14. Sorry, ANAO also triggered by a Labor complaints about Georgina Downer presenting a cheque to a Mayo group despite indie @MakeMayoMatter beat ng the MP.
#MayoVotes didn’t fall for #ScottyfromMarketing either, reflecting Rebecca.
#IndependentsDay!
#MayoVotes didn’t fall for #ScottyfromMarketing either, reflecting Rebecca.
#IndependentsDay!
15. The full ANAO Report
anao.gov.au/work/performan…
Note it found rules WERE broken - Morrison lies - the #sportsrorts minister defied published guideline and the Sports Commission decisions on merit with a ‘parallel process’.
anao.gov.au/work/performan…
Note it found rules WERE broken - Morrison lies - the #sportsrorts minister defied published guideline and the Sports Commission decisions on merit with a ‘parallel process’.
16. Via @adropex , details of the #sportsrorts minister’s #MayoVotes scam, which helped trigger the ANAO report.
theguardian.com/australia-news…
theguardian.com/australia-news…
17. Crucial to ensure serious reform after @senbmckenzie & co sacked for fraud on taxpayers: Labor stands behind @Indigocathy #federalicac bill and tries hard to get it done. Still pissed off they didn’t run hard on it at #ausvotes.
Restore trust FFS.
Restore trust FFS.
18. Great by veteran biz journo @MichaelPascoe01 - craven bosses of Sports Commission betray duty to grant applicants, cover up for @senbmckenzie & co political corruption.
As Kelly’s Dept head did in 1994. Make ‘em give evidence to a Senate inquiry!
As Kelly’s Dept head did in 1994. Make ‘em give evidence to a Senate inquiry!
20. Hat tip to former Auditor General John Taylor (deceased) who took on 1994 #sportsrorts, and told inquiry it was a slush fund inimical to Democratic accountibility.
And to current Auditor General Grant Hehir - stay strong for the people!
And to current Auditor General Grant Hehir - stay strong for the people!
22. #ScottyfromMarketing spinning oh so hard to defend his lie that “No rules were broken” in #sportsrorts.
Next Morrison step in Keating’s Ros Kelly playbook: Media and Labor attacking @senbmckenzie because she’s a woman, the bastards.
Next Morrison step in Keating’s Ros Kelly playbook: Media and Labor attacking @senbmckenzie because she’s a woman, the bastards.
23. #sportsrorts is so ugly. Libs and Nats as corrupt gangs milking taxpayers for mates and political gain, shafting groups with nothing but merit favouring their grant applications.
Thread -
Thread -
24. Mallee #sportsrort summary by the @NoFibs #IndependentsDay candidate at #ausvotes, @MalleeRay
Devastating.
Devastating.
25. #sportsrorts gives us a real chance to clean up federal politics with a #federalicac.
Under pressure before #ausvotes #ScottyfromMarketing promised a weak one, no action.
@helenhainesindi, has a private members bill for a strong one ready to go.
Under pressure before #ausvotes #ScottyfromMarketing promised a weak one, no action.
@helenhainesindi, has a private members bill for a strong one ready to go.
26. Stand by for written legal opinions by Australia’s top lawyers on the legality of #sportsrorts.
Red hot chance @senbmckenzie and Sports Commission behaved unlawfully. Should heads roll at the Commission too?
abc.net.au/news/2020-01-2…
Red hot chance @senbmckenzie and Sports Commission behaved unlawfully. Should heads roll at the Commission too?
abc.net.au/news/2020-01-2…
27. Looks like #sportsrorts minister approved an ineligible grant application by a Morrison-backed group in his electorate.
Like Kelly, she said she approved only eligible grants. Lie.
No rules broken, eh, #ScottyfromMarketing?
@Paul_Karp @jacksongs
theguardian.com/australia-news…
Like Kelly, she said she approved only eligible grants. Lie.
No rules broken, eh, #ScottyfromMarketing?
@Paul_Karp @jacksongs
theguardian.com/australia-news…
28. Findings by Auditor General appointed by Abbott trashed by the #ScottyfromMarketing ‘Govt’.
So bloody Trumpian.
