7 Jan 2024
TSP: The year in review
3 Jan 2024
Rex Patrick on RN: Is Australia funding a US nuclear weapon delivery program?
Bruce Haig's last post via P&I: AUKUS, GOVERNMENT, POLITICS
Albo is in denial. He seeks protection and reassurance
2 Dec 2023
Katharine Murphy on Politics:
Albanese is prioritising governing over spectacle – but in an era of zero-sum politics, is it enough?
Dutton’s polarising political theatre rates in the modern engagement economy, but governing? Not so much
'The winker appointed to replace Pez as HA secretary
24 - 27 Nov 2023
APSC re Media statement on the inquiry into possible breaches of the APS Code of Conduct by Mr Michael Pezzullo AO
Bernard Keane: Hypocritical Pezzullo brought undone by the media he railed at
Goodbye to Mike Pezzullo — the hard-line bureaucrat who railed at leakers while himself leaking. Now that hypocrisy has caught up with him
Cam Wilson viaCrikey:
a consultancy firm closely tied to the No campaign.
11-16 Nov 2023
26 Oct 2023
Cam Wilson via Crikey: Australian spies are surveilling PornHub, Fortnite and Tinder
23 Oct 2023
Rex Patrick viaMWm
PM Albanese’s Diary: complete and total surrender after long and expensive battle
22 Oct 2023
conspiring to loot $million from Indigenous funding via a school
grant
19 Oct 2023
To the Australian Parliament --
It is perfectly legal to lie in a political advertisement and it shouldn't be.
...
We urge you to pass truth in political advertising laws
14 Oct 2023
AEC Tally Room 2023 Referendum
13 Oct 2023
Political rpter:
Constitutional expert believes Voice vote could be the last referendum held in Australia
4-9 Oct 2023
The scandal-riddled consultancy firm which owns 49% of its Indigenous
arm has managed to be awarded a $121,000 federal government contract. By Anthony Klan via Crikey
8 Sep 2023 No campaigner leader Senator Jacinta Price spot on by Kcrt of Australia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNTVFJ-Tk_g&t=6s
29 Sep 2023
by | Sep 29, 2023 | What's the scam?
fr: Anthony Albanese’s diary: PM demands $1344 to see who he’s met
Rex Patrick viaCrikey: The Secret Diary of a Prime Minister
20 Sep 2023
8 Sep 2023
No campaigner leader Senator Jacinta Price spot on by Kcrt of Australia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNTVFJ-Tk_g&t=6s
Federal politicians: assets, trusts, debts, gifts, free travel & hospitality
The private interests of Andrew Hastie MP, Shadow Defence Minister
Allegra Spender MP, Member for Wentworth, Independent
The 'voice' referendum
25 July 2023
Kathryn Campbell has quit her plum $900,000 role on the AUKUS advisory panel
at the Department of Defence. She had already been suspended without pay.
- Head of the Dpt of Human Services during the robodebt in 2014
- Did nothing even if she learnt of the illegality of the prg. targeting the most vulnerable.
- Head of the Dpt of Foreign Affairs & Trade before the Albanese govt appointed her to the AUKKUS role.
7 Jul 2023
2 Jul 2023
Berejiklian was corrupt — ICAC’s findings matter and should echo outside NSW
1 Jul 2023
17 May 2023
9 May 2023
2 May 2023
Knaus viaThe Guardian: Scott Morrison’s reported links to UK defence job shows lobbying reforms needed, integrity experts say
30 April 2023
winners and losers: who will benefit and who was left behind?
8 April 2023
John Hewson via TSP: The Liberal Party is tragically broken
1 April 2023
in Melbourne's outer east
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30 March 2023
21 - 22 Feb 2023
The Canberra Times: Anti-corruption body presents first test on integrity
Open Politics: Private interests of politicians
TheAustralian: Rowland puts Twitter on notice Thread
20 - 22 Feb 2023
By-election Aston via AEC announced by Speaker in the HoRs
9-11 Feb 2023
Christopher Knaus viaGu: Australia’s political parties received $90m in dark money from donors during election year
Gu: Michelle Rowland faces calls to resign for accepting gaming company donations before election. Communications minister tells parliament disclosure rules were met while independent
Andrew Wilkie calls her ‘utterly conflicted’
over reportedly accepting Sportsbet donations
Crikey: The calls began on Thursday following revelations Rowland received large donations
from betting companies in the lead-up to the election.
Following the appearance at the RRC last week, Alan Tudge resigns effectively from next week.
Seems that Labor has chance to win this seat at by-election.
1 Feb 2023
The Centre for Public Integrity: Who paid for the 2022 Federal Election?
Political party donation profiles – 1998/9-2019/20
26 Jan 2023
20 - 24 Jan 2023
fr: Anthony Albanese’s diary: PM demands $1344 to see who he’s met
Government says Acma will be able to impose a compulsory code of conduct against disinformation on digital platforms
3 Jan 2023
HoR: Register of Members' Interestes, 47th Parliament / Peter Dutton
20 Dec 2022
ABC news at 7pm
abc.net.au: Donald Trump referred to DOJ for four potential criminal charges
in explosive January 6 meeting
Gu: Former Labor prime minister Kevin Rudd appointed ambassador to the US
8-10 Dec 2022
John Hewson viaTSP: The worst government in our history
NPC: Minister for HA and Cyber Security, Clare O'neil speaking and taking questions
4 Dec 2022
Mike Seccombe viaTSP: Stuart Robert and the lobby register sham
Stuart Robert 'lobbying scandal' revealed and Paul Flecher tried to interupt Bill Shorten
1 Dec 2022
Former PM censure
Claire ONeil, HA Minister on the scandal of boat arrival on the federal election day
State ICACs and Fed ICAC (or NACC) comparison
23 Nov 2022
related to robodebt royal commission
12 Nov 2022
Press conference with HA Minister and the AG
re: Medibank cyber incident and the Russian cyber thugs.
10 Nov 2022
Fact Check: Mark
Dreyfus says the government's anti-corruption commission legislation
honours its election commitment 'in both form and substance'. Is that
correct?
3 Nov 2022
28 Oct 2022
Bernard Keane: Stunts, gaslighting, bullshit
23-20 Oct 2022
YouTube: Short but meaningful
KCrt: Australian media companies want to be exempt from being investigated for corruption by the National Anti-Corruption Commission
Michael Pascoe: Trussonomics lives on in Australia – and via our man at the UN
16 Oct 2022
Kcrt: Federal MP Linda Burney applies for an AVO against a social media user
to protect her “reputation”
12 Oct 2022
AG Mark Dreyfus addressed the NPC on NIC
TND: Almost 200,000 robodebt cases to be wiped
28 Sep 2022
Public Integrity Centre / NIC
Media Release – Corruption experts welcome corruption commission
26 Sep 2022
Crikey: ‘Highly destructive’: Zoe Daniel’s speech on media diversity
'Information is power' the teal independent said this afternoon. 'Disinformation, unfortunately even more so.'
Gu: Analysis shows federal politicians will pocket more than $18m over 10 years from Stage three tax cuts. Parliamentarians,
on base salaries of at least $211,250, will receive average cut of
$10,000 in first year according to modelling
18 Sep 2022
TSP: Agencies illegally obtained emails, voicemails and texts
A report by the ombudsman has found police and integrity agencies routinely break the law in handling private data and are getting worse rather than better
9 Sep 2022
18 Aug 2022
KCrt: Scott Morrison is in serious trouble as there is a powerful prima facie case starting to build that Morrison committed fraud when he
impersonated 5 ministers during the previous federal government.
