“Laws are like cobwebs which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through”
– Jonathan Swift, 1667 – 1745
It’s all too common now. Professional politicians regard the highest public offices as mere stepping stones to personal wealth, selling their unique knowlege to billionaires and big business. Bob Menzies & Gough Whitlam are turning in their graves. #auspol
Billionaire Anthony Pratt hires old rivals Scott Morrison and Dan Andrews
Trump: “Get out and vote just this time. You won't have to do it anymore. Four more years it will be fixed. It'll be fine. You won't have to vote anymore...In four years you don't have to vote again. We'll have it fixed so good your not gonna have to vote.”
Trump Tells Crowd 'You Won't Have To Vote' Again After Election In Bizarre Remarks
Fmr NSW Premier #GladysB was not "chased out of office" by the #nswICAC. She CHOSE to resign, both as Premier & from Parliament rather than stand aside during ICAC's investigation. She was found to have engaged in "serious corrupt conduct". Yet there were no consequences. #nswpol
Over 3.5 years after she resigned as NSW Premier over the scandal, Berejiklian has refused to apologise – today again issuing a statement praising her work and attacking ICAC. Even after her case was thoroughly demolished by the court - rejecting all 13 of her arguments...
There are a number of articles explaining why it’s perfectly OK for politicians to be corrupt and how such acts aren’t actually criminal. I only found one article that took the trouble to give an alternative take while explaining the NSW ICAC’s decision not to recommend criminal charges against Gladys Berejiklian who ‘engaged in serious corrupt conduct’.
“However, many see this as not good enough, and that such a matter of public interest should be referred to the DPP and that the prosecutorial body should, in turn, leave the matter to be decided by a court of law” – Gladys Berejiklian ‘Engaged in Serious Corrupt Conduct’, But Won’t Be Criminally Prosecuted by Sonia Hickey – Sydney Criminal Lawyers
Former NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian fails to overturn ICAC's serious corruption conduct finding
Optus boss remains “seriously corrupt”
Corrupt former NSW Deputy Premier John Barilaro starts as a director of Motorcycle NSW in August 2024. Obviously they have no standards. Their website is here: motorcycling.com.au/board/ #auspol #nswpol
Lachlan Murdoch hosts Albanese, Dutton, billionaires amid real-life succession drama
Google says I’m a dead physicist’: is the world’s biggest search engine broken? Guardian So it’s not until errors this big arise that people take notice?
Two men have been charged after police busted what they claim is a drug ring run out of an immigration detention centre.
NSW Police arrested a 49-year-old man at the Sydney's Villawood detention centre on July 11 after executing a search warrant.
Officers alleged they found two kilograms of methylamphetamine and $169,000 in cash linked to the syndicate during the search.
Detainee allegedly ran Sydney-wide drug ring from Villawood detention centre
Companies Ask Court To Keep Their Israel Export Details Secret The Maple
Global IT outage shows dangers of cashless society, campaigners say The Guardian
Joseph E. Stiglitz Says More…. Project Syndicate
The Tax Office union is calling for a "safe harbour" for staff with drug and alcohol addiction, arguing the agency's policy discourages struggling staff from coming forward.