Auditor General’s job? Ensure taxpayer money ethically, efficiently, legally spent. Key democratic accountibility post.
#sportsrorts
So bloody Trumpian.
Auditor General’s job? Ensure taxpayer money ethically, efficiently, legally spent. Key democratic accountibility post.
#sportsrorts
28. I’ve made this point too. Journos need to report what #sportsrorts is about in substance, & call out rubbish #ScottyfromMarketing blather in interviews/stories.
Time for journalistic aggression. Govt defence, as with Ros Kelly, is itself corrupt.
Time for journalistic aggression. Govt defence, as with Ros Kelly, is itself corrupt.
29. Classic waffle, with big lies, by @JoshFrydenberg on #sportsrorts now. All granted ‘in accordance with the normal process’. LIE.
Deliberately ignores ANAO findings that @senbmckenziehad a Trump-Ukraine style ‘parallel process’ ignoring Sports Commission merit decisions.
Deliberately ignores ANAO findings that @senbmckenziehad a Trump-Ukraine style ‘parallel process’ ignoring Sports Commission merit decisions.
30. This is horrible - #sportsrorts grants to wealthy clubs at the expense of needs based merit applications. Makes me feel sick and it destroys #ScottyfromMarketing’s ‘image’ as an Everyman.
31. Albanese also called #sportsrorts Minister ‘untenable’ and demanded all grants details be released.
32. WOW! Queenslander @tegangeorge, skills honed in Qld politics, brings it in this Press Gallery #sportsrorts report for Network Ten.
See how she exposes Frydenberg & co’s rubbish blather. That’s how it’s done, folks.
See how she exposes Frydenberg & co’s rubbish blather. That’s how it’s done, folks.
33. talking point talking point ‘all grants were eligible’ a flat lie. AFR’s @andrewtillett weighs in with a #sportsrorts scorcher.
Kelly’s Labor mates told same lie then she misled Parliament with it.
Same playbook as Keating by #ScottyfromMarketing
Kelly’s Labor mates told same lie then she misled Parliament with it.
Same playbook as Keating by #ScottyfromMarketing
34. Netball star turned ‘talker’ @LizzyLegsEllis on the pain of small volunteer sports groups in need bulldozed by the #sportsrorts corruption scandal - brilliant on @theprojecttv tonight
35. Even Ros Kelly didn’t give a #sportsrorts grant to a club she was a member of!
$36,000 to @senbmckenzie’s clay target shooting club & no declaration of conflict of interest.
The @smh weighs in via @rharris334 - Press Gallery competition for scoops!
$36,000 to @senbmckenzie’s clay target shooting club & no declaration of conflict of interest.
The @smh weighs in via @rharris334 - Press Gallery competition for scoops!
36. The @simonahac real time thread on the Georgina-Bridget #sportsrorts scam to take out @MakeMayoMatter at the election.
Rebecca beat her anyway.
#MayoVotes
#IndependentsDay
Rebecca beat her anyway.
#MayoVotes
#IndependentsDay
37. Clay shooter club @senbmckenzie a member of shortly before raining #sports rorts money on it is in Indi - Libs desperate to win back after @Indigocathy retired.
Like in Mayo, another corrupt scam failed - #IndiVotes elected @helenhainesindi
Like in Mayo, another corrupt scam failed - #IndiVotes elected @helenhainesindi
37. Labor shifts #sportsrorts target to #ScottyfromMarketing
And goes for his very vulnerable jugular, everyday lying, already exposed during #AustraliaBurns.
This story could get much bigger than the Ros Kelly saga.
And goes for his very vulnerable jugular, everyday lying, already exposed during #AustraliaBurns.
This story could get much bigger than the Ros Kelly saga.
39. The runaway best analyst-commentator on #sportsrorts so far is @MichaelPascoe01 (ex-Nine biz reporter).
Here, detail on #ScottyfromMarketing’s spin & media’s lack of success piercing his blather (last column on Sports Commission coverup)
Indispensable.
Here, detail on #ScottyfromMarketing’s spin & media’s lack of success piercing his blather (last column on Sports Commission coverup)
Indispensable.
