The Pork Barrelling/Rort Thread

[wendog33]

All pork barelling and rorts.
All Governments. Don't discriminate. Show us what you got

Michael Pascoe: Unrepentant, the Coalition pork barrel rolls on

thenewdaily.com.au

 

[south of heaven]

Thought this thread was about food boooooo

 

[wendog33]

Thought this thread was about food boooooo

Head on over to the BBQ thread or post your latest food scandal on here. Doesn't matter

 

[The DoggFather]

Would not locking down the East be pork barreling?

 

[BlackJackBulldog]

Maybe not pork barrelling but think this belongs here

Craig Kelly forgot to renew his domain name. Big mistake. (Warning: NSFW)

https://craigkellymp.com/

 

[wendog33]

Would not locking down the East be pork barreling?

A form of...yes

 

[wendog33]

TAKEN FOR GRANTED
Coalition MPs were allowed to lobby for regional grants that they weren’t eligible for, the SMH reports. It’s the latest in a string of revelations in what appears to be yet another rorts drama — the Building Better Regions program saw 88% of its $300 million total kitty given to Coalition-held or marginal seats, as The New Daily reports. A third of regional seats are held by Labor, but they were allocated 16% of the funding.

Nationals MP Anne Webster revealed yesterday that MPs were given the opportunity to “push” projects which fell short of the criteria, which was presented in a colour-coded system that showed the close misses. It’s a very familiar detail for those who recall the ins and outs of the sports rorts drama, as news.com.au reported at the time. Labor’s infrastructure spokeswoman Catherine King was livid, calling it “another taxpayer fund completely hijacked by Barnaby Joyce". We’ll know more next May, when Australian National Audit Office will release a report into the program.

 

[south of heaven]

 

[wendog33]

BratKeeper: profitable private schools purloin JobKeeper, pandemic payments too - Michael West

Elite private schools gorged themselves on JobKeeper despite their profits, Pandemic stimulus payments and rising Federal funding

www.michaelwest.com.au

 

[wendog33]

ICAC

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[wendog33]

Former premier Mike Baird tells ICAC Berejiklian should have disclosed relationship with Daryl Maguire

'Incredulous' Baird tells ICAC Berejiklian should not have kept boyfriend secret

Former NSW premier Mike Baird tells the state's corruption watchdog he was "incredulous" after learning of Gladys Berejiklian’s secret relationship with an MP during her evidence to an ICAC hearing last year.

www.abc.net.au

 

[steeliz]

Thought this thread was about food boooooo

I thought it was about rolling pigs down hills in barrels

 

[wendog33]

I thought it was about rolling pigs down hills in barrels
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[wendog33]

Media Analyst (@MediaAnalystOz) Tweeted:
"The Morrison government has trashed transparency. They've trashed integrity. Now they're trashing parliamentary process. It's time for them to go."

- respected former ICAC counsel Geoffrey Watson SC brutally condemning the Morrison government

#auspol

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1450982854465179659

 

[wendog33]

Michael Pascoe: The opportunity cost of the Pork Party – ‘tens of billions’

The billions splurged on the form of corruption euphemistically called “pork barrelling” makes headlines. We don’t generally see the disheartening flipside.

thenewdaily.com.au

 

[Disposable Hero]

Sounds like my ex wife. She was a pig that needed stuffing in a barrel.

 

[belmore_utd]

Imagine the ego and the audacity to say this out loud and having a government in power that refused to condemn him for it.

That is the contempt with which the constituency is held in NSW and indeed most of Australia

 

[wendog33]

​

​ Obeid will get to keep his tainted millions

​ The Obeid family will keep $30 million in proceeds of crime despite family patriarch Eddie Obeid and his son Moses being sentenced to jail terms for their role in a crooked coal deal.

​ Sources have told the Herald that while the NSW Crime Commission could have proceeded against the family for confiscation of their ill-gotten gains, it was decided that the Tax Office would instead pursue the family – not for the $30 million – just the tax that should have been paid on it.

​ Eddie Obeid (photo above by Edwina Pickles) was sensationally released on bail within minutes of being jailed for a minimum of three years and ten months yesterday after his lawyers flagged concerns about the risk of him contracting COVID and dying should he be held overnight at the Surry Hills police station.

​ The former Labor MP, aged 77, his son Moses, 52, and former ministerial colleague Ian Macdonald, 72, all received jail terms over their roles in a conspiracy that involved then-mining minister Macdonald committing acts of misconduct benefiting the Obeid family, who received $30 million.

​ However, Justice Elizabeth Fullerton reserved the harshest sentence for Macdonald.

​ The Herald says: The Obeid trial shows the need for vigilance against corruption.

 

[wendog33]

Things look a worry for Gladys and Ayres?

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[wendog33]

Government’s blocking of investigation into Christian Porter raises accountability concerns

Labor has slammed the government for blocking the inquiry into Christian Porter's legal donations as "appalling" and accused Prime Minister Scott Morrison of "protecting his mates".

www.sbs.com.au