Some of these pork barrelling grants from The Age's research are wild. The actual government buying ice compression gear for Skevs old boys, Jesus wept
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:
Omicron is exploding worldwide. They’ve declared a “major incident” in London. Biden is going to address the American people. Here, we’re carrying on as if not much has happened. Ideological folly.
Yes, people, this is happening: I'm running as an Independent for the mighty seat of #Boothby. It's way beyond time to reset the toxic mess of our current politics and demand honesty, integrity and accountability from our leaders. #independentsday#auspol
“They won’t silence you or me,” he continued. Alas, he was silenced. After a dramatic introduction to the strains of Laura Branigan’s Gloria, all three feeds sputtered to a halt about 2.45 minutes in theguardian.com/media/2021/dec…@ToryShepherd
I'm not sure if any major media outlets would have run a piece like this, but at Crikey we have the freedom to call it as we see it: Gina Cass-Gottlieb should not be head of the ACCC.
She's been put there by Josh Frydenberg to keep the Murdochs sweet
If you want news that isn’t depressing today, may I suggest: scientists have discovered the first millipede that actually has 1000(+) legs – deep underground in Western Australia theguardian.com/world/2021/dec…
While women outnumber men for marginal seat contests, the analysis shows that when safer seats have come up for grabs, men have been more likely to secure preselection. @msmarto theguardian.com/australia-news…