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19 Nov, 10 tweets, 7 min read
Crikey's full investigation into Minister for Employment Stuart Robert is now UNLOCKED.

@d_hardaker looks into Robert's relationship with the PM, his history of conflicts of interest, and his use of a blind trust to keep his financial affairs secret
crikey.com.au/topic/brother-…
In part one, @d_hardaker reveals that Stuart Robert is the only Morrison government cabinet minister to have put a complete wall of secrecy around his assets via a blind trust.

Read the details, unlocked and free to read #auspol #blindtrust
crikey.com.au/2021/11/15/stu…
@d_hardaker In part two @d_hardaker outlines Stuart Robert's history of undeclared conflicts of interest – and how his close connection with Scott Morrison makes him seemingly untouchable as the PM's right hand man and political best friend.

Read it now, unlocked
crikey.com.au/2021/11/15/stu…
In part three, @BernardKeane analyses Stuart Robert's history as a minister and finds it unimpressive. His real talent lies in being a rainmaker, Keane writes, and that's what makes him perfect for our modern politics.

This article is now free to read:
crikey.com.au/2021/11/15/stu…
In part four, Scott Morrison’s close personal friendship with Stuart Robert – or "brother Stuie" – comes under the microscope.

The two share a love for God, money – and most importantly, secrecy.

UNLOCKED and free to read #blindtrust #auspol
crikey.com.au/2021/11/15/bli…
In part four @d_hardaker turns his attention to blind trusts.

Stuart Robert has one that keeps his assets secret – and plenty of authorities doubt that a blind trust is a rolled-gold solution to stop a potential conflict of interest.

Now free to read
crikey.com.au/2021/11/15/stu…
In part five, @d_hardaker details how Scott Morrison led a strident defence of his friend Stuart Robert in 2016, as details emerged of a secret trip Robert had made to China in 2014 with a major Liberal Party donor.

Would he do the same today?

UNLOCKED
crikey.com.au/2021/11/15/stu…
@d_hardaker Part six of the series into Stuart Robert, his blind trust & the NDIS entrepreneur shows us a masterclass in connections in the tightly knit world of the NDIS.

It all starts on a pre-COVID summer’s day early last year.

Read the full story, now UNLOCKED
crikey.com.au/2021/11/15/sco…
In the next part of the series, @d_hardaker speaks with senior Labor and Greens figures who call for Stuart Robert to face questions surrounding his blind trust following Crikey's investigation.

Read this piece, now UNLOCKED #auspol #blindtrust
crikey.com.au/2021/11/15/rob…
And finally, @d_hardaker details one more instance that demands answers.

A share trade that delivered and windfall to Stuart Robert – and underlined the need for the fullest possible disclosure on parliamentary registers of interest.

Now UNLOCKED #auspol
crikey.com.au/2021/11/15/stu…

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14 Nov
THREAD: An investigation by @d_hardaker has raised serious questions about the use of a blind trust by Minister for Employment Stuart Robert to shield scrutiny of his financial dealings.

The public has the right to know more [Unlocked]
1/ #auspol
crikey.com.au/2021/11/15/stu…
Since 2019, Stuart Robert’s parliamentary interests register has been little more than a blank page in a time when he was in charge of the multi-billion dollar NDIS budget and privy to confidential information about the scheme.

Crikey's investigation shows ...

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– Stuart Robert and close business associate and friend John Margerison (a leading entrepreneur in providing NDIS services) were co-directors of a company which made investments with and for Robert up until Robert was elevated to the Morrison ministry

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1 Nov
Is PM Scott Morrison a liar? It's a question that is being asked now on the international stage.

A Crikey investigation reveals the answer is, "yes", the PM is a systemic and unremitting public liar.

And we've got the proof:
crikey.com.au/dossier-of-lie…
#scottytheliar #auspol
Back in May, we published #ScoMosDossier – a list of lies and falsehoods delivered by the prime minister since he took office, on issues of national importance.

Since then, the list has grown.

Here's why we published the list:
crikey.com.au/2021/05/25/why… #auspol #scottytheliar
Today we have 39 lies and falsehoods – and we'll be adding more later today because these lies just keep coming from Scott Morrison.

Here's his first lie about Australia's climate targets #climateaction #auspol #scottytheliar
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#NSWICAC Robertson refers to her statement the weekend after Maguire's 2018 ICAC evidence, that he had "let down" his constituents, state and party. Robertson asks if by then she suspected he had engaged in corrupt conduct. She says no.
#NSWICAC She is asked how that can possibly been the case, she says "because that wasn't the person I knew ... "
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