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Reply #465 - Aug 7^th, 2017 at 5:43pm

Documents detailing $30 million Fox Sports deal to remain confidential, minister says

Documents explaining a $30 million taxpayer grant to pay TV network Fox Sports for coverage of women's and "niche" sports will not be released, Communication Minister Mitch Fifield says.

Mr Fifield told ABC Radio Melbourne this morning the Federal Government's decision to fund the sports broadcaster for the coverage followed usual practice.

"There tends not to be letters flying around all round the place in the preparation of budget measures," he said.

Screen Producers Australia has raised concerns the grant has been provided without conditions or a transparent process.

Mornings program presenter Raf Epstein asked why the documents could not be made public.

Last month a Freedom of Information (FOI) request filed by ABC Radio Melbourne's Mornings program, seeking correspondence between Foxtel and the Communications Department, was declined on the basis of that such documents "do not exist".

A subsequent FOI request to the Department of the Treasury found six documents "that fall within the scope" of the same request.

However all were refused as they were "Cabinet documents, exempt under section 34 of the Act".

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-07/details-of-$30-million-fox-sports-deal-wil...

what are we getting in exchange for giving Murdoch $30m???? Why are the libs determined to hide the details? Could they have actually just handed over $30m in taxpayer funds with no commitment from foxtel to do anything in exchange for it?

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Reply #466 - Aug 7^th, 2017 at 6:46pm

John Smith wrote on Aug 7^th, 2017 at 5:43pm:

Documents detailing $30 million Fox Sports deal to remain confidential, minister says

Documents explaining a $30 million taxpayer grant to pay TV network Fox Sports for coverage of women's and "niche" sports will not be released, Communication Minister Mitch Fifield says.

Mr Fifield told ABC Radio Melbourne this morning the Federal Government's decision to fund the sports broadcaster for the coverage followed usual practice.

"There tends not to be letters flying around all round the place in the preparation of budget measures," he said.

Screen Producers Australia has raised concerns the grant has been provided without conditions or a transparent process.

Mornings program presenter Raf Epstein asked why the documents could not be made public.

Last month a Freedom of Information (FOI) request filed by ABC Radio Melbourne's Mornings program, seeking correspondence between Foxtel and the Communications Department, was declined on the basis of that such documents "do not exist".

A subsequent FOI request to the Department of the Treasury found six documents "that fall within the scope" of the same request.

However all were refused as they were "Cabinet documents, exempt under section 34 of the Act".

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-07/details-of-$30-million-fox-sports-deal-wil...

what are we getting in exchange for giving Murdoch $30m???? Why are the libs determined to hide the details? Could they have actually just handed over $30m in taxpayer funds with no commitment from foxtel to do anything in exchange for it?

This one stinks

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Reply #468 - Aug 8^th, 2017 at 5:35pm

O Dear, another one

Bruce Billson, former Liberal minister, failed to disclose

salary from lobby group while in parliament

Former Liberal minister Bruce Billson has apologised for failing to disclose he was collecting a salary from a powerful business lobby group while still a member of parliament.

The retired member for the Victorian seat of Dunkley announced in March last year he was taking a job as executive director of the Franchise Council of Australia (FCA).

However, he did not notify the parliament's register of interests that he had begun receiving $75,000 salary in the job, months before he was due to retire from his seat.

"[It] was a discourtesy to the House of Representatives and an administrative failing of my behalf not to lodge a timely formal disclosure statement before the parliament was prorogued," the former small business minster in the Abbott government told 7.30 in an email.

"I have contacted the Clerk of the House to convey my apologies for this error."

Mr Billson also failed to disclose he had been appointed a director of the council on March 9 last year.

Parliamentary rules require MPs to declare all directorships and sources of income to a register of interests.

Failure to do so could result in a member being found in contempt of parliament.

"There is no basis for inferring my appointment was concealed or not known publicly or within the parliament," Mr Billson said.

"No conflict existed between my parliamentary responsibilities or FCA role."

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Reply #469 - Aug 8^th, 2017 at 9:21pm

John Smith wrote on Aug 8^th, 2017 at 5:35pm:

O Dear, another one

Bruce Billson, former Liberal minister, failed to disclose

salary from lobby group while in parliament

Former Liberal minister Bruce Billson has apologised for failing to disclose he was collecting a salary from a powerful business lobby group while still a member of parliament.

The retired member for the Victorian seat of Dunkley announced in March last year he was taking a job as executive director of the Franchise Council of Australia (FCA).