IA: Waleed Aly is wrong: An inquiry into Morrison's multiple ministries is needed
10-12 Aug 2022
and must face up to it
The Morrison Govt's Covid Safe app wasted more than $21 million of taxpayer's funds
7 Aug 2022
Karen Middleton viaTSP: ‘Damaging to democracy’: The secret trial of Witness J
29 & 30 July 2022
Michael Pascoe: Political coroner finds Coalition deeply and brazenly corrupt
Bernard Keane: Anatomy of a scam:
26 July 2022
New Govt/Management: the formal beginning of the 47th parliament.
The ballot result: Mr Dick 92; Mr Wallace 56.
Most of the govt side + independents + the greens are wearing masks
Most of the opp not wearing.
'Fake' pm Scott Morrison is shy away having breakfast with Japan's leader in Tokyo.
23 July 2022
Katharine Murphy on politics:
22 July 2022
Paul Karp viaGu: Labor cleans out Infrastructure Australia board amid concerns over ‘partisan appointments’
Mike Seccombe viaTSP: Odds stacked against justice in politicised AAT
21 July 2022
Bernard Keane viaCrikey:
19 July 2022
David Donovan viaIA:
Open Politics - The interests of Australia's public officials
15 July 2022
Bernard Keane via Crikey: White anger, money and the likely healthy future of right-wing populism
Voter disaffection and the self-serving behaviour
of business will ensure that the threat of people like Donald Trump
doesn't go away.
11 Apr 2022
Bernard Keane viaCrikey: Independent Senator Rex Patrick lays out integrity platform calling for greater political transparency
Katina Curtis viaSMH: Prime Minister Scott Morrison will promise $40 million in local roads funding on his first full day of officially campaigning in a marginal
Labor-held seat
10 Apr 2022
The federal election has been called for May 21.
Gu: Australian election 2022 voters’ guide: everything you need to know
Conversation: View from The Hill: an election fought on the political low ground
TND: PM Scott Morrison caught out on ex-minister’s role on day one of campaign
Shane Dowling: Governor-General David Hurley colludes with Scott Morrison to steal $18 million from taxpayers
8 Apr 2022
Crikey: Inside the online campaign, where parties woo voters and frustrate and confuse opponents
4 Apr 2022
CNN: Biden called Murdoch the 'most dangerous man in the world,' new book alleges
31 Mar 2022
Michael Pascoe viaTND: The budget’s dirty little secret – we’re in trouble next year
29 Mar 2022
Gu: Liberal senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells has launched an attack on PM Scott Morrison and Alex Hawke in the Senate, accusing Morrison of being 'not fit to be Prime Minister' and claiming he and Hawke 'destroyed the Liberal Party in NSW'.
Watch full speech: Liberal senator blasts Morrison, calling PM a 'bully' with 'no moral compass'
Gu: Scott Morrison labelled an ‘autocrat and bully who has no moral compass’ by Liberal senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells
28 Mar 2022
Mark Buckley viaPnI: Time to end the party of greed
John Utting viaCrikey: Morrison, Dutton and Joyce are the Coalition’s toxic trio
Shane Dowling viaKCrt: Scott Morrison was sacked as Managing Director of Tourism Australia for financial fraud. Why should we trust him with our
money now?
Glenn Dyer viaCrikey:
Murdoch hack-a-thon: phone-hacking scandal costs billions as court decision shines light on The Sun
News Corp and the Murdochs could be exposed to new waves of cases from people who claim they were hacked by The Sun.
MWM YouTube: Government loves announcing announcements!
Sarah Martin viaGu: Coalition unveils $17.9bn pre-election cash splash on road and rail projects
26 Mar 2022
Gu: ‘Pie in the sky’: Coalition’s $6bn dams pitch puts politics before process
23 Mar 2022
Gu: Independent Zoe Daniel wins court battle over election campaign signsLiberal MP for Goldstein Tim Wilson had complained the signs were put up prematurely ahead of a ban by the local council
20 March 2022
16 March 2022
Gu: ‘We need strong anti-corruption bodies’: NSW treasurer Matt Kean calls for federal watchdog
15 March 2022
Shane Dowling: Scott Morrison and Barnaby Joyce throw flood victims under a bus so they can pork-barrel in the budget for the federal election
6 March 2022
Shane Dowling: Scott Morrison gets help, to cover up his corruption and dodgy past, from Amazon and its billionaire owner Jeff Bezos and CEO
Andy Jassy
16 & 17 Feb 2022
Katharine Murphy viaGu: The prime minister and the defence minister are imperilling Australia’s national security as they try to hang on to power
Bernard Keane viaCrikey: Chinese plot!
Coalition, News Corp collaborated with Xi to influence Australia
13 Feb 2022
Shane Dowling viaKCrt: Scott Morrison’s Hillsong mate Leigh Coleman, an alleged fraudster and crook, set to break $100 million in government contracts
10 & 11 Feb 2022
Bernard Keane via Crikey: Choose your player
Morrison and Frydenberg have a disastrous week. Dutton, on the other hand…
7 & 8 Feb 2022
Bernard Keane viaCrikey:
A house badly divided: the government’s problems go beyond a flailing Morrison
Cartoon of the day
1 Feb 2022
Bernard Keane via Crikey: Thank heavens for taxpayers — without them the big political parties would face falling revenues
30 Jan 2022
26 Jan 2022
25 Jan 2022
Paul Bonjiorno via TND: No one should underestimate Clive Palmer's effect on elections
18 Jan 2022
The AIM Network Distraction: It’s Morrison’s only policy
16 Jan 2022
12 Jan 2022
Michael Pascoe: More of the same in 2021 with community grants corruption
30 Dec 2021
24 Dec 2021
Charlie Lewis via Crikey:
Scott Morrison did enough in a single week to earn himself the title.
Since Crikey published its initial dossier of Scott
Morrison's lies in May 2021, the number of untruths uttered by the prime
minister has continued to grow — as has his reputation for mendacity.
9-10 Dec 2021
The Australian way — we’re a country run by mates, and mates of mates,
where the foundational doctrine of the current government is “we look
after our mates”. Particularly when they’re Rupert Murdoch’s mates.
Kevin Rudd viaCrikey: ‘A rare example of political courage’, backed by half a million Australians
The campaign tackling Rupert Murdoch's abuses of media power is brave and necessary — and it has only just begun.
4 Dec 2021
Mike Secombe via TSP: Independents: Inside the insurrection of the centre
25 Nov 2021
Revealed @MWM: Crack Team of Rupert Murdoch and Liberal Party fundraisers
22 Nov 2021
MPs are back to the House and seems that Twitters are concerned about the new Speaker, who 's lack of knowedge of the rules.
17 Nov 2021
9 Nov 2021
The two-tiered Integrity system in Australia
Proper corruption watchdog needed to scrutinise Sukkar’s scheme
7 Nov 2021
Bernard Keane: Lies and Falsehoods Book out
28 Oct 2021
Speaker Tony Smith will step down and move to the backbench in November.
Some months ago, he announced not to stand again at the next federal election.
20 -21 Oct 2021
The Govt didn't have the numbers and Mr Dutton played dirt.
why a commonwealth anti-corruption watchdog is
vital for democracy. Podcasts: 35min23sec
Plus, Comm Electoral Amendment (Disclosure of Political Donations) Bill 2021
The blocking of the referral to a committee to investigate.
Q: Independents voted with government? Are they genuinely representing their Constituents?
Paul Karp via Gu: Government defeats Labor push to refer Christian Porter to privileges committee over trust
6 Oct 2021
Crikey: Win for Collaery derails Porter’s attempt to cover up Timor-Leste bugging
Christopher Knaus via Gu: Witness K’s former lawyer Bernard Collaery has successfully overturned a ruling shrouding parts of his trial in secrecy, after an appeal court found that open justice helped to deter “political prosecutions”.
Witness K’s former lawyer Bernard Collaery is facing trial
for his alleged role in exposing a controversial bugging scandal.
