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For years now our democracy has been subverted with bribery. Open bald faced bribery. No show jobs for life in mining oil and gas.
It straddles both sides of politics - our former treasurer wayne swan took his silver a couple of weeks ago.
we sit there supporting footy teams with politics defending the indefensible when its our side and all faux outrage when its the other side - this needs to change
when we behave like this we get the politicians we deserve and the country gets f#^}}^ over.
heres a list of this governments obvious failings. Make no mistake - the opposition do the same sorts of things.
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<<<<<I often refer to this Government as the most corrupt in Australian history. I need to stress; this is not hyperbole, it is fact.
As we find ourselves immersed in the Sports Rort Scandal:
www.theguardian.com
Let's reflect on just SOME or the other corruption and integrity scandals that have plagued this Government.
This is unquestionably unprecedented in the short history of our democracy.
This is why they are doing everything they can do avoid having an Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC). This is why we need one more than ever.
#SpyGate
Bo 'Nick' Zhao, a Chinese born Australian goes to ASIO telling them he's been offered a $1million from the Chinese Government to run as a Liberal Party candidate and then infiltrate the Australian Parliament as a Chinese Spy.
He then turns up dead in a Melbourne hotel room in March.
Enter Gladys Liu, the Liberal Candidate with a host of concerning connections to the Chinese Government who earns Liberal pre-selection thanks to miraculously raising a million dollars in donations.
Fairfax then discovered a photo of Liu at her home with Nick Zhao in the back ground.
Gladys is now the Liberal Member for Chisolm.
#SignGate
Liberal Candidates Gladys Liu and Josh Frydenberg both have Mandarin signs at polling booths in the colours of the Australian Electoral Commission branding telling Chinese citizens how to vote (by putting 1 next to the Liberal Candidate). There is no Liberal Party branding on the sign
Liberal officials admit in court that the signs were designed to convey the appearance of official electoral commission material.
www.abc.net.au
#LetterGate
Angus Taylor writes a public letter, published in the Daily Telegraph, to Sydney Mayor Clover Moore criticising her for her millions of dollars of domestic travel. The document he quotes is a forgery.
Taylor refuses to disclose where he got the fake document from and refuses all Freedom of Information requests from the media that might give an insight.
www.theguardian.com
#DuttonGate
Fake 'How To Vote' cards were handed out in Peter Dutton's seat of Dickson designed to trick Greens Voters in voting for Dutton.
7news.com.au
#PhilippinesGate
George Christensen charges tax payers for domestic flights and ComCar trips that were part of his trips to known red light districts of the Philippines. When he is caught he simply pays back $2,100 with no consequences.
www.theguardian.com
#DroughtenEnvoyGate
Barnaby runs up a bill of $675,000 in 9 months in his role as Special Drought Envoy. When asked what he did in the roll, Joyce explained that he sent his "report" in the form of multiple text messages to Morrison. When The Guardian submitted a Freedom Of Information request for these texts it was rejected on the grounds that Morrison was too busy to retrieve them.
www.theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com
#reefgate
The Coalition granted $444million to a little known organisation called the Great Barrier Reef Foundation. The process involved no public tender, no transparency, and the organisation was later found to have business partnerships with BHP and Rio Tinto.
www.abc.net.au
#paladingate
The Coalition awarded a $423million contract to run Manus Island detention facilities to a tiny and almost unknown company called Paladin as part of a "limited tender" process only meant to be used under special circumstances. The company's head office was a small shack on Kangaroo Island and family members of the PNG Parliament were found to be directly profiting from the contract.
www.theguardian.com
#helloworldgate
Helloworld travel agency paid for Finance Minister Mathias Cormann's family holiday to Singapore within two weeks of the Coalition awarding Helloworld a Government contract worth over $1billion.
Cormann claims he didn't notice his holiday had been free.
www.smh.com.au
#aupairgate
On two seperate occasions, Peter Dutton personally intervened to have European au pairs allowed into the country after being initially refused by Border Force.