However, he did not notify the parliament's register of interests that he had begun receiving $75,000 salary in the job, months before he was due to retire from his seat.

"[It] was a discourtesy to the House of Representatives and an administrative failing of my behalf not to lodge a timely formal disclosure statement before the parliament was prorogued," the former small business minster in the Abbott government told 7.30 in an email.

"I have contacted the Clerk of the House to convey my apologies for this error."

Mr Billson also failed to disclose he had been appointed a director of the council on March 9 last year.

Parliamentary rules require MPs to declare all directorships and sources of income to a register of interests.

Failure to do so could result in a member being found in contempt of parliament.

"There is no basis for inferring my appointment was concealed or not known publicly or within the parliament," Mr Billson said.

"No conflict existed between my parliamentary responsibilities or FCA role."

Deary deary me rtards , its just one disaster after another

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Reply #470 - Aug 9^th, 2017 at 9:11am

Secret tapes reveal Liberal insider's plot to deliver alleged Mafia donations to Matthew Guy

A Liberal insider conspired to funnel donations from an alleged Mafia boss and his three relatives into party coffers after a lobster dinner involving the men and Victorian Opposition Leader Matthew Guy, secret phone records have revealed.

Recordings of phone conversations obtained by Fairfax Media and Four Corners involving Liberal Party official Barrie Macmillan also capture Mr Macmillan plotting to split the promised donations into smaller amounts to avoid disclosing the source of the funds to authorities.

"They want to give Matthew a substantial donation towards next year. Now, I understand what they can and can't do," Mr Macmillan says on the recording, referring to alleged Mafia boss and long-time Liberal donor Tony Madafferi and three of his relatives.

The four men, who are previous Liberal donors, dined with Mr Guy at the Lobster Cave in Beaumaris earlier this year.

Mr Macmillan said on the recording: "You can't associate Matthew with money and I would have to be the intermediary. But I'm talking about a swag of money that they're prepared to give for them [Mr Guy's campaign].

"We're probably talking hundreds [of thousands of dollars in donations] … they can't stand the bloody Labor Party."
Mr MacMillan said the promise of donations was made after the lobster dinner with Mr Guy and that Mr Macmillan was trying to organise a second dinner with Mr Guy, Mr Madafferi, Mr Madafferi's cousin Frank Lamattina and two other Madafferi relatives.

"Frank [Lamattina] rang me and said, 'Look, four of us guys would like to have a dinner with Matthew, and we want to push some dollars his way', and I said, 'Well, look, we have to be extremely careful there'. Frank's no fool. He knows that there's the AEC [Australian Electoral Commission] follow up and all these things," he said in the recording.

"They want to meet again now, and I've had to speak to Kroges [Liberal president Michael Kroger] about it," Mr Macmillan said, indicating the donations would be made later this year.

The second dinner will not go ahead and the donations will almost certainly not be made after Fairfax Media and Four Corners exposed Mr Guy's dealings with Mr Madafferi on Tuesday.

Mr Kroger said neither Mr Madafferi nor his relatives had been recent party donors.

"The Liberal Party disclosures revealed no donations from any of those people since Matthew Guy entered Parliament," he said.

"There is no story."

In a hastily arranged afternoon press conference, Mr Guy said no donations had been made to the Liberal Party by any of those at the dinner.

Four Corners and Fairfax Media do not suggest otherwise.

"I never sought any political donation. I did not go to this meeting seeking political donations. I did not. I did not meet with these people on the premise that that's what it would be about," Mr Guy said.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-09/liberal-insiders-plot-to-deliver-donations...

How are these guys not in jail? Shocked

Time to ban ALL political donations. Politicians are taking us for a ride and it's time it was stopped.

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Reply #471 - Aug 17^th, 2017 at 11:51pm

and another one

Mount Gambier MP Troy Bell resigns from Liberal Party, vows to fight theft charges

State Liberal MP for Mount Gambier Troy Bell has resigned from the party after being charged with stealing a substantial amount of taxpayers' money.

Liberal Party state director Sascha Meldrum confirmed she had received and accepted Mr Bell's resignation on Thursday.

The first-term MP intends to remain in Parliament and has released a statement saying he is "innocent of these allegations of theft and dishonesty and will defend them in court".

Last week, Mr Bell was charged with 20 counts of theft and six counts of dishonestly dealing with documents.

He's due to appear in the Mount Gambier Magistrates Court next Tuesday.