49. Missed this: Retired Judge Stephen Charles, who helped devise the strong @Indigocathy #federalicac private members bill, the Govt rejected last year, declares #sportsrorts corrupt.
50. New #sportsrort Tweet of the day, by the Tweep who revealed that the #ScottyfromMarketing #AustraliaBurns political ad asked for donations to the Libs, not the victims. Thank you @matttburke
42. (got lost on the numbers for a while there)
THIS! merging the #ScottyfromMarketing meaning of #AustraliaBurns and #sportsrorts
via @LesStonehouse
who is the cartoonist?
THIS! merging the #ScottyfromMarketing meaning of #AustraliaBurns and #sportsrorts
via @LesStonehouse
who is the cartoonist?
43. The @rharris334 #sportsrorts scorcher scoop.
If @senbmckenzie falls she’ll get big compo from #ScottyfromMarketing because she’d be his attempt to make her scapegoat, hope media moves on. He’s gotta be up to his ears in the scam. Maybe director.
smh.com.au/politics/feder…
If @senbmckenzie falls she’ll get big compo from #ScottyfromMarketing because she’d be his attempt to make her scapegoat, hope media moves on. He’s gotta be up to his ears in the scam. Maybe director.
smh.com.au/politics/feder…
44. Digging deep, @Paul_Karp of @GuardianAus uncovers political patronage underpinning #sportsrorts. When the merit process dies, political corruption thrives.
Hi, #ScottyfromMarketing.
Hi, #ScottyfromMarketing.
45. Sports journo @rdhinds on #ScottyfromMarketing’s gut kick in to meritorious volunteer local sports clubs.
Sports world backs meritorious sports club volunteers who applied and got sports-rorted. Hat tip to @paulwkennedy @LizzyLegsEllis
#sportsrorts
Sports world backs meritorious sports club volunteers who applied and got sports-rorted. Hat tip to @paulwkennedy @LizzyLegsEllis
#sportsrorts
47. Attorney-General Christian Porter, mega-beneficiary of #sportsrorts, sent into the arena to defend @senbmckenzie - thread by @Paul_Karp
48. Greg Hunt drawn into #sportsrort scandal. Another no nonsense @paulwkennedy interrogation on behalf by the people.
49. Veteran federal politics reporter @samanthamaiden with the #sportsrorts bottom line - it’s a #ScottyfromMarketing scam.
Only way @senbmckenzie resigns is if she agrees to be his scapegoat.
Her price would have to be very very high.
Only way @senbmckenzie resigns is if she agrees to be his scapegoat.
Her price would have to be very very high.
50. Porter differentiates the Kelly and McKenzie #sportsrorts - Ros approved ‘Ineligible’ grants, and Bridget only ‘eligible’ ones.
A lie, as @andrewtillett points out by re-upping his under-covered scoop of yesterday.
A lie, as @andrewtillett points out by re-upping his under-covered scoop of yesterday.
51. An odd inconsistency in the @senbmckenzie #sportsrort defence of granting cash to her clay shooter club without disclosing conflict of interest or recusing.
Club said she paid to join, she says it was ‘a gift’. Someone is #sportsrorts lying.
sbs.com.au/news/this-is-j…
Club said she paid to join, she says it was ‘a gift’. Someone is #sportsrorts lying.
sbs.com.au/news/this-is-j…
While the supposedly ‘independent’ Australian Sports Commission betrayed its public service responsibilities to cover up #ScottyfromMarketing #sportsrorts, the ANAO stands alone in defence of taxpayers.
53. Granular reporting is happening, folks. Uncovering big #sportsrorts lies and little #sportsrorts cover-up lies.
54. The #ScottyfromMarketng playbook for self & ministers re #sportsrort TV/radio interviews.
Goal: Stonewall media focus till it moves on.
Political media up for long haul confrontation when the people on its side for once? On evidence so far, YES!
Goal: Stonewall media focus till it moves on.
Political media up for long haul confrontation when the people on its side for once? On evidence so far, YES!
