THREAD: THE NACC'S $32M BUNGLE

The #NACC was significantly non-compliant with the Govt's finance laws, erroneously reporting construction contracts worth $32.7m as being valued at $666,050. The $32.7m construction projects represented almost third of the NACC's total resourcing for 2023-24.

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NACC Governance - Do as I say, not as I do

Let's cut to the chase, the NACC Commissioner approved the conflict of interest (COI) guidelines and the requisite COI Form and then ignored the very process he had approved and did not lodge a formal COI Form.

#Leadership On 12 July 2023, Brereton approved the NACC Senior Assessment Panel (NSAP) terms of reference, including the process to notify any COI.

The NSAP was the body that considered the #Robodebt6 referrals.

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An FOI thread about nothing.

Starring: PM, PMC, Min for Home Affairs, Dept of Home Affairs.

Cameo: Jillian Segal

Still on the casting couch: Transparency With much fanfare and a blaze of publicity the appointment of Jillian Segal as the Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism (ASECA) was announced on 9 July.

Cameras rolling action!

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Just wanted to provide an update on the F-35 jet fighter, obviously a lot of focus on Australia's involvement in the global supply chain/production of the jet fighter. I've seen a few diagrams most notably this one from 2018, sourced from the Department of Defence's document: F35: AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRY PARTICIPATION THE JOURNEY TO $1 BILLION

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WILL THE LAST NON-CONFLICTED NACCSTER TURN OFF THE #ROBODEBT LIGHT

Aside from #NACC Commissioner Paul Brereton, at least one other Senior Commission Staff (very likely a Deputy Commissioner) also had a conflict of interest. This nugget is contained in a new FOI request which sought access to the conflict of interest material lodged by the Deputy Commissioners (and senior leadership team) in relation to the #Robodebt referral.

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I want to belatedly talk about a 14th anniversary which occurred in May.

Cast your minds back to late May 2010.

It was, I believe, the last time an Israeli diplomat was punted from Australia. The Australian government run by the Labor Political Party (<hi ALP comms team, see what I did there) showed a bit of spine and actually expelled an Israeli diplomat.

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The GG, David Hurley, is going in July.

Historians will deliver verdicts on his tenure soon enough.

They'll get another chance in 95 years - he's left a "legacy" out to 2119.

We'll get to it later, but this photo provides a clue 👇 READER WARNING: Long thread, and we need to cover old ground to get some new stuff.

If want the short-cut, you can read about it here:

michaelwest.com.au/diamond-dagger…

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A funny thing happened on the way to the anti-doxing forum....

Zionist lobby and WhatsApp groups have sought to silence journalists and artists who hold a pro-Palestinian viewpoint. Albo and Dreyfo's reaction, rather than seeking to rein in the covert influence of these groups, is to rush through anti-doxing laws after the membership lists of said groups were leaked and published.

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A few words about the early history of Australian journos and politicians going on junkets funded by various arms of the Israel lobby. The v good article by @crikey_news in November 2023 (updated mid-Dec 2023) listed the names of various Australian journos and politicians who've gone on relatively recent "journalists' missions" and assorted "fellowships" to Israel

The article is here:

crikey.com.au/2023/11/03/aus…

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BLOODY HELL CROSBY TEXTOR WAS THERE

18 Xmases ago, Scott Morrison disastrously headed up Tourism Australia. He was there Dec 2004 - Jul 2006.

Then he got sacked.

That really should've put an end to Morrison being let near any future public or government role - ever. During his "stewardship" at Tourism Australia he wreaked havoc:

* ran a tender process which awarded a contract to M&CSaatchi for the "So Where the Bloody Hell Are You?" campaign

* lied to the Senate about the KPMG report into the tender

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Many questions still hang over the $18+m grant the GG wanted for his pet project - the Australian Future Leaders Program

Answers to QoNs tabled today, suggest the GG was up to his arm pits in it....

With @RonniSalt Take the GG's address to as series of Roundtables held on 17 May, 2021

Throughout, Hurley refers to "my proposal" and "call for assistance" from those that attended.

Yet Senate estimates has heard he was "arm's length" at least on the funding arrangement.

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Today I heap praise on David Hurley, the ex PM - pSyChO MOrrison, the Office of GG and PMC for:

F2022L00240

Take a bow.

Never heard of it, I hear you say? Oh come on. 2/ F2022L00240 is the regulation that will make $18m of taxpayer's money go to the Australia Future Leaders Foundation...and once that $18m river of gold runs dry there will be $4m each year thereafter.

That you've probably heard of:

I previously wrote lots on the Building Better Regions Fund & how corrupt it was.

Now it's official:

"65% of infrastructure project applications approved for funding were not those assessed as being the most meritorious in the departmental assessment process".

A lot of pork. I also highlighted how the "butterfly effect" was activated in Rd 5 to hide the govt's deceit and evade Ministerial overtunrs/discretion from being documented.

The ANAO agreed:

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Kunkel review, backgrounding by PMO staff & FOIs

"Advice that was sought prior to a review being undertaken—how that could conceivably impinge upon people's privacy just seems like an odd argument to make, doesn't it?" I know about this, as it was my FOI being discussed.

First a recap.

Morrison was asked a Q about backgrounding by his media team in #QT last year (25 March 2021).

Thread: Today I want to talk about remarkable coincidences. #AUKUS

I decided to look up the Australian Govt's Submarine Advisory Committee. It was active once so I thought I see if it still was.

Yep it is active and new members were appointed in May 2021....strange.

#aukus Strange that I didn't see a press release about these appointments.

Even stranger when last time around some members were getting $600+K to sit on it.

But there it is, govt directory 👇 says SAC had 3 good folks recently appointed to it.

directory.gov.au/portfolios/def…

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.

efile.fara.gov/docs/7018-Exhi… Burdeshaw have done well recently winning Aust Govt tenders and providing Sovereign Naval Shipbuilding advice to both Dept of Defence and PM&C.

[MEGA THREAD]

THE PEA AND SHELL GAME

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.

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.

cdn.minderoo.org/content/upload… The Govt paid $189m (assume GST accounts for the difference).

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.

So what do the Bahamas Petroleum Company, Home Affairs & ABF have common?

Dr Gogna

* CMO, Home Affairs
* Surgeon General, ABF
* Director, Health, Safety, Environment & Security (HSE&S) and Government Relations, Bahamas Petroleum Company.

proactiveinvestors.com.au/companies/news… 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.

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: