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Ozix
How long until the Liberals shoot all their toes off?
I reckon in a way they already have.
And the less they distance themselves from the fully deplorable
fish&chips auntie the more likely to sink themselves farther.
The Libs currently only have a single policy on offer and that is to say >*NO* in a Mad Monk Abbott style to every single thing Labor dares even
to suggest, yet they hope to gain their old credibility and voters back
to where it used to be under the reign of the lying rodent gnome Howard >regimes' heyday years. What could go wrong, eh?
+rd%g if you are going to be a commie use the truth.
All commies I know do.
Example
All politicians in Australia are careers ones with Zero allegiance to
the party they claim to represent.
Positively corrupt criminals the lot
Barnaby Joyce and Angus Tayor the "Australian Watergate" scandal
The greater crook of the two is untouchable "Barnaby Joyce" now fled
to One Nation (possibly kicked out?)
https://share.google/aimode/178tb4dxXaFgYKx0Y
AustraliaAs so-called "Watergate" scandal involves a controversial $80
million government water buyback in 2017. Then-Water Minister Barnaby
Joyce approved the purchase of water entitlements from Eastern
Australia Agriculture (EAA), a company previously co-founded by his
political colleague Angus Taylor, with profits flowing to a Cayman
Islands parent company.The "Watergate" Buyback Details The
Transaction: In July 2017, the federal government paid $80 million for approximately 29 gigalitres of water rights from two southern
Queensland properties (Kia Ora and Clyde) owned by EAA.Above-Market
Pricing: Unredacted commercial valuation documents later revealed that
the Commonwealth paid $2,745 per megalitreusignificantly higher than
the upper range of the independent valuation it had commissioned
($1,100 to $2,300 per megalitre).The Tax Haven Link: EAA booked a $52
million profit on the sale, much of which was transferred to a parent
company registered in the Cayman Islands, obscuring the final
beneficiaries.No Open Tender: The purchase bypassed normal open-tender competitive processes, prompting severe criticism from crossbench
politicians, the Greens, and independent watchdogs regarding value for
money and transparency.Defenses: Barnaby Joyce maintained that the
transaction was handled at "arm's length" by the department and that
he relied on departmental advice regarding the procurement, while
Angus Taylor stated he had severed ties with EAA prior to entering
federal politics.Other Scrutinised Deals and Controversies While
"Watergate" remains the most prominent water-related controversy under
his oversight, Joyce's career has faced scrutiny over other
contentious issues and governance questions:The $190 Million
Murrumbidgee Irrigation Deal: Alongside the EAA purchase, the
Department of Agriculture and Water Resources under Joyce's broader
ministerial oversight faced questioning over other non-tender
strategic water acquisitions, including a nearly $80 million
single-source purchase from Murrumbidgee Irrigation, which critics
argued lacked sufficient public justification and transparency.The
Great Artesian Basin Bottling Proposal: As a local federal member and
minister, Joyce faced conflict-of-interest questions and community
backlash concerning proposals involving groundwater extraction for
commercial bottled water operations in regional Australia, though
these did not carry the same financial scale as the buyback
scandals.General Departmental "Shambles": Australian National Audit
Office (ANAO) reviews into the strategic water purchasing program
criticized the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources for
inadequate record-keeping, poor management of potential conflicts of
interest, and failing to properly document why certain premium prices
were paid during Joyce's tenure as minister.
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Petzl
An evil enemy will from within,
will burn his own nation to then rule over the ashes.
Chinese military strategist Sun Tzu
(author of The Art of War), 5th century BC.
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