How unusual! Rolling rancid hypocrisy from Murdoch's #CourierFail. Every public service complaint is an "integrity bombshell" for the front page. But they run dead on Morrison's failure to introduce a federal CCC to expose and confront actual rampant corruption in Canberra… 1/6
Murdoch's motives are so transparent. Where was the #CourierFail when the federal Ministerial Code was changed to let LNP cabinet ministers buy shares in companies seeking taxpayer contracts? Why not push hard for real-time disclosure so voters know who's funding campaigns? 2/6
Where are all the #CourierFail front pages screaming about the $40 BILLION of taxpayer funds wasted on JobKeeper subsidies for businesses that didn't actually need it? Or money wasted promising car parks for marginal seats in Victoria while credible Qld projects are rejected? 3/6
A prediction: the #CourierFail will start calling for Qld ministers to resign, even if there's no actual reason. Then, no matter what the standing Royal Commission (the CCC) actually reveals, they'll just twist its report to suit their political objectives. 4/6
I was honoured to help Premier Goss rebuild an independent Qld public service after decades of systemic corruption under the Nationals, including through the state's first anti-corruption watchdog the CJC (predecessor of the CCC). 5/6
Premier Palaszczuk's record of integrity reform (in the face of LNP political bleating) demonstrates she's very put as committed to fighting corruption as Wayne Goss was. The #CourierFail is just a campaigning arm of the LNP. 6/6
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