It will be alleged Mr Bell dishonestly dealt with a substantial sum of public money, and that he used documents known to be false, with the intention of claiming a benefit for himself.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-17/mount-gambier-mp-troy-bell-resigns-from-li...

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Reply #472 - Aug 22^nd, 2017 at 12:34pm

Troy Bell ICAC probe: MP accused of misappropriating more than $2 million

Mount Gambier MP Troy Bell, accused of misappropriating more than $2 million of taxpayers' money prior to becoming a member of Parliament, has strenuously denied all charges in court.

Bell resigned from the Liberal Party last week after it was revealed he had been charged with 20 counts of theft and six counts of dishonestly dealing with documents after an ICAC investigation.

It is alleged the offences took place between 2009 and 2013 when Mr Bell, a former teacher, ran an independent learning centre in Mount Gambier.

Bell has denied any wrongdoing. He said he was "in a state of disbelief and shock", and sick to his stomach over the allegations.

He has not ruled out contesting the next election as an independent and said he was confident his name would be cleared.

Bell stood in the dock in the Mount Gambier Magistrates Court for the brief hearing.

Crown prosecutor Mark Norman asked the court for a longer than usual adjournment of 16 weeks due to the large amount of paperwork involved.

"The reason for that is we have 30 volumes of A4 material which have to be copied and served to the court and the accused," Mr Norman said.
Magistrate Teresa Anderson placed Bell on bail with a $2,000 cash surety to the court, with conditions he not leave the state or country without first applying for the court's permission.

She varied his residence condition to allow him to be absent from his address for work purposes within South Australia.

The case will return to court in December.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-22/troy-bell-case-adjourned-to-december/88305...

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Reply #474 - Aug 22^nd, 2017 at 1:50pm

John Smith wrote on Aug 22^nd, 2017 at 12:34pm:

Troy Bell ICAC probe: MP accused of misappropriating more than $2 million

Mount Gambier MP Troy Bell, accused of misappropriating more than $2 million of taxpayers' money prior to becoming a member of Parliament, has strenuously denied all charges in court.

Bell resigned from the Liberal Party last week after it was revealed he had been charged with 20 counts of theft and six counts of dishonestly dealing with documents after an ICAC investigation.

It is alleged the offences took place between 2009 and 2013 when Mr Bell, a former teacher, ran an independent learning centre in Mount Gambier.

Bell has denied any wrongdoing. He said he was "in a state of disbelief and shock", and sick to his stomach over the allegations.

He has not ruled out contesting the next election as an independent and said he was confident his name would be cleared.

Bell stood in the dock in the Mount Gambier Magistrates Court for the brief hearing.

Crown prosecutor Mark Norman asked the court for a longer than usual adjournment of 16 weeks due to the large amount of paperwork involved.

"The reason for that is we have 30 volumes of A4 material which have to be copied and served to the court and the accused," Mr Norman said.
Magistrate Teresa Anderson placed Bell on bail with a $2,000 cash surety to the court, with conditions he not leave the state or country without first applying for the court's permission.

She varied his residence condition to allow him to be absent from his address for work purposes within South Australia.

The case will return to court in December.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-22/troy-bell-case-adjourned-to-december/88305...

Another day , another scandal , frog stepping from one disaster to another , sucks to be a rightard Grin

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Reply #475 - Aug 22^nd, 2017 at 6:44pm

Victorian Liberal Party state director Simon Frost standing down

The director of the Victorian Liberal Party, Simon Frost, is set to resign after taking a senior job in the Turnbull Government.

Mr Frost took over from Damien Mantach in 2015 after the Napthine government was defeated after one term.

It was later revealed Mr Mantach had embezzled $1.5 million from party coffers.

Mr Frost's resignation is set to be announced to members tonight.

The father of four's departure could trigger a fresh round of Liberal factional infighting over his replacement and with 15 months until next year's state election there is a need for unity.

There are no suggestions Mr Frost has been forced out and the ABC understands he is leaving to take a "senior role" in the Turnbull Government.

Former adviser to federal MP Kevin Andrews, Nick Demiris, who is currently part of the team at Liberal state headquarters has been linked to the job, which could also inflame tensions.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-22/liberal-party-victorias-state-director-sta...

no wonder all the libs are corrupt. As a reward for embezzling $1.5 million from the liberal party coffers, Turnbull gives him a lucrative job

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Reply #477 - Aug 31^st, 2017 at 1:23pm

More libs having dinner with Mafia figures

Matthew Guy: IBAC won't investigate lobster dinner with alleged mafia boss

Victoria's anti-corruption watchdog has decided it will not investigate Opposition Leader Matthew Guy over his controversial lobster dinner with an alleged mafia boss.

