TRADING in INFLUENCE
"
"The Public consider that Politicians act in the Public's best Interest
NOTHING could be FURTHER from the TRUTH
A BIG Statement = So lets back it up & take a look at what happens.
There is a term called -; "Trading in Influence" which can be described as -;
"Trading in influence is a form of corruption which is difficult to capture and understand. By trading in influence, or influence peddling referral is being made to: the situation where a person misuses his/her influence over the decision-making process for a third party (person, institution or government) in return for his loyalty, money or any other material or immaterial undue advantage"
" The Following are linked to this term which raises the concerns & reasons WHY Federal Politicians do NOT want a Federal ICAC -- OR -- indeed a Federal Code of Conduct.
That point in itself comes under the reference terms of -; "Trading In Influence"
CONSIDER -;
"SCHOOLS ...
Victoria claiming the Federal Government is "holding a gun" to its head over the future budgets of schools
Victorian Education Minister James Merlino blasted what he described as a "clumsy and unprecedented threat" by the Federal Government which has demanded a fresh national agreement on schools funding be signed without delay
"Mr Merlino took the extraordinary step of publicly releasing a letter from Federal Education Minister Dan Tehan, which warns the Commonwealth would be unable to fund public and private schools in early 2019 unless a deal is signed by December 7.
" Mr Tehan said it was Victoria that was jeopardising the funding negotiations
"The letter has been leaked for political purposes," Mr Tehan said
"No other state or territory minister has had a problem with the letter
"The only minister who has refused to set a time for discussions has been James Merlino.
He wants to play politics"
"See = http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-27/education-funding-chaos-breaks-out-as-tehan-issues-ultimatum/10312796
"NEG" ...
"Malcolm Turnbull will try to head off the potential resignation of several ministers over the national energy guarantee with a promise to rebel MPs that the three big energy companies will be targeted for market manipulation and deliberately inflating power prices through secret contracts
"However, senior ministers have told The Australian this would not be enough to prevent Coalition MPs crossing the floor if the 26 per cent Paris emissions reduction target was not dumped or “decoupled” from the NEG
"As the internal crisis deepens for Mr Turnbull, The Australian has been told the Prime Minister will announce that he will stamp out the big three vertically integrated companies — AGL, Origin and Energy Australia — from selling power between their generation and retail businesses at inflated prices.
"The crackdown on transfer pricing would also include scrutiny of how companies bid into the wholesale electricity market and the secret contracts between different players, which the ACCC has said are major contributors to the rising power bills consumers face. Mr Turnbull is banking on the promise of action on prices to avoid the defeat of the bill spilling into a leadership crisis by ceding to at least some of the demands of rebel MPs
"However, the central issue of legislating the Paris emissions reduction target is looming as the potential trigger for a broader leadership issue for the Prime Minister, with political management of the issue now being brought into question."
"It emerged last night that Labor had been given a copy of the NEG legislation, another move that has angered Coalition MPs who are yet to see it.
"A Liberal rebel told The Australian it was “disgusting” that Labor had the legislation but they were being asked to sign off on it sight unseen"
"Bill Shorten accused Mr Turnbull of “extraordinary” arrogance for not allowing his own MPs to see it first. “If he refuses to show his own colleagues all the details, what is he hiding? If they can’t even look at the legislation, why should they vote for it?”
See = https://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/malcolm-turnbull-in-bid-to-quash-neg-rebellion/news-story/fbe33131a3708f84f117e1431a7f804e
"No clean energy target, = no support, --- Labor warns Turnbull government
"the increasing likelihood that Malcolm Turnbull is walking away from the clean energy target under pressure from Tony Abbott. If that’s what he does, then he won’t get the support of the Labor Party"
See = http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/no-clean-energy-target-no-support-labor-warns-turnbull-government/news-story/65bbba10765a0e3c29f2e4bbd26798ac
"Kevin Rudd threatens states with Tafe funding bypass
"A re-elected Labor government would force the states to maintain and increase their Tafe funding by threatening them with being bypassed by a federal government providing direct funding to institutions or setting up its own national vocational training network"
See = https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/01/kevin-rudd-labor-party
"Government rejects call for Federal ICAC
"Finance Minister Mathias Cormann said existing powers were strong enough after Labor MP Anne Aly yesterday told Sky News she supported a body that would investigate the dealings of federal politicians."
