Archive for 'Rorts'
One rule for the rich …
Posted by John, January 10th, 2017 - under Politicians, Politicians pay, Rorts, Sussan Ley.
Tags: Centrelink
Comments: 1
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The Liberals’ real slogan: weddings, parties, anything – a reprise
Posted by John, August 4th, 2015 - under Politicians, Politicians pay, Rorts.
Tags: Abbott government, Age of entitlement, Entitlements
Comments: 3
I wrote this about parliamentary entitlements rorting back in October 2013. It has some interesting numbers in relation to senior Government figures including the PM and Brandis. I finish up by saying:
‘The AFP won’t investigate possible misuse of parliamentary expenses independently or systemically. They and the politicians are all part of the ruling class and won’t do anything to undermine the facade of parliamentary respectability.’
Nothing over the last few weeks has undermined my argument of almost 2 years ago. It has only reinforced it.
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Politicians: serving themselves, and their masters even more
Posted by John, October 24th, 2013 - under Rorts.
Tags: Abbott government, Expenses, Exploitation
Comments: 1
The expenses scandal in Australia grows deeper by the week. Yet the greatest crime of politicians is that, while serving themselves, they serve their masters more.
The only illegals I see are in Abbott’s government
Posted by John, October 21st, 2013 - under Refugees, Rorts.
Tags: Abbott government, Asylum seekers, Australian Federal Police, Criminalisation
Comments: 1
Why are the Australian Federal Police not prosecuting the illegals, the rorters, on Abbott’s frontbench, including Abbott himself?
We truly live in an upside down world. Poor, powerless asylum seekers who have committed no crime are called illegals while those in power who have rorted the parliamentary expenses system are exempt from prosecution.
The Liberals’ real slogan: Weddings, Parties, Anything
Posted by John, October 6th, 2013 - under Labor Party, Liberal Party, Parliament, Parliamentary standards, Rorts.
Tags: Expenses
Comments: 2
The Australian Federal Police won’t investigate possible misuse of parliamentary expenses independently or systemically. They and the politicians are all part of the ruling class and won’t do anything to undermine the facade of parliamentary respectability.
Is there only one Slipper?
Posted by John, January 9th, 2013 - under Parliament, Parliamentary standards, Peter Slipper, Rorts.
Comments: 13
To win back our trust maybe the Parliament should open up all the expense information it has to public scrutiny. It could set up an expense investigation committee to go over all the claims of the last few years with a forensic fine tooth comb.
We have a good role model. The equivalent of the Australian Building and Construction Commission and its draconian powers could be set up to smash alleged rorting by a small group allegedly holding the rest of us to ransom through their allegedly criminal behaviour.
Dave Oliver from the Australian Council of Trade Unions, Dave Noonan from the building workers’ union and Julian Assange might be good nominees to carry out the investigation.