The first was on behalf of an old Police colleague, the second on behalf of the AFL Chief Executive and son of a Liberal Party donor.
www.theguardian.com
#vikkigate
Barnaby Joyce's mistress, Vikki Campion was forced to leave her role as his staffer when rumours of their affair started causing tension with colleagues. As a result she was given a plum $190,000 a year job with good friend Senator Matt Canavan despite Parliamentary rules prohibiting jobs for 'partners'.
There were a number of allegations suggesting she never attended work whilst in this role.
www.smh.com.au
#foxtelgate
The Coalition granted $30million to Foxtel, ostensibly to assist with "sports coverage" (whilst simultaneously slashing ABC funding). There was no public release of any conditions or oversight regarding the funding. News Corp, the largest newspaper owner in Australia and the owners of Foxtel, vigorously and unapologetically proceeds to support the Coalition whilst attacking Labor in the next election.
www.smh.com.au
#mundinegate
The Coalition granted $200,000 to Foxtel station Sky News to fund a new show featuring future Liberal Candidate Warren Mundine. The funding was taken from money budgeted for "Indigenous Advancement".
Inquiries later found that the funding had been officially approved before Mundine had even formally applied for it.
www.theguardian.com
#internetgate
Assistant Treasurer Stuart Robert charged tax payers $2,000 a month for home internet, blaming "connectivity issues". He was later forced to repay $38,000 in inappropriately claimed expenses but was not further investigated.
www.theguardian.com
#darwingate
The Coalition award a Chinese company a 99 year lease on Darwin Port. A year later, Andrew Robb, the Trade Minister at the time of the deal, leaves the Government to assume an $880,000 a year job as a "Consultant" with the same Chinese company.
www.smh.com.au
#watergate
Barnaby Joyce approved a dodgy $80million water buy back from a property owned by a Cayman Island's based company that Energy Minister Angus Taylor used to be the Director of and his college mate now ran.
When Twitter users began to discuss it his lawyers sent letters to them threatening legal action for defamation if they didn't delete the tweets.
www.theguardian.com
#grassgate
A property owned by Energy Minister Angus Taylor's brother was alleged to have illegally burned 30 hectares of native grassland classified as endangered under existing environment laws.
After Angus Taylor personally intervened and met with then Environment Minsiter Josh Frydenberg about the investigation into his brother, the Government suddenly announced a review into the part of Commonwealth environment laws that specifically deals with endangered native grasses.
www.theguardian.com
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For years now our democracy has been subverted with bribery. Open bald faced bribery. No show jobs for life in mining oil and gas.
It straddles both sides of politics - our former treasurer wayne swan took his silver a couple of weeks ago.
we sit there supporting footy teams with politics defending the indefensible when its our side and all faux outrage when its the other side - this needs to change
when we behave like this we get the politicians we deserve and the country gets f#^}}^ over.
heres a list of this governments obvious failings. Make no mistake - the opposition do the same sorts of things.
Copypasta
<<<<<I often refer to this Government as the most corrupt in Australian history. I need to stress; this is not hyperbole, it is fact.
As we find ourselves immersed in the Sports Rort Scandal:
'Sports rorts' grants explained: how we got here and why it all matters
Here we have a government found to have misused taxpayer money to further its political interests. It raises serious integrity issues
Let's reflect on just SOME or the other corruption and integrity scandals that have plagued this Government.
This is unquestionably unprecedented in the short history of our democracy.
This is why they are doing everything they can do avoid having an Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC). This is why we need one more than ever.
#SpyGate
Bo 'Nick' Zhao, a Chinese born Australian goes to ASIO telling them he's been offered a $1million from the Chinese Government to run as a Liberal Party candidate and then infiltrate the Australian Parliament as a Chinese Spy.
He then turns up dead in a Melbourne hotel room in March.
Enter Gladys Liu, the Liberal Candidate with a host of concerning connections to the Chinese Government who earns Liberal pre-selection thanks to miraculously raising a million dollars in donations.