Mr Guy referred himself to the Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission (IBAC) after it was revealed he attended a dinner with alleged mafia boss Tony Madafferi.

But IBAC said it did not have the power to investigate the dinner.

"After carefully assessing the information provided to IBAC in a letter from Mr Guy, as well as other information in the public domain, IBAC has determined the information does not fall within our jurisdiction," an IBAC statement said.

"Accordingly IBAC will not be investigating this matter on the basis of the information provided to date."

IBAC 'should be allowed' to investigate

It had been flagged that IBAC would struggle to launch any investigation as the agency requires evidence that a serious criminal offence has been committed before it can use its powers.

This constraint was introduced by the former Coalition government and some legal experts said it was designed to prevent inquiries into suspect political activity.

Many MPs and political observers did not expect IBAC to investigate Mr Guy, but warned that did not mean he was not guilty of poor political judgement.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-31/ibac-will-not-investigate-matthew-guy-over...

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Reply #478 - Aug 31^st, 2017 at 1:56pm

John Smith wrote on Aug 31^st, 2017 at 1:23pm:

More libs having dinner with Mafia figures

Matthew Guy: IBAC won't investigate lobster dinner with alleged mafia boss

Victoria's anti-corruption watchdog has decided it will not investigate Opposition Leader Matthew Guy over his controversial lobster dinner with an alleged mafia boss.

Mr Guy referred himself to the Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission (IBAC) after it was revealed he attended a dinner with alleged mafia boss Tony Madafferi.

But IBAC said it did not have the power to investigate the dinner.

"After carefully assessing the information provided to IBAC in a letter from Mr Guy, as well as other information in the public domain, IBAC has determined the information does not fall within our jurisdiction," an IBAC statement said.

"Accordingly IBAC will not be investigating this matter on the basis of the information provided to date."

IBAC 'should be allowed' to investigate

It had been flagged that IBAC would struggle to launch any investigation as the agency requires evidence that a serious criminal offence has been committed before it can use its powers.

This constraint was introduced by the former Coalition government and some legal experts said it was designed to prevent inquiries into suspect political activity.

Many MPs and political observers did not expect IBAC to investigate Mr Guy, but warned that did not mean he was not guilty of poor political judgement.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-31/ibac-will-not-investigate-matthew-guy-over...

The highlighted line is most concerning , sounds like they don't want to be held to account and are using their status as politicians to do as they please to grease their own palms , sounds like a libtards dream

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Reply #479 - Aug 31^st, 2017 at 2:03pm

Its time wrote on Aug 31^st, 2017 at 1:56pm:

John Smith wrote on Aug 31^st, 2017 at 1:23pm:

More libs having dinner with Mafia figures

Matthew Guy: IBAC won't investigate lobster dinner with alleged mafia boss

Victoria's anti-corruption watchdog has decided it will not investigate Opposition Leader Matthew Guy over his controversial lobster dinner with an alleged mafia boss.

Mr Guy referred himself to the Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission (IBAC) after it was revealed he attended a dinner with alleged mafia boss Tony Madafferi.

But IBAC said it did not have the power to investigate the dinner.

"After carefully assessing the information provided to IBAC in a letter from Mr Guy, as well as other information in the public domain, IBAC has determined the information does not fall within our jurisdiction," an IBAC statement said.

"Accordingly IBAC will not be investigating this matter on the basis of the information provided to date."

IBAC 'should be allowed' to investigate

It had been flagged that IBAC would struggle to launch any investigation as the agency requires evidence that a serious criminal offence has been committed before it can use its powers.

This constraint was introduced by the former Coalition government and some legal experts said it was designed to prevent inquiries into suspect political activity.

Many MPs and political observers did not expect IBAC to investigate Mr Guy, but warned that did not mean he was not guilty of poor political judgement.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-31/ibac-will-not-investigate-matthew-guy-over...

The highlighted line is most concerning , sounds like they don't want to be held to account and are using their status as politicians to do as they please to grease their own palms , sounds like a libtards dream

it should be easier for authorities to investigate the actions of politicians, not made harder. WHy would anyone introduce a rule like that unless they had something to hide?

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