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#BREAKING
Alright. After the just awful journalism I have seen in the last few days & some of the just god awful reporting by @samanthamaiden it's time to break down the whole saga that kicked off the review of Parliament
#auspol #thread
Alright. After the just awful journalism I have seen in the last few days & some of the just god awful reporting by @samanthamaiden it's time to break down the whole saga that kicked off the review of Parliament
#auspol #thread
To be clear @samanthamaiden works for News Week. A publication own by Rupert Murdoch. A man who has an interest in discrediting abusers of sexual assault. Do I expect her to be judicious in her reporting? Based on how she has treated a rape as her own personal cash cow... NOPE.
Walter Sofronoff had to issue a suppression order when this behaviour interfered with the Commission last month - @samanthamaiden would have been at the top of his list of complaints for picking pieces for clickbait. #auspol #journalism #news 📰📎🗞️🖇️crikey.com.au/2023/05/10/sof…
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Last week, Gladys Berejiklian resigned as Premier of NSW and as the MP for Willoughby following news that the NSW #ICAC will hold an investigation involving her. The public reaction has been strong and has prompted a backlash against the NSW #ICAC.
Last week, Gladys Berejiklian resigned as Premier of NSW and as the MP for Willoughby following news that the NSW #ICAC will hold an investigation involving her. The public reaction has been strong and has prompted a backlash against the NSW #ICAC.
2/24
Wentworth MP, Dave Sharma tweeted that he would "prefer it if the voting public decided the fate of Premiers".
Barnaby Joyce compared the ICAC to the "Spanish Inquisition”.
Scott Morrison points to her resignation as a reason not to introduce a NSW-style Federal ICAC.
Wentworth MP, Dave Sharma tweeted that he would "prefer it if the voting public decided the fate of Premiers".
Barnaby Joyce compared the ICAC to the "Spanish Inquisition”.
Scott Morrison points to her resignation as a reason not to introduce a NSW-style Federal ICAC.
3/24
We thought it might help to get some expert analysis.
So we spoke to His Honour Anthony Whealy QC, Chair of the Centre for Public Integrity, former judge of the NSW Supreme Court of NSW Court of Appeal and former NSW ICAC Commissioner for some clarification.
@cpi_aus
We thought it might help to get some expert analysis.
So we spoke to His Honour Anthony Whealy QC, Chair of the Centre for Public Integrity, former judge of the NSW Supreme Court of NSW Court of Appeal and former NSW ICAC Commissioner for some clarification.
@cpi_aus
Plenty of blue ticks in #auspol & #nswpol media world who are slamming Jordan Shanks right now, but not one of them can name a journalist or reporter from a major outlet who is extensively covering Barilaro's corruption. Not one. Gaps in a market will always get filled, 1/5
& right now, that's been filled by #FriendlyJordies. Am I a fan of his delivery every time? No, I'm not. But it's the content that's important. Can any blue tick media reflect enough to understand that if THEY WERE COVERING IMPORTANT STORIES, there would be no need for Jordan 2/5
Is there any blue tick media reflecting upon why Barilaro inappropriately used #nswpolice Fixated Persons Unit to try intimidate the Friendly Jordies team into silence? Is it because you already have been intimidated into silence? Because from average punter here on the couch 3/5
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#GladysTheSuperSpreader has selected her earrings. Lippy & blush applied. Doesn’t spend as much time on her hair these days. Anyway, she’s ready as ever to do what she does best. Deflect from her culpability. The figures will be horrid, but she has her goto plan. 😉
#GladysTheSuperSpreader has selected her earrings. Lippy & blush applied. Doesn’t spend as much time on her hair these days. Anyway, she’s ready as ever to do what she does best. Deflect from her culpability. The figures will be horrid, but she has her goto plan. 😉
Approach the mic, remove the mask, and make sure the first sentence has a “healthy” or “pleasing” in it. Then some melodramatic faux-empathy heartfelt blah blah. Hand you over to… and then we’ll take questions.
All the while hoping the others get the questions b/c timefilling
All the while hoping the others get the questions b/c timefilling
When it’s her turn every question is felt as a narcissistic injury, however she pulls herself together with her trusted can I just say please know well yeah no hideous word salad. Never. Ever. Addressing the crux of a question, for minutes she rambles as 🐑 stand by to attention
ATO loses landmark gold case creating a budget hole afr.com/policy/tax-and…
‘The Australian Taxation Office is facing a budget black hole of more than $1.15 billion and the spectre of a class action after it lost one of the country’s most important and controversial tax cases on Friday’
The landmark case, heard by full bench of Federal Court in front of justices Perram, Moshinsky & Thawley unanimously overturned a decision made in the AAT in relation to GST assessments issued to an entity in the precious metals industry. It also had a costs order of $1 million.