"We don't believe that another bureaucracy is the way to go Senator Cormann told Sky News"
"It comes as disgraced former Labor NSW minister, Eddie Obeid, was jailed for wilful misconduct on Thursday following a lengthy probe by ICAC, which recommended his matter be referred to the Director of Public Prosecutions
See = http://www.skynews.com.au/news/top-stories/2016/12/16/government-rejects-call-for-federal-icac.html
"Federal politicians 'on the nose' after committee stops short of calling for federal ICAC
But the committee's report recommends only that the Government give "careful consideration" to establishing and investigating a National Integrity Commission"
"Australia has been sliding down the integrity indexfor a number of years because we've been too complacent and we haven't addressed corruption issues adequately and strongly," Mr Whealy said
See = http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-09-14/hopes-for-federal-anti-corruption-body-dashed/8944082
"Money and Influence: the shadowy world of political donations
""We have a system where giving money can influence outcomes and that's a soft form of corruption."
Four Corners investigates just how transparent the political parties really are when it comes to revealing who their donors are and what is expected in return"
"It's a world that operates far from public view with a patchwork of donation laws around the country. A variety of methods are used to keep the identities of donors secret, leaving voters hard pressed to find out just who is funding whom"
See = http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/money-and-influence-promo/7429766
"Scott Morrison threatens to cut states' GST share if they oppose fracking
Lock the Gate accuses Coalition of trying to blackmail governments into accepting controversial gas extraction industry"
He has warned state governments the Productivity Commission will be considering its attitude towards the controversial gas extraction industry – particularly any moratoriums or limits on the practice – in its review of the goods and services tax distribution, according to reports"
See = https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/jun/29/scott-morrison-threatens-to-cut-states-gst-share-if-they-oppose-fracking
"MALCOLM TURNBULL AND BILL SHORTEN DO SECRET DEAL TO CONCEAL CORRUPTION DURING ELECTION CAMPAIGN
"It was only a few months ago that the Liberal Party were travelling full steam ahead to make an election issue out of Bill Shorten’s corrupt dealings when he was in the union movement. The Labor Party were also set to raise Malcolm Turnbull’s dodgy dealings with his mate and criminal Rodney Adler which brought down HIH and was Australia’s biggest corporate bankruptcy"
See = https://kangaroocourtofaustralia.com/2016/05/27/malcolm-turnbull-and-bill-shorten-do-secret-deal-to-conceal-corruption-during-election-campaign/
"As Reported by Jane Norman on twitter = 6-12-2017
"Labor's motion to refer 9 Lower House MPs to the High Court over their citizenship has been defeated, with the Speaker exercising his casting vote "
"Federal government's 'disadvantaged scheme' funnels millions to blue ribbon Liberal seats
"More than $120 million in funds from a federal government scheme designed to “address disadvantage” was diverted to Coalition held seats with some of the highest levels of socio-economic advantage in the country
"The $620 million National Stronger Regions Fund was established in 2014 with “a particular focus on assisting disadvantaged regions to achieve growth
See = https://www.business.gov.au/assistance/building-better-regions-fund
PLUS
See = http://regional.gov.au/regional/programs/national-stronger-regions-fund.aspx
Census figures reveals upwards of $124 million - or 20 per cent of the scheme's available funds - went to Coalition held seats with individual incomes higher than the national median of $577, with some seats receiving millions of dollars in taxpayer funding despite having incomes as high as $900 a week"
"Blaxland, in Sydney’s west where the median income is only $385 per week, got nothing, along with four other seats including Watson and Fowler where the median weekly income only reaches $400"
READ MORE
See = http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/federal-government-s-disadvantaged-scheme-funnels-millions-to-blue-ribbon-liberal-seats-20180129-p4yyzu.html?btis
"
,,,
"The Public consider that Politicians act in the Public's best Interest
NOTHING could be FURTHER from the TRUTH
A BIG Statement = So lets back it up & take a look at what happens.