56. Excellent #sportsrorts explainer by the intrepid @jacksongs, Press Gallery reporter. Please follow him.
57. Hot take, OK? Last line in my Ros Kelly #sportsrorts analysis upon resignation: “No-one will volunteer to run the Govt’s next slush fund.”
Is there a gender issue here? Only women prepared to do it for the boys?
Only women would resign if needed to protect the big boys?
Is there a gender issue here? Only women prepared to do it for the boys?
Only women would resign if needed to protect the big boys?
58. #ScottyfromMarketing stonewall blather can’t work on #sportsrorts, I reckon.
Way too many threads to pull legally & in Parliament.
Plus media uncovering damning grants quick (parlie inquiry had a look last year)
They dribbled out late with Ros.
Way too many threads to pull legally & in Parliament.
Plus media uncovering damning grants quick (parlie inquiry had a look last year)
They dribbled out late with Ros.
59. #scottyfromMarketing asks his Public Service Chief to tell him whether @senbmckenzie has breached HIS -#ScottyfromMarketing’s - ministerial standards code.
HE CANNOT AND WILL NOT LEAD.
#sportsrorts
HE CANNOT AND WILL NOT LEAD.
#sportsrorts
61. OMG! @senbmckenzie is as brazen as Ros!
The Nine Network weighs in with sensational footage where she admits agreeing to grant cash to her clayshooters club just after joining without even knowing how much.
The Nine Network weighs in with sensational footage where she admits agreeing to grant cash to her clayshooters club just after joining without even knowing how much.
63. More brazen #scottyfromMarketing Trumpism. Appoints a political mate head of PM&C, the top public service man, flicks him job of saving his arse.
Like ‘independent’ Sports Commission covered up @senbmckenzie corrupting its grant responsibilities?
Like ‘independent’ Sports Commission covered up @senbmckenzie corrupting its grant responsibilities?
64. When you destroy the integrity of the public service, thus abolishing its duty to the people to be fair,honest and fearless in protecting the rule of law, you lose the opportunity of hiding behind its integrity & independence, #ScottyfromMarketing.
65. Because #ScottyfromMarketing wanted a quick secretive clearance of his #sportsrort stooge @senbmckenzie but the heat got so hot he had to go public to try and slow the momentum of #sportsrorts?
65. ‘Attoney General’ Porter’s - (used to be our first law officer pre degradation of the office - wrap of his #sportsrort blather today.
(Porter the bloke whose office told Govt Senators twice to vote yes to Hanson’s ‘OK to be white’ motion)
(Porter the bloke whose office told Govt Senators twice to vote yes to Hanson’s ‘OK to be white’ motion)
67. How on credibility edge is our ‘Public Service’?
AG Porter asks Oz top ‘Public Service’ law officer, Solicitor General, to advise if #sportsrorts is even LEGAL.
He replaced SG who resigned after Coalition attempts to corrupt his legal advice.
google.com.au/amp/s/amp.theg…
AG Porter asks Oz top ‘Public Service’ law officer, Solicitor General, to advise if #sportsrorts is even LEGAL.
He replaced SG who resigned after Coalition attempts to corrupt his legal advice.
google.com.au/amp/s/amp.theg…
68. Cassidy, seen it all, retired, precise:-
67. @vanOnselenP, true liberal politics prof turned journo.
At Ten via Sky (played loud interrupting guy foil to @KKeneally) writes a contrarian Oz column.
A BLUNT #sportrorts explainer, and says #ScottyfromMarketing office helped decide the grants.
At Ten via Sky (played loud interrupting guy foil to @KKeneally) writes a contrarian Oz column.
A BLUNT #sportrorts explainer, and says #ScottyfromMarketing office helped decide the grants.
68. Must be hard for @michellegrattan to write that Nine broke big @senbmckenzie #sportsrorts scoop, not Fairfax. I prefer to feel Fairfax values fight hard in Nine :)
Grats as @canberratimes editor led the media campaign to hold Ros Kelly accountable.
theconversation.com/scott-morrison…
Grats as @canberratimes editor led the media campaign to hold Ros Kelly accountable.
theconversation.com/scott-morrison…
72. Today’s #sportsrorts wrap.
Still weirded out that @ScottyfromMarketing asked a mate he appointed to head his Dept to investigate if the #sportsrort front woman breached his very own ministerial standards. The usual #unleader BS.
