNP Corruption

Thousands of public servants say they’ve seen corruption as calls for federal ICAC grow – Politics – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Treasurer Scott Morrison gestures with his right hand at a press conference,

More than 4,300 federal public servants believe they witnessed corrupt behaviour in one year, as Prime Minister Scott Morrison faces mounting pressure to establish an integrity commission.

via Thousands of public servants say they’ve seen corruption as calls for federal ICAC grow – Politics – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

crime, Uncategorized

#Reefgate, Joyce versus Husar and other scandals: The case for a federal ICAC

From Reefgate to the Banking Royal Commission and Joyce versus Husar to Cash and the AWU raids, the case for a Federal ICAC is comprehensive, writes John Passant.

JUSTICE IS BLIND, so the old saw goes.

It is certainly blind to the crimes and misdemeanours of our political and economic overlords, the one per cent.

 

via #Reefgate, Joyce versus Husar and other scandals: The case for a federal ICAC