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Grocon charged at last
May 1^st, 2014 at 5:47pm

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-04-29/grocon-charged-over-fatal-wall-collapse-in...

Police investigators also told the court they wanted to obtain an engineering survey from Grocon, which the company said was not relevant and refused to surrender.

Victorian Coroner Judge Ian Gray said he wanted to see the survey irrespective of its perceived relevance, and said it should be made available to the inquest.

The inquest was initially scheduled for June 2014, but has since been delayed and has no fixed date scheduled.

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Lobo Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 7408 Sydney Gender:	Re: Grocon charged at last Reply #2 - May 1^st, 2014 at 9:25pm Grappler Racist Filth wrote on May 1^st, 2014 at 5:57pm: Grocon - Usual Suspect champion of WorkChoices etc and Union bashing.... finally meets it maker... Maybe the 'Terms of Reference' of Abbott's RC should be expanded..... Just sayin'....
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Reply #3 - May 2^nd, 2014 at 7:48am

someone did compare the Royal into the Unions and Grocon...

the royal is a witch hunt though..

is this a witch hunt now?... Sad

its interesting as the Royal is about BRIBES...and yes I am sure the Big Business end will be scrutinised.... after all they PAID the man didnt they?

cant have one without the other.

Thiess comes to mind.

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Reply #5 - May 2^nd, 2014 at 11:02am

austranger wrote on May 2^nd, 2014 at 9:38am:

I did rather wonder how you could investigate corruption by looking exclusively at only one side?

Takes two to Tango Shocked

is it corrupt to OFFER a bribe or to take the bribe...

what is the difference in freebee holidays..bottles of wine...or any other little gifties...obviously the unions wouldnt be interested in a bottle of wine...

but wht is the difference??..

someone gets a free week end in someone chalet or whatever....is that a bribe??>.....

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Reply #6 - May 2^nd, 2014 at 11:31am

cods wrote on May 2^nd, 2014 at 11:02am:

austranger wrote on May 2^nd, 2014 at 9:38am:

I did rather wonder how you could investigate corruption by looking exclusively at only one side?

Takes two to Tango Shocked

is it corrupt to OFFER a bribe or to take the bribe...

what is the difference in freebee holidays..bottles of wine...or any other little gifties...obviously the unions wouldnt be interested in a bottle of wine...

but wht is the difference??..

someone gets a free week end in someone chalet or whatever....is that a bribe??>.....

Bearing in mind that I'm fully aware of and in complete agreement with the fact that bribery etc does NOT sit well within our Western morality or ethics, it is interesting to note that the concept of "Baksheesh", (greasing the wheels of business etc), has been largely the socially accepted norm in most societies across most of recorded history, isn't it? Cool

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Re: Grocon charged at last
Reply #7 - May 2^nd, 2014 at 4:19pm

austranger wrote on May 2^nd, 2014 at 11:31am:

cods wrote on May 2^nd, 2014 at 11:02am:

austranger wrote on May 2^nd, 2014 at 9:38am:

I did rather wonder how you could investigate corruption by looking exclusively at only one side?

Takes two to Tango Shocked

is it corrupt to OFFER a bribe or to take the bribe...

what is the difference in freebee holidays..bottles of wine...or any other little gifties...obviously the unions wouldnt be interested in a bottle of wine...

but wht is the difference??..

someone gets a free week end in someone chalet or whatever....is that a bribe??>.....

Bearing in mind that I'm fully aware of and in complete agreement with the fact that bribery etc does NOT sit well within our Western morality or ethics, it is interesting to note that the concept of "Baksheesh", (greasing the wheels of business etc), has been largely the socially accepted norm in most societies across most of recorded history, isn't it? Cool

you could say that...but it wasnt something I was brought up with....I think and I will be slammed for this but I think its a Mediterranean thing

by that I mean part of the culture..... its not a crime to offer a policeman a bribe its expected..sort of thing..

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Re: Grocon charged at last
Reply #8 - May 2^nd, 2014 at 6:33pm

cods wrote on May 2^nd, 2014 at 4:19pm:

austranger wrote on May 2^nd, 2014 at 11:31am:

cods wrote on May 2^nd, 2014 at 11:02am:

austranger wrote on May 2^nd, 2014 at 9:38am:

I did rather wonder how you could investigate corruption by looking exclusively at only one side?

Takes two to Tango Shocked

is it corrupt to OFFER a bribe or to take the bribe...

what is the difference in freebee holidays..bottles of wine...or any other little gifties...obviously the unions wouldnt be interested in a bottle of wine...

but wht is the difference??..

someone gets a free week end in someone chalet or whatever....is that a bribe??>.....

Bearing in mind that I'm fully aware of and in complete agreement with the fact that bribery etc does NOT sit well within our Western morality or ethics, it is interesting to note that the concept of "Baksheesh", (greasing the wheels of business etc), has been largely the socially accepted norm in most societies across most of recorded history, isn't it? Cool

you could say that...but it wasnt something I was brought up with....I think and I will be slammed for this but I think its a Mediterranean thing

by that I mean part of the culture..... its not a crime to offer a policeman a bribe its expected..sort of thing..

It's hardly confined to the Middle Ocean, think all of the east, from the shores of the Med' to the Bering Straight and Zanzibar, from the Arctic to Terra del Fuego, only modern Western civilisation has resisted it, or even seen anything wrong with it.

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