Still weirded out that @ScottyfromMarketing asked a mate he appointed to head his Dept to investigate if the #sportsrort front woman breached his very own ministerial standards. The usual #unleader BS.
73. Classic #ScottyfromMarketing diversion play. @senbmckenzie safe if she hasn’t breached disclosure requirements on her clay shooters membership.
I mean, Auditor General found she corruptly subverted Sports Commission’s grant decisions on merit...
I mean, Auditor General found she corruptly subverted Sports Commission’s grant decisions on merit...
74... an added advantage for #ScottyfromMarketing. If #sportsrorts minister resigns for a narrow reason unconnected to the Auditor General’s damning political corruption findings and he might be off the hook for his involvement.
75. #sportsrorts doesn’t get uglier than this.
Hope journos press #ScottyfromMarketing to explain this donation to the rich & privileged.
Hope journos press #ScottyfromMarketing to explain this donation to the rich & privileged.
76. McCormack preempts #ScottfromMarketing ‘review’ by his former COS now Dept head, pronounces #sportsrorts minister “outstanding”
Kinda hope she lasts till Parlie resumes - we need more info on PM’s involvement before he uses her to slide off the hook.
Kinda hope she lasts till Parlie resumes - we need more info on PM’s involvement before he uses her to slide off the hook.
77. Great question - a Senate inquiry? A public accounts committee Reps inquiry?
#sportsrorts is a classic #ScottyfromMarketing play, yes?
#sportsrorts is a classic #ScottyfromMarketing play, yes?
78. Grattan led the media campaign to hold Ros Kelly accountable on sports rorts 26 years ago as @canberratimes editor.
She thinks this #sportsrorts might damage #ScottyfromMarketing too
She thinks this #sportsrorts might damage #ScottyfromMarketing too
80. #sportsrorts stench stenches stenchier.
Murdoch titles make a very late entry in the scoops competition
Murdoch titles make a very late entry in the scoops competition
81. Read 81 post on a #sportsrort grant not given and compare it to this one granted.
Scheme is clearly deeply corrupt. The BIG questions - who arranged @senbmckenzie ‘parallel process’ and who was in it?
amp.theguardian.com/australia-news…
Scheme is clearly deeply corrupt. The BIG questions - who arranged @senbmckenzie ‘parallel process’ and who was in it?
amp.theguardian.com/australia-news…
81. As if on cue @vanOnselenP posts this.
Thinking, will #ScottyfromMarketing have to scapegoat one or more of his own staff as well as @senbmckenzie to save his bacon?
And who is leaking this and why?
Thinking, will #ScottyfromMarketing have to scapegoat one or more of his own staff as well as @senbmckenzie to save his bacon?
And who is leaking this and why?
82. @KarenMMiddleton on the systemic, rampant, illegal corruption of #sportsrorts & other #ScottyfromMarketing grants programs.
Huge opportunity for a Labor redemption moment - back in the @Indigocathy #federalicac bill to halt the #sportsrorts trend.
Huge opportunity for a Labor redemption moment - back in the @Indigocathy #federalicac bill to halt the #sportsrorts trend.
83. Getting hard to read more examples of #sportsrorts corruption. Every minister who defended this is implicated in. #ScottyfromMarketing’s political mafia operation.
This cannot end with just @senbmckenzie as scapegoat or we are stuffed.
This cannot end with just @senbmckenzie as scapegoat or we are stuffed.
84. @andrewtilleyt with another ugly scoop on blatant @senbmckenzie #sportsrorts corruption.
Starting to think maybe #ScottyfromMarketing could be in trouble. Hunt, Dutton & other ministers running co-ordinated lies to save her - to save themselves?
Starting to think maybe #ScottyfromMarketing could be in trouble. Hunt, Dutton & other ministers running co-ordinated lies to save her - to save themselves?
85. #ScottyfromMarketing & his Lib and Nat underlings care ZERO about the rampant, systemic #sportsrorts corruption. In other words, they care ZERO about serving the people. Instead they worry that their house of cards political mafia club might collapse.