The prosecution of whistleblowing former spy Witness K and his lawyer,
Bernard Collaery,
has now cost the Australian government $3.7m, new
figures reveal (Gu: 24 Jul 2021)
2 Oct 2021
In the wake of the NSW premier's resignation yesterday, the call for a Federal ICAC has nerver been so loud: Petition via change.org
22 Sep 2021
Late Night Live with Phillip Adams:
More than ninety pieces of national security legislation have come before the Australian Parliament since 9/11, including the latest Identify and Disrupt Bill. What powers does the latest legislation give us and is it fit for purpose?
Guest: Lizzie O'Shea, Chair, Digital Rights Watch
Duration: 20min 2sec
19 Sep 2021
Porter has resigned from ministry. Australia still has a Liberal MP sitting in parliament who received undisclosed sums of money from undisclosed donors. The PM might plan on doing a Bridget McKenzie or a Barnaby for Porter.
8 Sep 2021
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has been labelled ‘‘the most shameless & unethical PM ever’’, Paul Bongiorno writes.
3 Sep 2021
Crikey: JobKeeper is now a millstone round Frydenberg’s neck
Despite saving hundreds of thousands of jobs, JobKeeper
is increasingly becoming associated with rorting by Australia's biggest
companies.
Crikey: Election primer (early version): the states and seats to watch. Scott Morrison is officially in full-blown election mode. And based on recent polling, he needs to be.
2 Sep 2021
Coalition introduces legislation to prevent access to records following Rex Patrick’s win in Administrative Appeals Tribunal
30 Aug 2021
Crikey: Hacking Kelly: how to let Craig Kelly, spammer, know how you feel
25 Aug 2021
Crikey: Spywhale: inside the AFP’s two-month April Fools’ joke that didn’t make it off the ground
20 Aug 2021
Gu: Sports rorts - federal court limits access to grant documents related to Bridget McKenzie’s input
12 Aug 2021
Robo I & II
New rules on Emerging Political Parties: Triple the current 500 and can't be named similar to existing parties. This can be the problem for 'Liberal' Democrats, that has to approach the Liberal Party to register. Congrats to the New 'Liberals', that has received more than 900 new members since the big call out from their leader.
10 Aug 2021
1-3 Aug 2021
YouTube’s Murdoch ban over COVID lies
Sky News videos also removed from YouTube
Crikey: The misinformation pandemic is killing people. Time for News Corp to stand down — and stand up
KCrt: Christian Porter’s corrupt judge Jayne Jagot has illegally suppressed a lot more evidence than the public realise. Why?
And on whose orders?
Scott Morrison clears rape allegations against Christian Porter and Bruce Lehrmann
28 July 2021
19 Jul 2021
Gu: Car park scandal: same staffer from prime minister’s office was involved in sports rorts
9 July 2021
A lecture on journalism to be presented by MrKRudd on Thursday 15 July at 6.30pm at Melb Uni.
acma: Spam complaint form
1 Jul 2021
KCrt: Christian Porter to be charged with the rape of Katharine Thornton in a private prosecution led by an experienced legal team
30 June 2021
28 June 2021
24 June 2021
Any changes in the NIC draft?
Compare cases
A fit AG? then,now a fit minister?
which was sent to the PM and others, has been released by the court today and is here
Robodebt: Govt fights to keep secret docs
Old pix, but still relevant: Tony Windsor's congrat card to BJ re: a new role in the WC
22 June 2021
NatSpill
he was drought envoy and was allocated two staff members at a cost of about $200,000
20 June 2021
3 June 2021
John Hewson viaCanberra Times: Scott Morrison's road to re-election is getting more difficult
Demoracy fading fast by Buce Haigh via P&I
26 May 2021
Crikey: A Dossier of Lies and Falsehoods
‘Without truth, no democracy can stand’: why we are calling out the prime minister
19 May 2021
IA: Corruption thrives in Federal Government as media turns a blind eye
17 May 2021
Gu: ACT court closes hearing of appeal by lawyer representing whistleblower due to requirements of National Security Information Act
CanberraTimes: There is no place for secret trials in Australia
3 May 2021
Michael Bradley via Crikey: Banning Australians from returning from India is unprecedented and arguably racist. But is it legal?
The Biosecurity Act gives the government extraordinary powers, but surely those powers aren't absolute?
1 May 2021
Tas Election: Lib Govt Return - Lib 12, AlP 9, Grn 2.
30 Apr 2021
Michael Pascoe: Watch what Frydenberg does, not what he says
It’s always a good idea to pay attention to what federal treasurers do,
rather than what they say. That is particularly important when a
government’s first priority seems to be media management and deflection.
Anthony Klan via IA: Josh Frydenberg secretly deletes ASIC corruption findings
27 Mar 2021
Au's richest people, Rinehart's wealth of iron ore: $16.25 B to $36.28 B in Feb 2021
Andrew Forrest, mining tycoon: $13.06 B to $29.61 B
Clive Palmers $4.5 B to $9.76 B
Co-founders of the software company, property developers, ..
The govt has defended the right of companies to keep excess
JobKeeper money,
in contrast with its vigorous pursuit of welfare
recipients for tiny alleged debts due to overpayment.
Kerry Stokes, executive of Seven Grp Holdings and mining (+equipment): $6.56 B to $7.26 B
'Hardly Normal' with $22 M gift from the fed govt via public funds.
25 Mar 2021
Crikey: The Dirty Country
Gu: Australia’s biggest companies pocketed hundreds of millions in jobkeeper
despite positive earnings
21 Mar 2021
Gu: Christian Porter defamation case: leading barristers could earn $20,000 a day in 'trial of the century'
smh Former solicitor-general to defend ABC in fight with Christian Porter
Gu: Gleeson has argued last weeek that PM should seek legal advice from the current solicitor general Stephen Donaghue
17 Mar 2021
The attorney general will not deal with matters relating
to the federal court and the ABC, but concerns have been raised about
other areas
12 -13 Mar 2021
WA Votes: Huge win for Labor and it's also a possibility to claim the next term.
Premier Mark McGowan claims victory
KangarooCourt: PM Scott Morrison, AFP Commissioner Reece Kershaw and NSW Police Commissioner Mick Fuller conspire to cover-up rape
9 Mar 2021
7 Mar 2021
Video Clip: Murpharoo on Insiders 7 March 2021 on the Christian Porter rape allegation.
6 Mar 2021
5 Mar 2021
Bernard Keane: Funny how the ‘rule of law’ crowd was deathly silent when the government was trashing it
Crikey Daily: Independent journalists needed to take ind approaches and not fall into media/political grpthink
4 Mar 2021
Elizabeth Minter via Pearls & Irritations: Christian Porter responsible for serial breaches of the law, now cries “rule of law”
3 Mar 2021
Katharine Murphy via Gu: Scott Morrison must call an independent inquiry into the Christian Porter rape allegation. It’s the only valid course
Amanda Meade: Journalists reject Christian Porter's claim media never contacted him on allegation details
2 Mar 2021
Shane Dowling/Kangaroo Court: Attorney-General Christian Porter alleged to have raped 16-yr-old Katharine Thornton in 1988
1 Mar 2021
Michael Bradley via Crikey: ‘The victim was my client and I know who the minister is.’ Here’s what should happen next. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8KjHgHIevc (sbs 3 Mar 2021)
23 Feb 2021
Craig Kelly's resignation, quitting Liberal Party to sit on the crossbench, means that the govt has lost one seat majority, now has 75 seats and 76 needed to pass Bills. They rely on independents to pass legislation.
18 Feb 2021
10 Feb 2021
This just came up on #auspol about 15 minutes ago and closing date for consultation is on the next day, Friday 12 Feb.
6 Feb 202
Wren's Week via IA: Australia cannot survive another three years of LNP government
4 Feb 2021
MW: .. too many rorts to remember, even the govt lost tracks to its own rorts ...