Fairfax then discovered a photo of Liu at her home with Nick Zhao in the back ground.
Gladys is now the Liberal Member for Chisolm.
#SignGate
Liberal Candidates Gladys Liu and Josh Frydenberg both have Mandarin signs at polling booths in the colours of the Australian Electoral Commission branding telling Chinese citizens how to vote (by putting 1 next to the Liberal Candidate). There is no Liberal Party branding on the sign
Liberal officials admit in court that the signs were designed to convey the appearance of official electoral commission material.
'That is a yes then?': Liberal figure admits election posters were designed to mimic AEC material
A senior Victorian Liberal Party figure admits in court that signs used in May's federal election in Josh Frydenberg and Gladys Liu's electorates were designed to "convey" the appearance of official electoral commission material.
#LetterGate
Angus Taylor writes a public letter, published in the Daily Telegraph, to Sydney Mayor Clover Moore criticising her for her millions of dollars of domestic travel. The document he quotes is a forgery.
Taylor refuses to disclose where he got the fake document from and refuses all Freedom of Information requests from the media that might give an insight.
Government blocks access to emails about Angus Taylor's attack on Clover Moore
Labor freedom of information requests denied by department and minister’s office, because they relate to unspecified ‘ongoing process’
#DuttonGate
Fake 'How To Vote' cards were handed out in Peter Dutton's seat of Dickson designed to trick Greens Voters in voting for Dutton.
Fraudulent how-to-vote cards told Greens voters to preference Dutton
The cards urged preferences towards besieged incumbent Peter Dutton, but was not in breach of electoral requirements.
7news.com.au
#PhilippinesGate
George Christensen charges tax payers for domestic flights and ComCar trips that were part of his trips to known red light districts of the Philippines. When he is caught he simply pays back $2,100 with no consequences.
George Christensen pays back $2,100 after audit finds he misused travel expenses
Nationals MP who has come under fire for extensive trips to Philippines is found to have wrongfully billed taxpayers for domestic travel
#DroughtenEnvoyGate
Barnaby runs up a bill of $675,000 in 9 months in his role as Special Drought Envoy. When asked what he did in the roll, Joyce explained that he sent his "report" in the form of multiple text messages to Morrison. When The Guardian submitted a Freedom Of Information request for these texts it was rejected on the grounds that Morrison was too busy to retrieve them.
PM’s office refuses to release drought reports Barnaby Joyce says he sent via text
PM’s office refused Freedom of Information request, after Joyce said he would be ‘happy’ to release messages
Barnaby Joyce spent $675,000 in expenses but less than three weeks on ground while drought envoy
Travel records emerge as former deputy PM takes to Facebook to defend his work as Scott Morrison’s special envoy
#reefgate
The Coalition granted $444million to a little known organisation called the Great Barrier Reef Foundation. The process involved no public tender, no transparency, and the organisation was later found to have business partnerships with BHP and Rio Tinto.
Government's $444m grant to reef body did not comply with transparency rules, Audit Office says
The auditor-general criticises the Environment Department's assessment of whether a funding allocation worth nearly half a billion dollars was good value for money.
#paladingate
The Coalition awarded a $423million contract to run Manus Island detention facilities to a tiny and almost unknown company called Paladin as part of a "limited tender" process only meant to be used under special circumstances. The company's head office was a small shack on Kangaroo Island and family members of the PNG Parliament were found to be directly profiting from the contract.
The Paladin scandal is only a drop in the ocean of corruption on Manus and Nauru | Behrouz Boochani
Hundreds of millions of dollars have been wasted over the years
#helloworldgate
Helloworld travel agency paid for Finance Minister Mathias Cormann's family holiday to Singapore within two weeks of the Coalition awarding Helloworld a Government contract worth over $1billion.
Cormann claims he didn't notice his holiday had been free.