86. OK, we know who #ScottyfromMarketing’s ‘Govt’ is. Is there an alternative?
I argued hard 2016 & 2019 #ausvotes that Labor run on the desperate need for a #federalicac
Didn’t. They’re corrupt too.
Remember Ros Kelly, @AlboMP l?
Got the courage for a redemption moment?
I argued hard 2016 & 2019 #ausvotes that Labor run on the desperate need for a #federalicac
Didn’t. They’re corrupt too.
Remember Ros Kelly, @AlboMP l?
Got the courage for a redemption moment?
87. So, how gutsy is @senbmckenzie?
She could nail #ScottufromMarketing to the wall, but incentives are to accept the ##ScottyfromMarketing scapegoat play & return to the ministry later.
She’s a front, that’s all. Gunna play the usual political mafia game? Or truth tell???
She could nail #ScottufromMarketing to the wall, but incentives are to accept the ##ScottyfromMarketing scapegoat play & return to the ministry later.
She’s a front, that’s all. Gunna play the usual political mafia game? Or truth tell???
88... she’d be ruined if she told truth, by the political mafia she joined.
But imagine if she spilled the truth to the Australian people, on their behalf?
We can only imagine because we choose to elect careerists, not MPS who believe in SERVICE.
#IndependentsDay #sportsrorts
But imagine if she spilled the truth to the Australian people, on their behalf?
We can only imagine because we choose to elect careerists, not MPS who believe in SERVICE.
#IndependentsDay #sportsrorts
89. Imagining, in my cups.
@senbmckenzie says yep, I was told to be corrupt and I was. I got sucked into the political mafia system and obeyed the big boys orders.
I thought I could do good if I obeyed.
Instead I did bad.
Clean up the system. I will help lead the push.
@senbmckenzie says yep, I was told to be corrupt and I was. I got sucked into the political mafia system and obeyed the big boys orders.
I thought I could do good if I obeyed.
Instead I did bad.
Clean up the system. I will help lead the push.
90. ... Nope. None of the #ScottyfromMarketing political mafia team give a shit about anything except progressing their careers in their corrupt club, as puppets to their donors.
They lie to our face on #sportsrorts for ‘the team’.
Media? Good journos are having a red hot go.
They lie to our face on #sportsrorts for ‘the team’.
Media? Good journos are having a red hot go.
91. To me, #sportsrorts a full stop of the disdain #ScottyfromMarketing’s Govt for the Australian people, after #AustraliaBurns showed they put no effort into protecting our nation from harm.
In the end it’s our fault. We voted for, dare I say it, these enemies of the people.
In the end it’s our fault. We voted for, dare I say it, these enemies of the people.
92. Skull beneath the skin lit, at America’s impeachment trial.
The end of politician’s care for democracy & its requirements.
We have #AustraliaBurns, skull beneath skin lit by #sportsrorts, the EFFORT they put into protecting themselves.
OUR DEMOCRACY IS ON TRIAL TOO.
The end of politician’s care for democracy & its requirements.
We have #AustraliaBurns, skull beneath skin lit by #sportsrorts, the EFFORT they put into protecting themselves.
OUR DEMOCRACY IS ON TRIAL TOO.
93. My imagining of state of #sportsrorts play.
@senbmckenzie - you ask me to resign to protect the team because of the grants I made to protect the team? I’ll tell the truth of who REALLY directed the grants if you fuck me over.
#ScottyfromMarketing - do it and you’ll be back
@senbmckenzie - you ask me to resign to protect the team because of the grants I made to protect the team? I’ll tell the truth of who REALLY directed the grants if you fuck me over.
#ScottyfromMarketing - do it and you’ll be back
94. An horrific thing for Australians after we elected #ScottyfromMarketi (remember it was a solo, hide the team’ election,), is that there’s no credible alternative.
Now what?
#AustraliaBurns #sportsrorts
Now what?