1 Feb 2021
MWM on Political Bribes - not Donations
Government for Sale: live coverage of AEC political bribes data: 2020 Political Donations
Christopher Knaus @Gu: Australia’s weak donation laws allowed $1bn in dark money to go to political parties over two decades
Vic and Qld states have had integrity reform
21 Dec 2020
19 Dec 2020
Brisbane times: AFP, Porter spent more than $600,000 on external lawyers
15 Dec 2020
Gu: Department rejects bid to access project linked to ‘comeback’ campaign while Labor calls the spending inappropriate
11 Dec 2020
What are your thoughts of the Press Gallery?
Crikey: Invisible Albo has no excuse for a wasted week — or a wasted year
Michael Pascoe: Politics evolved in 2020 – corruption is now openly accepted
6 Dec 2020
John Hewson @TSP: How rorts, mates and marketing took over politics
New Politics: Is time up for Albanese?
4 Dec 2020
Update on COVIDsafe App
26 Nov 2020
Bill Shorten, Shadow Government Services Minister:
Inside The Robodebt Debacle YouTube
25 Nov 2020
Jon Faine @TheAge/Opinion: Daniel Andrews and Scott Morrison: A study in contrasts
27 Nov 2020 Byline Times: How ‘Dictator Dan’ Defied a Dangerous Murdoch Media
YouTube: Kevin Rudd updates on the Murdoch RC
I've written to the Prime Minister, the Premier's of the six states, the
Chief Ministers, the two territories, formally advising them of what
the petition says, and asking formally for their response to the
desirability of establishing such a royal commission that letter
Daniel Hurst @Gu: PM defends cost of Flights for Mathias Cormann incl. 8.5 full-time equivalent staff
24 Nov 2020
Daniel Hurst @Gu: Flights for Mathias Cormann’s European campaign for OECD job could cost taxpayers $4,300 an hour. Morrison government is supporting the former finance minister in his bid for the job with the use of an RAAF Falcon
16 June 2020 Gu: experts urge overhaul to stop 'abuse of taxpayer dollars'
18 Nov 2020
The Canberra Times: A robodebt royal commission would be justified
16 Nov 2020
$1.2Billion Robodebt out-of-court Settlement; $721M agreed to pay back, $398M claims to be dropped, and $112M in compensation including legal costs.
Another $10M on top of $40M to NewsCorp
SA quarantine outbreak: hundred are advised to get quarantine. Two of the cases work in aged care. 900 travelled to Tasmania last week and 900 to WA & NT. There are 34 active cases.
A reminder of Husar case, in the wake of Canberra Bubble of Tudge and Porter.
11 Nov 2020
The AIM Network: Rudd’s anti-Murdoch petition results in its first steps
President Elect Biden 's COVID -19 Briefing
10 Nov 2020
TND: Joel Fitzgibbon quits shadow cabinet
Tory Shepherd @TheGuardian:
The Four Corners investigation raises questions of public interest, power balance and privacy
9 Nov 2020
Q&A: Malcolm Turnbull vs The Australian's Paul Kelly over News Corp's position on CC
4C and Canberra Bubble. Tudge is regretful for his affair via Tweet. Porter also sent out a statement.
The Murdoch Royal Commission petition is presented to parliament.
8 Nov 2020
#Insiders with Kevin Rudd & Malcolm Turnbull's strong support for a royal commission into Murdoch News Corp
US election 2020. Democrats win in America.
Results: Joe Biden wins prsidency, defeating Donald Trump
5 Nov 2020
4 Nov 2020
501,876 Australians have spoken against the corruption of media. Last day to take part in the historical petition. Sign the Murdoch Royal Commission petition
3 Nov 2020
Christopher Knaus @TheGuardian: Toothless tiger? Five problems with the Coalition's anti-corruption commission
Bernard Keane @Crikey: 'How Morrison and Porter's 'integrity body' will actually protect the corrupt' Not merely will it pose no threat to bent politicians, it may even help crooked ministers evade scrutiny.
2 Nov 2020
Josh Butler @TND: New corruption watchdog would have no power to investigate sports and airport rorts Tweet here
31 Oct 2020 Qld Votes
Annastacia Palaszczuk is the first female leader to win three elections
30 Oct 2020
26 Oct 2020
Compare the pair:
Vic premier is a world-classed leader, the other is #ScottyFromBunning.
TheAge/Ipsos poll: 52% Victorians support Andrew tackling the pandemic and
just 15% approval of Lib leader Michael O'Brien's.
Crikey: There have been 225,000 deaths in America.
Fed Govt's spending on contact tracing app: $5m a contact. Tweet with Chris Bowen, Shadow health minister
24 Oct 2020
22 Oct 2020
The $3000 Cartier watches are being used to distract from the massive corruption by Morrison government, ie: $30m land deal, $40m to Foxtel for women sports & then ABCtv having to pay for coverage.. Tweet with Mike Carlton and a bit here @Mark Dreyfus.
smh: Corruption investigation into Border Force after millions paid to ship builder.
Spot on by Kevin Rudd: NewsCorp keeping readers in the dark about the corruption scandal at Dutton's Border Force.
To be sure, you must verify your email #MurdochRC: 394,600 and counting
21 Oct 2020
What a Kevin! Sad and true: no elected politicians committee capable of conducting an independent inquiry into abuses of media power. An excellent piece of writing by KRudd.
13 Oct 2020 Christopher Warren@Crikey: Is News Corp still news company
Bernard Keane@Crikey: Why we need a real federal ICAC
Same as Ita Buttrose planted in the ABC, David Speers as #insiders host..
No trust in AFP: #RubyPrincessDutton+Berijiklian, #RoboDebtMorrison+Robert, #WaterGate BarnabyJ+AngusTaylor, #MiningCanavan, #BarrierReefTurnbull #SportsRortsMorrison+McKenzie, #FoxtelFifield ..
28 Sep 2019 Kangaroo Crt: fed courts being stacked up to cover-up gov corruption
Journalism and democracy for sale: Clive Palmer's - UAP $6 million gift to News Corp. Thread .
We know of Palmer's interest.. seeking an approval for 'monster mine' next door to Adani
Brisbane Time: Your money is serving the interest of the National party, a minor political party, NOT in the interest of the country (Australia)
19 + 20 Oct 2020
Parliament resumes: speaker Tony Smith IPA lib shill criticized for bias, qt/dorathy dixer not working, just a wast of time + taxpayer money, and the badly-behaved federal liberal politicians ignoring the opposition's questions by either turning their backs or playing up with their mobile phones.
#CovidSafe tracking app
Tweet: Dan Andrews on the feds
17-18 Oct 2020
Two good news events tonight: Labor wins in ACT and NZ
After two hours of watching press conference with premier Dan in Victoria, it's not surprised why there has been a move for Dan to go federal politics and to become PM. Such a good communicator and a decent leader, unlike LNP that keep lying, cheating and using a pandemic to play dirt politics: the intention of sending 55 not 17 NZers to Vic, #RubyPrincess.. Click on the link for Tweet on the current fed govt.
14-16 Oct 2020
Nat Cabinet was cancelled due to a technical problem? Scotty lies: he had time for going to a LNP fundraiser. There was no tech problem with the RAAF and there was no shortage of planes. He can use Qld premier's office #ScottyFromMarketing #ScottyTheAnnouncementArtist.
Article and tweet with Michael Pascoe. Real and good journalism. Thinking of an official petition like Rudd v Murdoch media dominance, it will be a huge challenge.
The urgent need for real time reporting of political donations is back again
13 Oct 2020
Michael Pascoe@theNewDaily: Politicians gift property developers billions of dollars every year
Bernard Keane@Crikey: Why we need a real federal ICAC
18 Feb 2020 Christopher Knaus @TheGuardianAu/transparency project
Liberals under fire for deleting donation record
Liberals under fire for deleting donation record
14 Mar 2020 MW: Future Rorts: Why buy one election when you can buy three?
#MurdochRC: Over 197,000 after 5.00pm. It's possible that it will reach 200,000 as someone wished yesterday on Twitter. We did it! Oh, what a feeling! 203,144 at 7.20pm, 212,137 at 10.00pm, and 216,202 before midnight.
