A US Foreign Agents Registration Act filing shows our Morrison engaged the services of fmr US Navy Sec, Don Winter, to lay the groundwork for the 18 month #AUKUS study.
Winter seems to have been engaged by Morrison via Burdeshaw Assocs.
Burdeshaw have done well recently winning Aust Govt tenders and providing Sovereign Naval Shipbuilding advice to both Dept of Defence and PM&C.
The ABC in March this year reported that Winter was working as a special advisor to the PM.
Unclear whether the PM&C $1.5m contract to Burdeshaw relates to Winter's role as special adviser.
Winter had previously been the Chair of of the Aust Govt's National Shipbuilding Advisory Board...& prior chaired an oversight panel during the 2016 original submarine selection process.
Also appears that Don Winter held the position of US govt senior defence industry advisor back in 2019, under Donald Trump. At least that was his title was when he went to the Ukraine.
Obviously, there are close knit relationships between Aust & the US, and respective defence contractors/consultants and govt officials.
There's nothing wrong with that.
Well there you have it the $1.5m PM&C contract is to pay for Don Winter as his role as special advisor to the PM.
Appears he was on the same coin, when he was heading up the Naval Shipbuilding Advisory Board.... your taxpayers dollar at work here folks.
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A thread that deals with the FOI process and Scott Morrison’s sacking from Tourism Australia [TA].
Warning: long thread, contains (attempted) humour & music & some new information as well!
You have to be pretty shitty at your job to get sacked as the head of an Aust fed govt agency.
It’s a very small and select field.
So come on down Scott Morrison, the only person who managed it and went on to become PM.
Yet his time at TA (late 2004 to July 2006) is shrouded in mystery.
The public record shows Morrison was sacked by the TA board in July 2006 - his appointment as MD formally terminated on 31 July, but announced a few days later.
Twiggy's Minderoo Fdn during the pandemic bought $29m of PPE equipment + $170m of testing equipment, all via a new subsidiary - First Sourcing and Logistics Pty Ltd.
Rev from sale of testing equipment ($170m) + only $5m from PPE equipment.
The Govt paid $189m (assume GST accounts for the difference).
Oh - First Sourcing and Logistics Pty Ltd was only registered as a company with ASIC on 3 April 2020....only a couple of days after Twiggy had arranged the first plane-load of supplies from China.
Hey Senator Bragg, I've noticed you've recently got a few gifts/donations from Churchill Advisory Pty Ltd - a registered lobbyist at Fed govt/NSW govt levels.
What's the go?
I couldn't help but notice that Churchill Advsiory has a number of financial and technology clients.
I couldn't help but notice that Senator Bragg chairs the Senate Select C'tee on Fin Tech and Regulatory Tech.
I couldn't help but notice that Raiz Invest Ltd is a client of Churchill Advisory.
I couldn't help but notice that Raiz Invest was one of the first companies invited to appear before the Ctee that Sen Bragg chairs.
Dr Gogna seems adapt at developing relevant Covid19 protocols, according Bahamas Petroleum, it's the reason he was brought onboard. This comment from Simon Cotter the CEO of Bahamas Petroleum.
Before becoming chief Home Affairs/ABF medico Dr Gogna was from 2014 medical superintendent at Capricorn Coast Hospital, Yeppoon.
THREAD: COVID-19 COMMISSION - Gimme a B, Gimme a C, Gimme a G
The almost unaccountable Covid19 Commission really needs some more scrutiny.
Take the $0.5m tender it awarded to Boston Consulting Group (BCG) for a month’s work of “business administration” services.
@murraywatt raised it in the sen ctee & the response by the dep CEO of the Commission was enlightening.
BCG got the gig because they did pro bono work for the Covid19 Commission, and Nev and his mates decided they should then get paid. Don’t believe me, read the transcript:
It appears a new pathway to winning gov contracts is offer your services free and then get a contract.
I’d like like to see a middle ranking public servant try that stunt and see if they could pull it off.