#AustraliaBurns #sportsrorts
95. OK, out on a limb. #sportsrorts is a ##ScottyfromMarketing scheme.
To make worker bee @senbmckenzie take the fall while keeping his hands clean he outsources his responsibilities to his Dept head, his former chief of staff. ‘Clever’.
We gunna fall for this shit?
To make worker bee @senbmckenzie take the fall while keeping his hands clean he outsources his responsibilities to his Dept head, his former chief of staff. ‘Clever’.
We gunna fall for this shit?
86. It’s a liberation, really, that we mistakenly elected an #unleader at #ausvotes. A #ScottyfromMarketing.
Because now we know it’s up to us to restore Oz as a world leading democracy.
Can we do it, together?
#AustraliaBurns #sportrorts
Because now we know it’s up to us to restore Oz as a world leading democracy.
Can we do it, together?
#AustraliaBurns #sportrorts
87. Gunna switch off to attend to personal matters, distracting myself with this thread tonight.
My list of democratic journalist heroes on #sportsrorts so far:
@jacksongs
@vanOnselenP
@MichaelPascoe01
@andrewtillett
@Paul_Karp
@KarenMMiddleton
@rharris334
@paulwkennedy
My list of democratic journalist heroes on #sportsrorts so far:
@jacksongs
@vanOnselenP
@MichaelPascoe01
@andrewtillett
@Paul_Karp
@KarenMMiddleton
@rharris334
@paulwkennedy
88. Last thought. I despised Howard, wrote a book about why 2004, update 2007.
But I never thought he didn’t lead our nation. And I was twice proud of his leadership, on guns & East Timor peacekeeper force.
#ScottyfromMarketing is something else, an #unleader.
Weird feeling.
But I never thought he didn’t lead our nation. And I was twice proud of his leadership, on guns & East Timor peacekeeper force.
#ScottyfromMarketing is something else, an #unleader.
Weird feeling.
89. Killer #sportsrorts scoop by @andrewprobyn.
abc.net.au/news/2020-01-2…
The kicker proves the Nats don’t give a shit about people on their own safe seats. Despicable. Get rid of ‘em for quality independents who want to serve you, not themselves.
#IndependentsDay
abc.net.au/news/2020-01-2…
The kicker proves the Nats don’t give a shit about people on their own safe seats. Despicable. Get rid of ‘em for quality independents who want to serve you, not themselves.
#IndependentsDay
90. How come #ScottyfromMarketing is now SCREAMING his Govt’s corruption and disdain for service to the people?
Fear. Intimidation against whistleblowers - public servants or anyone else - is the desperate play now.
Corruption at the top = High Stakes.
Fear. Intimidation against whistleblowers - public servants or anyone else - is the desperate play now.
Corruption at the top = High Stakes.
91. Up to Parliament to hold #ScottyfromMarketing & #sportsrorts minister to account now, including big push for a #federalicac to halt the corruption. Maybe a long road ahead; now looking riskier for #scottyfromMarketing to scapegoat her to save himself.
92. Devastating thread on the National Party’s trashing of worthy #sportsrorts projects in their safe, poor, seats.
#IndependentsDay
#IndependentsDay
94. The Senate #sportsrort inquiry will be lit - @senbmckenzie will be called, wonder if she’ll do better than Ros Kelly?
Staffers will be called - Court challenge?
Staffers will be called - Court challenge?
95. #ScottyfromMarketing predictably Trumpian on #sportsrorts. Infuriating except what else does anyone expect? No point pointing out the lies, diversions & high cynicism. He is an #unleader & Oz has to deal with it.
Superb questions from @Riley7News @msmarto & @andrewprobyn.
Superb questions from @Riley7News @msmarto & @andrewprobyn.
96. Don’t ya just love how the #ScottyfromMarketing mind works? Meritorious #sportsrorts grant applicants MAY get a grant too, so they won’t sue & will stop talking to media to ensure their cash.
Trying to buy & threaten his way out of his Govt’s political corruption. #unleader
Trying to buy & threaten his way out of his Govt’s political corruption. #unleader
98. John Hewson on the Liberal Party’s successful political prosecution of Ros Kelly over her #sportsrorts when he was leader, and why this time it’s even worse.