12 Oct 2020
#MurdochRC: 103,000 at 3.15pm, 111,145 one hour later, and nearly 162,000 after midnight.
11 Oct 2020
#MurdochRC: Up to 41,500 at 2.15pm, about 45,000 at 5.00pm, close to 50,000 at 7.00pm, 54,600 at 8.45pm, over 59,000 at 10.30pm, almost 64,000 before midnight, and about 69,000 early am.
10 Oct 2020
Click here to read Tweet
The APH website has been busy. Will try again.
Huge response. Be patient and keep trying. There have been about 8,400 signatures within a few hours. Australians are in actions to fight against the toxic growth of Murdoch's monopoly. Don't forget #AuspolSoCorrupt
My friends are having similar problems. I guess that the site has been totally overloaded by everybody that wants a royal commission. KRudd has broken the parliamentary internet. This is a good sign of telling about the state of Oz media.
Husband and Wife team
The count is going up so some must be getting through. 10,700 signatures is reported via #auspol
Finally, I got through and the count was over 19,500. Remember to click the link in the email they send you to confirm.
People stayed up late to sign the petition and the counting was over 23,000.
9 Oct 2020
Pointed out by Michael Pascoe: This current SMH headline is not correct
6 Oct 2020
Federal Budget, Updated:
Michael Pascoe@The NewDaily: Beware the spinner’s budget tricks
(L) Source from MrKRudd in July
There is no money for social housing to house the homeless, those, who live on the street, in a lane, ...
4 Oct 2020
Aged care and Covid-19, a special report from RC into aged care Quality & Safety
- The Morrison Govt had no plan for COVID-19 in aged care
- 665 aged care residents died
1 Oct 2020
Catching up with an emergency bill, a talking picture by Catoonist Moir_Alan, and a new video clip of The Juice Media Click here to watch
30 Sep 2020
Morrison and Murdoch media lying:
- ships: 4 not 40
- fake news of medical supplies shortage. Owner of Patrick, Qube received $19m from jobkeeper payments. Executive bonuses got $10m, over half of it.
Facts:
Rupert Murdoch's received $882m tax rebate from Australia
Fed govt gave $30m to Foxtel, and
Recent $50m grants for regional media from taxpayers' funds
29 Sep 2020 Christian Porter has shown himself unfit to be federal Attorney–General by Ian Cunliffe
27 Sep 2020
Enjoyed watching the doco, ep Two again tonight. I prefer ep two to ep one IMO, two is the best of all, and I am not looking forward to ep Three this Sunday. What I love seeing is The Fall..
Admire their work and hope others will follow. There is no sign of it at present.
Catch up with #auspol:
24 September 2020
Sorry the blog has not been updated. Perhaps there is something wrong with the latest update to the Blogger edit tool. Still have the text entry problem.
7 Sep 2020
PaulKarp@GU: Coalition pushed to expand sports grants scheme to fund projects in target seats, inquiry hears: Bridget McKenzie’s office created spreadsheets to show how many more marginal seats could be funded by a $70m expansion
Future Rorts: Why buy one election when you can buy three?
Voters are bribed by Politicians via public funds.
Pre-election sport grants focused on targeted marginal seats, audit reports
6 Sep 2020
A short history of LNP corruption from New Politics
Alan Austin@IA Sep2017 Corruption under M.Turnbull: Going for the all-time world record
the federal Government's scandals in one thread
People vs Newscorp for BS
Emma Alberici vs Newscorp's The Australian for bullying her while she was on the job. Click here to read
Compare the pair
Facts, honesty and selflessness vs Spins, lies and selfishness
PM's way to avoid scrutiny
2 Sep 2020
Australia’s in the deepest recession in almost a century according to Shadow treasurer.
Paul Karp@Gu: Labor to pass Coalition bill watering down donation laws
1 Sep 2020
JobKeeper and taxpayer money: firms misuse public funds paying huge executive bonuses, according to Labor Andrew Leigh.
Google spokesperson: Google made about $1m in revenue last year and about 1% of all searches were news related..
17 Aug 2020 Pay back time: Newscorp helped the govt win the last fed election.
The govt legislates to help out Rupert Murdoch.
friendlyjordies What's the deal with the ACCC's 'news media bargaining cod
31 Aug 2020
The Tasmanian premier, Peter Gutwein, has extended an eight weeks of the state of emergency until the end of October.
30 Aug 2020
Qld border restrictions: not opening before the state election at end of Oct this year.
WA wins over Clive Palmer's challenge: High Court supports border restrictions
NT Labor won 2020 election
24 Aug 2020
Parliament resumes: ScoMo turned his back when the opposition leader Albo reading out failures by
Morrison and his govt.
ABCnews: Michael Sukkar, and Kevin Andrews ally Marcus Bastiaan, implicated in Victorian Liberal Party branch-stacking allegations
23 Aug 2020 #60Minutes: Lib party branch stacking.
21 Aug 2020MW: It's more than three years of breaching the law by AG, leader of the big house
28 Sep 2019 Kangaroo Crt: fed courts being stacked to cover-up gov corruption
Mark Dreyfus, shadow AG told Paul Karp in TheGuardian 'Full of Liberal mates'
22-28 Feb 2020 Karen Middleton, TSP: 
Denise Shrivell@auspol live podcast: listen, tweets and read with politics news
Amanda Meade@theGuardian
Same story @crikey
Tweet: Out of court settlement
18 Aug 2020#ScottFromMarketing: No vaccine deal, just a distraction from #RubyPrincess and #Aged Care
Knaus@Gu: Firm advised by Christopher Pyne wins fed govt grants worth almost $7m
27 June 2019 Pyne's breach of ministerial standards?
26 June 2019 Pyne takes job with consulting firm EY to help grow defence business
2 Oct 2018 $50bn sub deal on his watch as Defence Industry minister
17 Aug 2020 Pay back time: Newscorp helped the govt win the last fed election.
The govt legislates to help out Rupert Murdoch.
Aged care, Quarantine, Borders.
There is no doubt that Ita (former Murdoch's woman magazine editor) and Speers (former Murdoch's SkyNews host) have been planted into the ABC. All three panelists are of Murdoch, Stokes and a new ABC Melbourne radio presenter.
Quarantine is a fed govt responsibility (ref s51)
While Bill Shorten defends the elderly, the vulnerable, #SimpMo defends corporates
Brown saying only Daniel Andrews doing the job. While Bill Shorten defends the elderly, the vulnerable, #SimpMo defends corporates
15 Aug 2020
Scott Morrison’s right-hand man in the COVID19 crisis
Dr Brendan Murphy caught on video illegally coaching a witness at the Aged Care RC (by
14 Aug 2020
Eyes on Ruby Princess and a Petition - Instigate a federal ICAC
A reminder: Former News Corp hack, Renee Viellaris is an AFP communication boss.
Mid May 2020 Karen Middleton, TSP: Dutton pushing for new ASIO powers
Bernard Keane @Crikey Peter Dutton is proposing that former Coalition MPs and staffers
5 Mar 2020 Paul Karp of GuAu: Peter Dutton pushes for overseas police to tap Australians’phones
The Special Commission of Inquiry into the Ruby Princess
Compair the pair
While Dan Andrew has let the vic inquiry commission into hotel quarantine doing their job,
Scotty threatened HC...Separation of powers, Scott. You are not fit as PM of Australia.
Click to read thread
13 Aug 2020
LNP fail aged care.