No silver lining in ATO’s golden fiasco, just a trail of destruction theaustralian.com.au/business/econo…
‘Arguably it is Australia’s largest unpunished crime. But instead of chasing the fraudsters the ATO almost wiped out a thriving, largely innocent, privately owned gold refining industry and spent $40m in legal fees chasing an insolvent gold refiner as a cover-up.’ ~ Gottliebsen
‘the “gold case” decision against the ATO in the Federal Court case was a huge victory for tax collection fairness in the nation, almost certainly the states will require return of the $1bn-plus of their revenue that was lost through ATO incompetence;’
Last night’s #budget2020 did not include a single cent of funding towards the establishment of a Federal anti-corruption commission, despite the Morrison government promising to establish one since December 2018 #AusPol
Thread: Wholeheartedly agree @vanOnselenP
But we don’t need a royal commission, we all know what went wrong, we watched it unfold. Everyone l was telling gov this was wrong & hurting ppl, they failed to act.
It was arrogance, incompetence, over reliance of bureaucrats..
1/7
But we don’t need a royal commission, we all know what went wrong, we watched it unfold. Everyone l was telling gov this was wrong & hurting ppl, they failed to act.
It was arrogance, incompetence, over reliance of bureaucrats..
1/7
& a deep prejudice held against welfare recipients, with assumption ppl without money are below them; assuming ppl would rort system, assuming gov could bully ppl & no one would fight back - it’s EXACT same behaviour & cash grab by @ato_gov_au that @Richard_D_Boyle exposed 2/7
@Richard_D_Boyle & @4corners disclosure, stopped @ato_gov_au & saved lives + prevented suicides - but Richard now faces 162 yrs jail for doing so
@JaneCaro & @vanOnselenP are right, but how could ppl hold gov to account & prevented deaths without risking same as Richard? 3/7
@JaneCaro & @vanOnselenP are right, but how could ppl hold gov to account & prevented deaths without risking same as Richard? 3/7
As Australia's Ambassador to USA, Joe Hockey, steps down next week it is timely to review the career of his replacement, Arthur Sinodinos aka #SeeNoDonors
If you thought Angus Taylor was dodgy @naomirwolf wait until you see Australia's new Ambassador to the USA
#AusPolSoCorrupt
If you thought Angus Taylor was dodgy @naomirwolf wait until you see Australia's new Ambassador to the USA
#AusPolSoCorrupt
@naomirwolf Arthur Sinodinos was Treasurer of right wing NSW Liberal Party & also chairman of a company called Australia Water Holdings (AWH).
Another shareholder of AWH was Labor MP Eddie Obeid, who was released last month after serving time for corruption.
theguardian.com/australia-news…
Another shareholder of AWH was Labor MP Eddie Obeid, who was released last month after serving time for corruption.
theguardian.com/australia-news…
@naomirwolf Once powerful NSW state Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) held hearings into the corruption at AWH, called Operation Credo.
ICAC found AWH attempted to enter into a lucrative public-private partnership with the state government in 2010
theland.com.au/story/4830329/…
ICAC found AWH attempted to enter into a lucrative public-private partnership with the state government in 2010
theland.com.au/story/4830329/…
“Dutton’s Secret Drug Cartel Connection: The William Betham Case” by ForLovenFreedom link.medium.com/mJQiBI2pbU
My Dear Australians, Thank you for your kind messages of Support.
As you may know I write this from Detention, & i have taken a serious risk to my own safety by publishing this.
I write all these facts under oath,& will be happy to give evidence to any Court or Senate Committee.
As you may know I write this from Detention, & i have taken a serious risk to my own safety by publishing this.
I write all these facts under oath,& will be happy to give evidence to any Court or Senate Committee.
& I know for a fact that now Dutton will come for me & target me real hard, a risk I'm willing to take to expose what Dutton doesn't want you to know & the Truth.
All I ask of u is call your local MP & @ShayneNeumannMP & DEMAND that they Question Dutton about this 'William' Case
All I ask of u is call your local MP & @ShayneNeumannMP & DEMAND that they Question Dutton about this 'William' Case
1/ Transparency International (@anticorruption) have just released their 'corruption perception index' rankings for the last year
It's a global rank of government corruption. We came 13th #Auspol #DemocracyForSale
theguardian.com/australia-news…
It's a global rank of government corruption. We came 13th #Auspol #DemocracyForSale
theguardian.com/australia-news…
2/ Since 2012, we've slipped from 7th to 13th and to be honest, it's not actually that hard to see why...
#Auspol
#Auspol
3/ In that same time period (since 2012), @LiberalAus and @AustralianLabor have received more than $100 million from some of the biggest corporations in #Auspol (and the World!) through political donations, or other means - such as 'business forums'
