This is a form of corruption. It is the use of public money for the pursuit of private advantage for a political party and its politicians. A comment on the "mapping the money" project:

I spent so long working with @swrighteconomy to examine 19,000 government grants that I started to dream in spreadsheets…
Here’s how we pulled the data together smh.com.au/politics/feder…


BREAKING: Queensland set to release dozens of plane passengers from quarantine in time for Christmas after national backlash. But those sitting near infected passenger will remain in q. @newscomauHQ news.com.au/travel/travel-…

EXCLUSIVE: Extraordinary image of raucous Christmas party thrown by Tory aides at party HQ during coronavirus restrictions last year.
Party hats, drinks, an entire buffet - while we were all banned from meeting just one other person socially indoors.










#breaking Michaelia Cash appears to have reneged on a deal with Liberal moderates - revealing to FamilyVoice broader protections for LGBT students will wait 12+ months for ALRC, ie NOT be legislated at same time as #religiousdiscriminationbill
#auspol
theguardian.com/australia-news…


5 urgent actions to build back better and fairer for working women (and to spark a thriving economy) in 2022. A thread from us (me and ⁦@ElizabethHill00⁩ ⁦@Sydney_Uni⁩ in the @guardian today). 1/6 theguardian.com/commentisfree/…