#AuspolSoCorrupt #BoycottMurdoch
The
"blame Dan" approach is simple; When the shit hits the fan, make sure
the fan is pointed at anybody but you. Scotty from Marketing is a master
spinner
Gu: Joel Fitzgibbon blasted by Mark Butler for backing gas-led Covid recovery plan
It's a possibility that Joel Fitzgibbon will be able to come along to Liberal Party Gala Ball.
11 Aug 2020
Update on Clive Palmer v WA govt: he wants $30 billion iron & ore damages claim.
Update on Clive Palmer v WA govt: he wants $30 billion iron & ore damages claim.
14 May 2019 Journalism and democracy for sale:
Clive Palmer's - UAP $6 million gift to News Corp. Thread started by Mike Carlton
25 Apr 2019 This has to be called out: $4 Billion worth + $500 Million in the bank, but
doesn't want to pay $70m back to the commonwealth and $7m he owes to workers.
Dirty Power Coal's Network of influence over the COALition govt
9 Aug 2020
26 July 2018 Inside Story with Margaret Simons: The end of Fairfax as we knew it
8 Aug 2020
I can see a tweet from the Russell account.
Twitter police out fishing. The Russell's account has been broken in. Based on my observation on #auspol, he/she is a good guy. Take care.
6 Aug 2020
11.10pm: Late night comes up with an apology from SkyNews re: Anti-Andrews campaign
8.30pm: Big Brother Ruby Dutton has been watching. It also happened to my bluetooth device. 
#insiders
I was in doubt about this guy. I noticed that Murdoch Muppets went out fishing yesterday. 
26 July 2018 Inside Story with Margaret Simons: The end of Fairfax as we knew it
Nine’s takeover is the logical outcome of bad media policy, and we’ll all live with the consequences
The combined Nine–Fairfax business will be run by Nine CEO Hugh Marks
(right) and
current Nine chair Peter Costello (left), shown here after
the company’s 2016 AGM.
I can see a tweet from the Russell account.
Twitter police out fishing. The Russell's account has been broken in. Based on my observation on #auspol, he/she is a good guy. Take care.
6 Aug 2020
Reported: $10 million from Covid recovery fund to Fox for women sport coverage.
Pats Karvelas @ABC and Rachel Baxendale (of the Australian) sister of TimS's girlfriend spot on, go after my premier, Dan Andrew, who has been doing reasonably well for the state and the people of Victoria, IMO as an observer on #auspol. A reminder of a recent mistake made by Alex White from News Corp's the Herald Sun (Vic post, 10 July). It's getting worse: an example of the recent Eden-Morano byelection campaign by the COALition ...
28 June 2020 The news was published on ABCnews very late on the night before the morning raid.
More of Eden-Morano byelection
Discover that the setting was changed without my knowledge.
A reminder: a
fortnight of federal parliament sitting scheduled for the 4-13 August
is cancelled.
internal authorisation (just from another ASIO officer and the approval can be oral), instead of
filing paperwork for a warrant from a judge (through court) or a member from AAT, most of the members of which have been stacked by the Abbott, Turnbull, and ScoMo governments with failed Coalitions MPs, former staffers, friends of the Coalition). It seems dodgy to me and looks like that it's the amendments for self interest and/or political gains. Are 'they' getting ready for Winter break?
My blog editor has been messed up. 'They' have broken into my 'home'
Mid May 2020 Karen Middleton, TSP: Dutton pushing for new ASIO powers
Commonwealth: ASIO amendment bill 2020
filing paperwork for a warrant from a judge (through court) or a member from AAT, most of the members of which have been stacked by the Abbott, Turnbull, and ScoMo governments with failed Coalitions MPs, former staffers, friends of the Coalition). It seems dodgy to me and looks like that it's the amendments for self interest and/or political gains. Are 'they' getting ready for Winter break?
Bernard Keane @Crikey Peter Dutton is proposing that former Coalition MPs and staffers
5 Mar 2020 Paul Karp of GuAu: Peter Dutton pushes for overseas police to tap Australians’phones
3 Aug 2020
MW/ Rort of the Day. Tim again. Uses public office as Human Rights Commissioner to do marketing for far right wing group IPA, and to solicit Liberal Party preselection #QED #FederalICACnow
If you have been paying attention, I'm rather sure that you won't be surprised when and why Rupert Murdoch and Kerry Stokes's dogs are out in force. A good sum up from Kangaroo Court. Click here to read
Having cancelled parliament sittings due to coronavirus, #ScottyFromMarketing crosses border for the state election campaign against Qld labor government. It's noticed that Scomo wore no face mask while on the campaign trail.
(L) pix: Catoon on jobkeeper and jobseeker out in late April
A notice from James Murdoch from NY to resign from the News Corp board (US)
31 July 2020
Robodebt qt in the Senate
Bill Shorten, Shadow minister for Government services calls for a RC into Robodebt
More on Media post last updated 11 July 2020 with a video YouTube
28 - 30 July 2020
I have no
wonder why Scotty and Porter support Clive Palmer to bully State of Western Australia to open the WA border. Remember: $83 millions spent on the last fed election with anti-labor ads and he received only 8 votes for him. Australians have been the biggest losers.
Clive, I hope you will
do your time and your dirty money won't be allowed to buy you out. Your time is up - you're charged.. Stop being kidding/being selfish. Latest news of Clive Palmer (1 Aug 2020): the UAP will be contesting seats in the upcoming state Qld election. He will mess up another election. This has happened again and again and I think we really need a working AEC. Late night news: fed gov withdraws support from Palmer's legal challenge.
The damage has been done. Evidence had been heard.
The damage has been done. Evidence had been heard.
27 July 2020
and another $80,000 for two month secretive admin services from April to May this year.
$10 million from covid recovery fund to Fox for women sport coverage (reported: 6 Aug 2020).
Kim Wingerei @MW ICAC Calls: lack of transparency leads to unethical behaviour
16 June 2020 Gu: experts urge overhaul to stop 'abuse of taxpayer dollars'
Liberals under fire for deleting donation record
16 June 2020 Gu: experts urge overhaul to stop 'abuse of taxpayer dollars'
22-28 Feb 2020 Karen Middleton, TSP:
Dodgy regulation, 'delegated legislation' used by govt to spend 'unlawful' billions..
18 Feb 2020 Christopher Knaus @TheGuardianAu/transparency project/Liberal PartyLiberals under fire for deleting donation record
28 Sep 2019 Kangaroo Crt: fed courts being stacked up to cover-up gov corruption
29 Aug 2019 Gu: Peter Dutton and Mathia Cormann charged taxpayers $50,000 for RAAF
IA/politics with Wren's week: 'Corruption rife within the Liberal Party' published early 2019
MW/qed: Barnaby Joyce MP travel records Aug2018-May2019: $675,000
26 July 2020 IA/politics with Wren's week: 'Corruption rife within the Liberal Party' published early 2019
MW/qed: Barnaby Joyce MP travel records Aug2018-May2019: $675,000
Three SA liberal government ministers + one senior member resign/quit/step down from their current positions because of travel expenses rorts. IMO, they just withdraw from politics for a little while.
25 July 2020
Where do we go from here, Australia?
Where do we go from here, Australia?
22 July 2020 Q via Selected Senate com member:
$40m of taxpayers funds signed off while in caretaker mode?
11 Apr 2019 We are in care-taker mode. What does it mean?
The HoR is dissolved prior to a general election to a period after the election when the next ministry is appointed. AEC: Elections - FAQ updated 8 April 2019. Good luck to Australia!
Murdoch being grilled at Selected Senate Committee in the UK re: phone hacking scandal.
#auspo #AuspolSoCorrupt A short history of LNP corruption from New Politics
The review from Tim Dowlings @theGuardian and Tweets on The Rise of The Murdoch Dynasty
25 May 2019 Conversation:
Outrage, polls and bias: 2019 federal election showed Australian media need better regulation
Outrage, polls and bias: 2019 federal election showed Australian media need better regulation
Libs
did not win the AusVotes2019. They stole it with lies, smearing,
cheating and
with Clive Palmer's dirty money.