There is a term called -; "Trading in Influence" which can be described as -;
"Trading in influence is a form of corruption which is difficult to capture and understand. By trading in influence, or influence peddling referral is being made to: the situation where a person misuses his/her influence over the decision-making process for a third party (person, institution or government) in return for his loyalty, money or any other material or immaterial undue advantage"
" The Following are linked to this term which raises the concerns & reasons WHY Federal Politicians do NOT want a Federal ICAC -- OR -- indeed a Federal Code of Conduct.
That point in itself comes under the reference terms of -; "Trading In Influence"
CONSIDER -;
"SCHOOLS ...
Victoria claiming the Federal Government is "holding a gun" to its head over the future budgets of schools
Victorian Education Minister James Merlino blasted what he described as a "clumsy and unprecedented threat" by the Federal Government which has demanded a fresh national agreement on schools funding be signed without delay
"Mr Merlino took the extraordinary step of publicly releasing a letter from Federal Education Minister Dan Tehan, which warns the Commonwealth would be unable to fund public and private schools in early 2019 unless a deal is signed by December 7.
" Mr Tehan said it was Victoria that was jeopardising the funding negotiations
"The letter has been leaked for political purposes," Mr Tehan said
"No other state or territory minister has had a problem with the letter
"The only minister who has refused to set a time for discussions has been James Merlino.
He wants to play politics"
"See = http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-27/education-funding-chaos-breaks-out-as-tehan-issues-ultimatum/10312796
"NEG" ...
"Malcolm Turnbull will try to head off the potential resignation of several ministers over the national energy guarantee with a promise to rebel MPs that the three big energy companies will be targeted for market manipulation and deliberately inflating power prices through secret contracts
"However, senior ministers have told The Australian this would not be enough to prevent Coalition MPs crossing the floor if the 26 per cent Paris emissions reduction target was not dumped or “decoupled” from the NEG
"As the internal crisis deepens for Mr Turnbull, The Australian has been told the Prime Minister will announce that he will stamp out the big three vertically integrated companies — AGL, Origin and Energy Australia — from selling power between their generation and retail businesses at inflated prices.
"The crackdown on transfer pricing would also include scrutiny of how companies bid into the wholesale electricity market and the secret contracts between different players, which the ACCC has said are major contributors to the rising power bills consumers face. Mr Turnbull is banking on the promise of action on prices to avoid the defeat of the bill spilling into a leadership crisis by ceding to at least some of the demands of rebel MPs
"However, the central issue of legislating the Paris emissions reduction target is looming as the potential trigger for a broader leadership issue for the Prime Minister, with political management of the issue now being brought into question."
"It emerged last night that Labor had been given a copy of the NEG legislation, another move that has angered Coalition MPs who are yet to see it.
"A Liberal rebel told The Australian it was “disgusting” that Labor had the legislation but they were being asked to sign off on it sight unseen"
"Bill Shorten accused Mr Turnbull of “extraordinary” arrogance for not allowing his own MPs to see it first. “If he refuses to show his own colleagues all the details, what is he hiding? If they can’t even look at the legislation, why should they vote for it?”
See = https://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/malcolm-turnbull-in-bid-to-quash-neg-rebellion/news-story/fbe33131a3708f84f117e1431a7f804e
"No clean energy target, = no support, --- Labor warns Turnbull government
"the increasing likelihood that Malcolm Turnbull is walking away from the clean energy target under pressure from Tony Abbott. If that’s what he does, then he won’t get the support of the Labor Party"
See = http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/no-clean-energy-target-no-support-labor-warns-turnbull-government/news-story/65bbba10765a0e3c29f2e4bbd26798ac
"Kevin Rudd threatens states with Tafe funding bypass
"A re-elected Labor government would force the states to maintain and increase their Tafe funding by threatening them with being bypassed by a federal government providing direct funding to institutions or setting up its own national vocational training network"
See = https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/01/kevin-rudd-labor-party
"Government rejects call for Federal ICAC
"Finance Minister Mathias Cormann said existing powers were strong enough after Labor MP Anne Aly yesterday told Sky News she supported a body that would investigate the dealings of federal politicians."