Suspicious minds are circling Helloworld boss
The last time wealthy businessman Andrew Burnes and US ambassador Joe Hockey were talked about publicly in the same breath was in the fallout from Tony Abbott's knifing as prime minister in 2015.
#aupairgate
On two seperate occasions, Peter Dutton personally intervened to have European au pairs allowed into the country after being initially refused by Border Force.
The first was on behalf of an old Police colleague, the second on behalf of the AFL Chief Executive and son of a Liberal Party donor.
Peter Dutton's au pair decisions 'anything but routine', Labor says
Opposition stares down minister’s warning he has list of MPs who have asked him to intervene in immigration cases
#vikkigate
Barnaby Joyce's mistress, Vikki Campion was forced to leave her role as his staffer when rumours of their affair started causing tension with colleagues. As a result she was given a plum $190,000 a year job with good friend Senator Matt Canavan despite Parliamentary rules prohibiting jobs for 'partners'.
There were a number of allegations suggesting she never attended work whilst in this role.
PM's office says Vikki Campion jobs did not breach rules because she was not Barnaby Joyce's 'partner'
The code of conduct says "partners" cannot be employed in any ministerial office without the PM's explicit approval.
#foxtelgate
The Coalition granted $30million to Foxtel, ostensibly to assist with "sports coverage" (whilst simultaneously slashing ABC funding). There was no public release of any conditions or oversight regarding the funding. News Corp, the largest newspaper owner in Australia and the owners of Foxtel, vigorously and unapologetically proceeds to support the Coalition whilst attacking Labor in the next election.
News Corp yet to reveal spend details over Foxtel's $30 million government handout
News Corp is refusing to detail exactly how will spend taxpayers' money more than six months after the Turnbull government granted Foxtel $30 million.
#mundinegate
The Coalition granted $200,000 to Foxtel station Sky News to fund a new show featuring future Liberal Candidate Warren Mundine. The funding was taken from money budgeted for "Indigenous Advancement".
Inquiries later found that the funding had been officially approved before Mundine had even formally applied for it.
Warren Mundine approved for Sky News government grant before applying
Indigenous figure became Liberal candidate several months after $200,000 awarded for his TV show, Mundine Means Business
#internetgate
Assistant Treasurer Stuart Robert charged tax payers $2,000 a month for home internet, blaming "connectivity issues". He was later forced to repay $38,000 in inappropriately claimed expenses but was not further investigated.
Stuart Robert repays nearly $38,000 for home internet bills
Assistant treasurer charged taxpayers more than $1,000 a month for data since 2016
#darwingate
The Coalition award a Chinese company a 99 year lease on Darwin Port. A year later, Andrew Robb, the Trade Minister at the time of the deal, leaves the Government to assume an $880,000 a year job as a "Consultant" with the same Chinese company.
Liberal Andrew Robb took $880k China job as soon as he left Parliament
Former Australian trade minister walked straight out of Parliament last year and into an $880,000-a-year job.
#watergate
Barnaby Joyce approved a dodgy $80million water buy back from a property owned by a Cayman Island's based company that Energy Minister Angus Taylor used to be the Director of and his college mate now ran.
When Twitter users began to discuss it his lawyers sent letters to them threatening legal action for defamation if they didn't delete the tweets.
Angus Taylor's Oxford rowing mate's company was a beneficiary of $80m water deal
Exclusive: Energy minister went to university with the fund manager who was chief investment officer in Pacific Alliance Group
#grassgate
A property owned by Energy Minister Angus Taylor's brother was alleged to have illegally burned 30 hectares of native grassland classified as endangered under existing environment laws.
After Angus Taylor personally intervened and met with then Environment Minsiter Josh Frydenberg about the investigation into his brother, the Government suddenly announced a review into the part of Commonwealth environment laws that specifically deals with endangered native grasses.
Angus Taylor met with environment department even as it investigated company he part-owns
Exclusive: Energy minister denies interfering with department action over alleged illegal land clearing by company he partially owns with his brother
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