MW: 'A triumph of image over substance, fear over logic, politics over policy'..
19 May 2017 the NBN, the ABC and Au politics
Ryan Wilson @Medium: The Murdoch Cancer on Democracy is Metastasising
A thread on the-four-asshats from School of Murdoch
22 July 2020 Q via Selected Senate com member: $40m of taxpayers funds signed off while in caretaker mode??
16 Jan 2020
Voters are bribed by Politicians via public funds.
Penny Wong on the 40m breaches by the COALition
today receives $10m more from the COALition for women sport coverage.
Rupert Murdoch's received $882m tax rebate from Australia. Fed govt gave $30m to Foxtel, and Recent $50m grants for regional media from taxpayers' funds.
Keep the money, then sacked journos, the decent ones
Keep the money, then sacked journos, the decent ones
23 July 2017 #insiders: Turnbull $30 million 'payment' to Murdoch
21 July 2020Photo op to announce changes to jobkeeper.
18 July 2020
Corrupt media & politics: A real worry for the next federal election
17 June 2020 #qt
#qt in mid May. Nothing changed or reformed since the survey in Oct last year.
19 July 2020
Understandable.
6 August 2018
New Politics: The political assassination of Emma Husar
SMH: Emma Husar has spoken out about the allegations against her and
here's her side of the story
Later Friday night, charges ref. provided by Greg Jericho (also) of The Guardian Au
A mix of company law and politics.
#ScottyFromMarketing's a new slogan: JobTrainer
19 May 2017 the NBN, the ABC and Au politics
From me the phone was hacked? a tech contractor was arranged? and
in the wake of budget 'drug test' and 'the bug in the air', the politics post has been blocked.
Gu: Toondah harbour wetlands:
Rort of the day
There have been gossips about removing Peter Dutton from Home Affairs. It's an excellent idea!
Defence for him? I don't think so.
Great. Pauline Hanson will be seen less on Nine
Michael Pascoe's Opinion on the key roles of Mathias Cormann who will leave politics later this year.
Antony Green called it just after midnight.
Based on twitter, Mathias Cormann, financial minister under JoeHockey-ScoMo-Frydenberg treasurers will leave politics early Oct. That his departure will be a loss of the LNP means that it will be a gain for the LP. Debt is a new record of $1,089,710,000,000.
26 June 2020
Hope these that answer ..
Alan Austin@IA Sep2017 Corruption under M.Turnbull: Going for the all-time world record
the federal Government's scandals in one thread
22-28 Feb 2020 Karen Middleton, TSP:
Dodgy regulation, 'delegated legislation' used by govt to spend 'unlawful' billions..
Bernard Keane@CrikeyInq Apr2019: Is Peter Dutton a risk to nat security?
The Federal Court did not trust Peter Dutton
A failure of reforming intel & Home Affairs because of character & qualities
of those placed in the key leadership positions
Why IPA not investigated?
Mike Carlton: 'Only Shorten had the balls'.
To make it clear: Janet or jkalbrechtsen is one of the journos of The Australian (if I'm correct)
Near-PM Shorten: Bill Tells Murdoch To Walk The Plank (by Dr Tim Jones @AIM)
24 June 2020
What a bad decision! ABCnews will axe the 7.45am radio news bulletin. Click here to read and tweet to protest
According to Cheryl Kernot, political generalist journos don't challenge the lie.
There are specialist journos, who do.
Today of ten years ago, Julia Gillard became Australia's first female pm
A new campaign from Guardian Australia: Support the Guardian - Make a Contribution
The Federal Court did not trust Peter Dutton
23 June 2020
Shorten (R) as Former Opposition Leader, solo guest on Q&A in June 2018
6 November 2015 Late Friday night - TURC: Bill Shorten cleared.
TURC's top lawyer has said Bill Shorten did not commit criminal or unlawful conduct
Not surprised at the 'look over there' strategy of cyber security attack news. Click here to read
About 4 month old article: dodgy regulation by Karen Middleton of TSP
# springst #auslaw
Josh Taylor@Gu Vic police distances itself from controversial facial recognition firm Clearview AI
Bernard Keane@CrikeyInq Apr2019: Is Peter Dutton a risk to nat security?
Alan Austin@IA Sep2017 Corruption under M.Turnbull: Going for the all-time world record
Real journalism with Bernard Keane@CrikeyInq
'Political parties have also given themselves exemptions from privacy
laws, allowing them to accumulate huge databases of Australian voters
(all controlled by political staffers and party executives) with no
accountability for the use and abuse of that information.
They’re exempt from other laws like the Do Not Call Register, and
laws dealing with false and misleading advertising they apply to
everyone else engaging in advertising. And under parliamentary rules,
politicians are prevented from using fora such as question time to
inquire about party administrative and operational matters'.
#QT- Ind Speaker needed
Next question times will be in August. Long winter break for pollies ..
Quickly pointed out by Paul Bongiorno: Speaker Smith should have kicked ScoMo out under 94a.
#QT
#robodebt continued
'We'll find you, we'll track you down and
you will have to repay those debts and you may end up in prison'.
$6 billion jobkeeper bungle last Friday and today about three quarter of billion mismanaged. The end of the robodebt was also quietly announced in the late afternoon on Friday.
Tweets with Bill Shorten, Shadow Minister for Government Services. It was a decent fight for the poorest, who were bullied and robbed by this illegal scheme, which had been planned and started by ex treasurer Scomo and ex Social Services minister Porter. Sadly, we can't bring back 2030 people, who had had no choice and took own lives after receiving robodebt notices. Congrats to Bill, Crikey, Gordon Legal, and those concerned. 
Tried to shut up a twitter, who seems to disagree with... This is only an example and there would be a long list of those like Angela.
despite the govt overhauling the scheme
Robodebt scheme had been found illegal
Keep on giving to the rich and keep on attacking the poor. What a shame!
Can't believe that they used AFP logo on Centrelink letterhead, and paid debt collectors to chase the vulnerable.
Wake up MSM: do your job in a professional way, mates. Related tweets
here is a quick update Re: Robodebt class action
Nat Cabinet in place of COAG creatively explained by someone in the house.
#auspol COAG meeting docs can be found via FoI. Due to lack of trust and confidence in the fed govt, those paying attention to what's happening, wonder what's the arrangement for the Nat Cabinet.
21-23 May 2020
Missed out this article when I was away from home and not connected to a civilized world. It's about three months old, but very useful. Thanks Karen for keeping us informed. Enjoyed reading and listening. Keep it simple and clear and keep up your good work.
22-28 Feb 2020 Karen Middleton, TSP:
Dodgy regulation, 'delegated legislation' used by govt to spend 'unlawful' billions..
GuAust: Nev Power to step back, keeping the $500,000 job deal. He should be off the Covid Commission, instead.
'Nev Power, is to step aside from his position as deputy chairman of a gas company over conflict of interest concerns.“Because of the perceptions of conflict of interest he has stepped back from participating in board meetings and will not participate in the decisions of the board” of Strike Energy, a spokesperson for the National Covid-19 Coordination Commission said on Friday evening'.
Fossil Fuel Watch: Who are on the com?
Related reading: Govt stacks Covid Commission with oil and gas mates by Sandi Keane @MW
16 May 2020
It has been almost a year since the federal election on 18 May 2019. I, personally, still think that the COALtion did not win the election. What they did are: cheats, lies all the way and finally 'bought' it via public money. Can somebody tell me what they have achieved since gaining power? Anyway, here is A short history of LNP corruption from New Politics, and the federal Government's scandals in one thread by Carrick Ryan #auspol #AuspolSoCorrupt
7.30 report from Latingle
#qt with Katharine Murphy: For months, there have been no answers if the sports grants were made with proper legal authority. She's really into this scandal and wonders if you're.