"We don't believe that another bureaucracy is the way to go Senator Cormann told Sky News"
"It comes as disgraced former Labor NSW minister, Eddie Obeid, was jailed for wilful misconduct on Thursday following a lengthy probe by ICAC, which recommended his matter be referred to the Director of Public Prosecutions
See = http://www.skynews.com.au/news/top-stories/2016/12/16/government-rejects-call-for-federal-icac.html
"Federal politicians 'on the nose' after committee stops short of calling for federal ICAC
But the committee's report recommends only that the Government give "careful consideration" to establishing and investigating a National Integrity Commission"
"Australia has been sliding down the integrity indexfor a number of years because we've been too complacent and we haven't addressed corruption issues adequately and strongly," Mr Whealy said
See = http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-09-14/hopes-for-federal-anti-corruption-body-dashed/8944082
"Money and Influence: the shadowy world of political donations
""We have a system where giving money can influence outcomes and that's a soft form of corruption."
Four Corners investigates just how transparent the political parties really are when it comes to revealing who their donors are and what is expected in return"
"It's a world that operates far from public view with a patchwork of donation laws around the country. A variety of methods are used to keep the identities of donors secret, leaving voters hard pressed to find out just who is funding whom"
See = http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/money-and-influence-promo/7429766
"Scott Morrison threatens to cut states' GST share if they oppose fracking
Lock the Gate accuses Coalition of trying to blackmail governments into accepting controversial gas extraction industry"
He has warned state governments the Productivity Commission will be considering its attitude towards the controversial gas extraction industry – particularly any moratoriums or limits on the practice – in its review of the goods and services tax distribution, according to reports"
See = https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/jun/29/scott-morrison-threatens-to-cut-states-gst-share-if-they-oppose-fracking
"MALCOLM TURNBULL AND BILL SHORTEN DO SECRET DEAL TO CONCEAL CORRUPTION DURING ELECTION CAMPAIGN
"It was only a few months ago that the Liberal Party were travelling full steam ahead to make an election issue out of Bill Shorten’s corrupt dealings when he was in the union movement. The Labor Party were also set to raise Malcolm Turnbull’s dodgy dealings with his mate and criminal Rodney Adler which brought down HIH and was Australia’s biggest corporate bankruptcy"
See = https://kangaroocourtofaustralia.com/2016/05/27/malcolm-turnbull-and-bill-shorten-do-secret-deal-to-conceal-corruption-during-election-campaign/
"As Reported by Jane Norman on twitter = 6-12-2017
"Labor's motion to refer 9 Lower House MPs to the High Court over their citizenship has been defeated, with the Speaker exercising his casting vote "
"Federal government's 'disadvantaged scheme' funnels millions to blue ribbon Liberal seats
"More than $120 million in funds from a federal government scheme designed to “address disadvantage” was diverted to Coalition held seats with some of the highest levels of socio-economic advantage in the country
"The $620 million National Stronger Regions Fund was established in 2014 with “a particular focus on assisting disadvantaged regions to achieve growth
See = https://www.business.gov.au/assistance/building-better-regions-fund
PLUS
See = http://regional.gov.au/regional/programs/national-stronger-regions-fund.aspx
Census figures reveals upwards of $124 million - or 20 per cent of the scheme's available funds - went to Coalition held seats with individual incomes higher than the national median of $577, with some seats receiving millions of dollars in taxpayer funding despite having incomes as high as $900 a week"
"Blaxland, in Sydney’s west where the median income is only $385 per week, got nothing, along with four other seats including Watson and Fowler where the median weekly income only reaches $400"
READ MORE
See = http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/federal-government-s-disadvantaged-scheme-funnels-millions-to-blue-ribbon-liberal-seats-20180129-p4yyzu.html?btis
"
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