Last week in parliament @CatherineKingMP and I worked to hold the Morrison government to account over #CarParkRorts.
We’ll keep pressing for answers, on behalf of Australians who deserve so much better than a mob that cant distinguish public money from a LNP slush fund.
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We’ll keep pressing for answers, on behalf of Australians who deserve so much better than a mob that cant distinguish public money from a LNP slush fund.
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To recap: last year I wrote to the Auditor-General, asking him to look into the car parks program, which seemed dodgy to me.
It was so much worse than I’d thought.
Worse than sports rorts.
His report was utterly damning.
It was so much worse than I’d thought.
Worse than sports rorts.
His report was utterly damning.
The lowlights:
- none of the 47 projects were proposed by the infrastructure department;
- instead secret spreadsheets were passed between the minister’s office and the PMO;
- several have been cancelled, because they couldn’t have been built;
- only 2 are finished!
- none of the 47 projects were proposed by the infrastructure department;
- instead secret spreadsheets were passed between the minister’s office and the PMO;
- several have been cancelled, because they couldn’t have been built;
- only 2 are finished!
But it gets worse.
We’ve learnt that projects were selected based on a list of the 20 marginal seats.
With no capacity for applications, and no criteria for assessment, this is just a $660 million rort.
Or, as an eminent jurist has said ‘corruption’.
We’ve learnt that projects were selected based on a list of the 20 marginal seats.
With no capacity for applications, and no criteria for assessment, this is just a $660 million rort.
Or, as an eminent jurist has said ‘corruption’.
So, how has Australia’s government responded to all this?
In short, disgracefully.
Ministers say this doesn’t matter, because they won the election - dripping with contempt for our democracy, and the people they are supposed to serve.
In short, disgracefully.
Ministers say this doesn’t matter, because they won the election - dripping with contempt for our democracy, and the people they are supposed to serve.
Paul Fletcher, who thinks paying $30 million for land worth 1/10th of that ‘seems perfectly sensible’ won’t say directly that spending $660 million to buy votes is similarly sensible to him.
But instead treats this some kind of joke.
It’s $660 million worth of not funny though.
But instead treats this some kind of joke.
It’s $660 million worth of not funny though.
And Alan Tudge, the minister at the time, literally ran away from journalists’ questions.
But not before saying he hadn’t seen the mysterious marginal seats list.
If he hadn’t, that means it must be the PM…
But not before saying he hadn’t seen the mysterious marginal seats list.
If he hadn’t, that means it must be the PM…
Who refused to respond to this question, when it was put to him.
It’s clear he’s up to his neck in this.
Just as he was in sports rorts.
There’s an ugly pattern emerging in his government.
Gold medal rorting, and zero accountability.
It’s clear he’s up to his neck in this.
Just as he was in sports rorts.
There’s an ugly pattern emerging in his government.
Gold medal rorting, and zero accountability.
Mr Morrison, angry at being caught out and called to account, then added insult to injury.
He said Australians were ‘the winners’ from his rorts!
I’d hate to see what losing looks like.
$660 million, for 2 car parks - after more than 2 years.
He said Australians were ‘the winners’ from his rorts!
I’d hate to see what losing looks like.
$660 million, for 2 car parks - after more than 2 years.
But of course the loss is more profound.
It’s the damage to our democracy that matters the most.
Which is why @AustralianLabor is committed to a National Anti-Corruption Commission, and to @SenKatyG’s anti-rorts bill.
And why we won’t rest until we secure accountability here.
It’s the damage to our democracy that matters the most.
Which is why @AustralianLabor is committed to a National Anti-Corruption Commission, and to @SenKatyG’s anti-rorts bill.
And why we won’t rest until we secure accountability here.
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