Bloody hell: It will be another two years with the COALition in government supported by News Corp (includes Fox News in the US, The Sun and The Times in the UK, and roughly 70% of print media in Australia including the only nationally
distributed daily newspaper, The Australian), and MSM revealed in TSP on 31 Mar 2018: "Much of the mainstream media are on the same bandwagon, chiefly at
Murdoch’s News Corpse, where vendetta journalism has become an art form".
11 May 2019 Libs campaign ads
incl the ABC
started with Ita, then Speers (with a Murdoch agenda), and now their
journos mates stacked on the panel. Greg Sheridan will be having another go on #insiders this week. Mark Riley of Stokes, and light Annabel Crabb from ABC. Boycott 'Sky News Insider the ABC', sleeping in on sunday again.
Taxpayers' bill for advertising hits $136 million this year.
I
am not surprised why former PM, Kevin Rudd has called for a royal
commission into the 'cancer' that is News Corp and its impact on
democracy (TSP, Nov 18-24, 2017). Other pieces, also worth of reading,
include:
Ryan Wilson @Medium: The Murdoch Cancer on Democracy is Metastasising
Re: the federation election in May 2019
'After knifing two leaders in three years, it was widely expected the
conservative party would lose the 2019 election and polling suggested
this would be the case right up until election day. However, the Murdoch
media had been firing on all cylinders since the day of the leadership
spill with relentless negative coverage of the Labor party and its
leader, Bill Shorten, and sycophantic fawning over Morrison. Lo and
behold, an election miracle: Scott Morrison managed to cling to power
against all odds. Shorten landed the blame for this shock loss squarely
at the feet of Murdoch and his media outlets'. More info about the fed election 2019 on my post.
Re: NBN 'fibre to the node', instead of 'fibre to the premise'
'When Rudd lost the 2013 election, his successor, Tony Abbott pressed
ahead with a much slower “fibre to the node” version of the NBN, which
at a final cost of $51 billion is almost 50% higher than the expected
cost of Rudd’s initial, faster, “fibre to the premise” model. In effect,
Australia paid overs for a sub-par broadband network so that Murdoch
could prop up his doomed cable TV business for a few extra years. As an
Australian, this makes me fume to this day when I think about".
7 Sep 2019 Kevin Rudd @GuAu
Democracy overboard: Rupert Murdoch's long war on Australian politics
16 May 2019
Hawke dies aged 89. Hawke was prime minister from 1983-1991.
I'm voting for Labor's Plans for Medicare Cancer, Better Hospitals, Pensioner Dental..
14-15 May 2020
Pauline Wright @Gu:
Bernard Keane @Crikey Peter Dutton is proposing that former Coalition MPs and staffers
5 Mar 2020 Paul Karp of GuAu: Peter Dutton pushes for overseas police to tap Australians’phones
30 Apr 2020 Grant Turner @IA: Government is stripping away our civil liberties
Peter is mean and greedy. Peter is more dangerous than ever.
Be afraid and very afraid, with rumours that Peter's Murdoch's..
Peter Dutton and Mathias Cormann charged taxpayers $50,000 for RAAF flights after Liberal spill
Commonwealth: ASIO amendment bill 2020
internal authorisation (just from another ASIO officer and the approval can be oral), instead of
filing paperwork for a warrant from a judge (through court) or a member from AAT, most of the members of which have been stacked by the Abbott, Turnbull, and ScoMo governments with failed Coalitions MPs, former staffers, friends of the Coalition). It seems dodgy to me and looks like that it's the amendments for self interest and/or political gains. Are 'they' getting ready for Winter break? Latest news: parliament is re-scheduled to be back in mid June, not August as discussed last week.
#qt Nothing changed or reformed since the survey in Oct last year.filing paperwork for a warrant from a judge (through court) or a member from AAT, most of the members of which have been stacked by the Abbott, Turnbull, and ScoMo governments with failed Coalitions MPs, former staffers, friends of the Coalition). It seems dodgy to me and looks like that it's the amendments for self interest and/or political gains. Are 'they' getting ready for Winter break? Latest news: parliament is re-scheduled to be back in mid June, not August as discussed last week.
7.30 report from Latingle re: #sportrort and the commonwealth ASIO amendment bill 2020
Andrew Green, Defence Correspondent @ABCnews
More here with MW and other twitters
#qt with Katharine Murphy: For months, there have been no answers if the sports grants were made with proper legal authority. She's really into this scandal and wonders if you're.
12 May 2020
Katharine also points out: Head of Aust.CoVid-19 commission paid $500,000 for a 6-month work
Related reading: Govt stacks Covid Commission with oil and gas mates by Sandi Keane @MW
MW: Ruper's Oz media worth nothing, except massive political clout remains
#qt
Tests show negative to CoVid19
12 May 2020
Sports rorts: health department concerned Bridget McKenzie could make decisions in caretaker period (by Paul Karp, GuAust)
Q&A: Was host hamish mentored by 'speers'? I'm very disappointed and really sad to witness 9,7 & 10 joined in the bashing of the Andrew government for protecting a healthy environment for the state to save lives. Keep in mind: the economy can bounce back; but, you can not bring dead people back to earth.
7.30 report from Latingle
Four months have passed and serious questions about the scandal still remain.
Tweet with Katharine Murphy
Parliament resumes with less number of politicians. Politics back as usual for PM and media: ScoMo avoided answering questions about #sportrort, and journos did not do their jobs accordingly. I mean work ethics ignored these days.The transparency project
Letter to Scott Morrison signed by former judges and public servants says full resumption is needed to ensure transparency (by Christopher Knaux of The Guardian)
Tony Burke: 'After this week Parliament is not scheduled to return until August.'
From reliable sources, PM will be facing an inquiry into #sportrort, #AngustTaylor, etc. this week,
when parliament resumes. There have been decisions made without checks and balances.
For the sake of trust in politics Tim Wilson must go – the problem is he can't see that
IA/politics with Wren's week: 'Corruption rife within the Liberal Party' published early 2019
Pope's cartoon on jobkeeper and jobseeker
And? early superannuation release scheme: you're doomed!
Note: B'man's cartoonist out about 2 weeks ago.
Note: B'man's cartoonist out about 2 weeks ago.
smh: NSW Police chief, Mick Fuller gets a big payday.
Current salary is about $650,000. An increase about $87,000
4 May 2020 According to K.Keneally, ALP, ScoMo is responsible
for 850 cases, 30 deaths and an outbreak in northwestTasmania
8 Apr 2020 Update on Ruby Princess. Read more
for 850 cases, 30 deaths and an outbreak in northwestTasmania
8 Apr 2020 Update on Ruby Princess. Read more
Same same: What we have learned from the Ruby Princess
Q&A with Premiers next week. Have missed out a few recent shows.
The result from Nat Cabinet meeting: It's up to the State Premiers moving at their own pace. With regard to Victoria, Daniel Andrews will make an announcement about the change to restrictions on Monday.
Health + Well-being + Lives V economy/Greed + politics
Click here to read more. Note: I'm unsure if 'lesson of history' is fully true. The pic was out on #auspol few days ago. Fact check is not my business. Just write for a good purpose.
8 May 2020
Australian National Audit Office evidence to Senate appears to contradict Morrison’s claim that he provided no authorisation
Richard Marr@GuardianAu:
The people of regional Australia are the losers as Nationals try to take each other out
by Katharine Murphy, political editor of GuardianAu
Related reading 25 Jan 2020
30 Mar 2020
14 Feb 2020
MWM/Govt: Pork and Ride
ABCnew: Communications Minister Michelle Rowland urged to quit over
reportedly accepting Sportsbet donations
22 Jan 2020
Sorry for my post politics p2 discontinued
because of some technical problems; hence, p3 is created.
because of some technical problems; hence, p3 is created.