99. #soortsrorts, meet #federalicac.
Hoping @AlboMP backs the @Indigocathy National Integrity Commission bills.
Hoping @AlboMP backs the @Indigocathy National Integrity Commission bills.
100. Political corruption in the #ScottyfromMarketing Govt is rampant and systemic.
No wonder the #sportsrorts minister is protected so far - tip of deep dark iceberg.
No wonder the #sportsrorts minister is protected so far - tip of deep dark iceberg.
102. @MichaelPascoe01 is still the number 1 analyst on #sportsrorts. His take on the #ScottyfromMarketing press club spin is now inescapable - the corruption goes higher than @senbmckenzie.
103. Bolt says #sportsrorts minister must resign.
Hmmm, #ScottyfromMarketing media backers want to get rid of @senbmckenzie asap before the #unleader and his Cabinet are exposed?
heraldsun.com.au/news/opinion/a…
Hmmm, #ScottyfromMarketing media backers want to get rid of @senbmckenzie asap before the #unleader and his Cabinet are exposed?
heraldsun.com.au/news/opinion/a…
104. The depth of #ScottyfromMarketing’s political depravity is revealed in #sportsrorts -
theguardian.com/australia-news…
theguardian.com/australia-news…
105. As #ScottyfromMarketing Trumpifies our politics, another example:
1. Public servants are unaccountable (lie) so politicians should decide grants.
3. Adverse findings against a minister on #sportsrorts, ask public service if he should sack her.
1. Public servants are unaccountable (lie) so politicians should decide grants.
3. Adverse findings against a minister on #sportsrorts, ask public service if he should sack her.
106. Live in a safe Coalition seat? Then you’re a mug to vote for your sitting MPs because you’ll be punished for loyalty.
#IndiVotes elected a genuine independent rep twice and #sportsrorts WOW! @helenhainesindi
#ScottyfromMarketing
#IndiVotes elected a genuine independent rep twice and #sportsrorts WOW! @helenhainesindi
#ScottyfromMarketing
107. Here’s why #ScottyfromMarketing scoffs at the practice of public servants administering grants: They have to be fair and they are accountable for misconduct.
Unlike the political monsters we elected at #ausvotes
Unlike the political monsters we elected at #ausvotes
108. This is just the beginning - #sportsrorts has the ammoral #ScottyfromMarketing fingerprints all over it. @vanOnselenP is fearless.
PS: If @senbmckenzie agrees to be his patsy, she’ll expect a big reward. No class, no shame in this #unleader ‘Govt’.
PS: If @senbmckenzie agrees to be his patsy, she’ll expect a big reward. No class, no shame in this #unleader ‘Govt’.
109. No surprise that #ScottyfromMarketing and his shameless henchpeople lied through their teeth that all grants were ‘eligible’ - another great #sportsrorts scoop by @andrewprobyn
110. STILL no legal advice published by the Attorney General on whether it was UNLAWFUL for the #sportsrorts minister to take over deciding grants from the Sports Commission.
theguardian.com/australia-news…
theguardian.com/australia-news…
111. Almost too sickening to Tweet. Kooyong, one of Australia’s wealthiest seats, got a late $653,000 in #sportsrorts to protect Frydenberg. Yep, the Treasurer responsible for good taxpayer money management.
He’s a guilty as @senbmckenzie
He’s a guilty as @senbmckenzie
112. #scottyfromMarketing play? #sportsrorts minister resigns over ONE grant on a promise she’ll return to Cabinet soonish. Morrison says it’s all over, sneers at journos.
Can Parliament hold him accountable? Force the #federalicac issue to end the rot?
Can Parliament hold him accountable? Force the #federalicac issue to end the rot?
114. The most deeply disturbing aspect of #sportsrorts - a ‘public service’ so weakened it won’t even take a stand on UNLAWFUL ministerial behaviour.
In my top 5 @murpharoo columns.
theguardian.com/australia-news…
In my top 5 @murpharoo columns.
theguardian.com/australia-news…
116. Sorry again, messed up the threading of the thread a bit.
Part 1 starts here
Part 2 starts here
Part 1 starts here
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