09 August 2015

Politicians' Expenses - Donations - Fundraiser

8 Sep 2022
Register of Members' Interests – 47th Parliament

6 Sep 2022
Bernard Keane: According to Alan Tudge, the $650,000 settlement given to his former staffer Rachelle Miller has nothing to do with him. But then, Tudge is a man of 'nothing to see here'.
31 Aug 2022

In addition to residences and investments, dozens of MPs own homes in Canberra for which they can claim a $299 a night travel allowance


8 Feb 2022
10 Dec 2020
Gu:  Nationals investigated by watchdog over party room meeting held just before Melbourne Cup
18 Feb 2020 



25 Nov 2019
25 Sep 2019
Gu: Barnaby Joyce claimed $675,000 in expenses for the nine months he was drought envoy and was allocated two staff members at a cost of about $200,000
29 Aug 2019 
Gu:  Peter Dutton and Mathia Cormann charged taxpayers $50,000 for RAAF flights after Liberal leadership spill
 Mathias Cormann and Peter Dutton
3 Nov 2018
  
11 Oct 2018
Compare the pair
 
5 Oct 2018
 
 
30 July 2018  Media bias
Understand why this post of Coalition (Libs & Nats) parliamentary entitlements is created 

17 June 2018
Spot on: politicians' pay rise from July 1
New tax on online goods under $1000 starts on the same day.

Liberal Senator Lucy Gichuhi live on Kenyan TV said that her salary of $200,000 is not enough 
 
Joe spending...
 
20 May 2018
 
7 May 2018
Kiera has an eye on Tim
2 May 2018
Bowler Barrister on polies salary via auspol dated 31 Mar 2018
 
2 December 2017
 Age:  Pauline Hanson fails to declare $4500 Great Barrier Reef snorkelling cruise

One Nation Senator Pauline Hanson assesses some coral near Great Keppel Island.
1 Dec 2017
23 Oct 2017
 Jeff and Felicity Kennett in 2015.
7 Oct 2017

1 Oct 2017
  
 
 
 
21 September 2017
 
19 September 2017 
 
18 September 2017 
  
Victoria's leading the way to fight corruptions.  It's time.
Keep doing good job, Premier. 
 IACorruption under Malcolm Turnbull: Going for the all-time world record
 
9 August 2017 
The Age Lobster plot: Under pressure, Mathew Guys singles out key fundraiser Barrie Macmillan
21 July 2017  
Home Affairs v Corruption = Conflict of Interest in question
11 July 2017
The Age: Majority of federal MPs refuse to sign up to Tony Fitzgerald's ethical standards 15 June 2017
11.50am smh: Political donations reform must be handed by an independent expert 12 June 2017
 
  
 6 May 2017  Federal ICAC Now!
FedGovDpt of Finance - 1 July to 31 December 2016  
5 June 2017 7.30am IA: Coalition corruption thrives under Turnbull
1 June 2017 nswICAC
 
ON party donations directed to PH personal account
 
31 May 2017 ON v ABC funding
  
30 may 2017 abcNEWS  Related reading
 
Re: Secret recordings how to illegal make profit from..
  
Re: Hanson recording, ABC cleared (The Au 9 june 2017)
13 June 2017: PHON ordered to pay the ABC's legal fees

 
 

22 May 2017  MSM v ON
 
4 April 2017 abcNEWS by political reporter Stephanie Anderson
Labor has referred Pauline Hanson's One Nation party to the Australian Electoral Commission over allegations it breached political donation laws
28 May 2017 
 
26 May 2017

 
 
18 May 2017

20 Oct 2016 The Age
with envoy pay and parliamentary pension
 
A senate committee hears Philip Ruddock is receiving his full parliamentary pension
while also being paid to be a special envoy.
7 August 2015-18.50 AEST the guardian/Political correspondent/Daniel Hurst
3 August 2015-19.09 AEST the guardian/politicians' expenses
 Also on ABC Radio AM, Prof Allan told: 
"Parliament, both governments were slow to act on the key recommendations" 
in the MPentitlements review 2010

 
23 May 2016 21.42pm FourCorners  
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."
Labor News 
will Liberals support Labor?
24 April 2017
18 April 2017 Gu: The Qld CCC is holding hearings of an ongoing corruption investigation into three local government elections in Qld last year
Complaints include that independents used donations from fundraising organisation of LNP MP Stuart Robert 
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4 Feb 2017
smh:  Liberal Party-linked fundraising body Cormack Foundation bankrolling two Senate crossbench parties
15 Dec
LNP expense rorters > Obeid 
14 Dec 2016
Donations to Liberal Party
13 Sep 2016
21.34pm gu: Political donation system
Coalition backs inquiry looking into Au's political donations sytem

11 Sep 2016
 
10 Sep 2016 09.05am gu: How hard would it really be to clean up?
9 Sep 2016
 
Labor Herald: Latest donations scandal ensnares Senator George Brandis QC
Mark Dreyfus QC MP: 
"A new donation scandal has engulfed Australian politics — this time attorney-general Senator George Brandis QC has questions to answer about how a donor to the Queensland Liberal-National Party (LNP) who represented Brandis’ son in a criminal case in the courts, ended up with a $370,000 a year job on a Commonwealth tribunal."
 
10.55am The Age: George Brandis must explain $370,000 appointment of Liberal donor, say Labor
8 Sep 2016 #Dastyari
7 Sep 2016
 
7.45pm gu: Dastyari 's resignation from the frontbench and the need to fix the system of donations and disclosure.
 
 6 Sep 2016 
 
FOI & George's Diary 
 
 
5 Sep 2016
2 Sep 2016   
19.19pm gu Labor calls for big changes in donation rules to restore public confidence
06.22am gu Ousting of Abbott left taxpayers with 60,000 bill for cancelled US trip
1 Sep 2016 14.07pm gu/ICAC  Operation Spicer proves we need Icac. Any half decent gov would restore its funding
31 Aug 2016   
 gu: Cory Bernardi claimed expenses on day he spoke at anti-abortion fundraiser
30 August 2016 
26 August 2016 
13 August 2016
12 August 2016  
 Former Liberal frontbencher Sophie Mirabella has been hired as the first general manager of government and media relations for mining magnate Gina Rinehart.
Related: Former trade minister, Andrew Robb recently appointed also by Gina to take part in  Chanel 10 Board.

20 July 2016 12.24pm The Conversation
Qlders will soon see in real-time who's paying politicians - now Canberra must act
 
19 July 2016 #Lateline 
 @WorldOfMarkyD: 
Registered Clubs Aus have 'donated' $185,400 to the Liberal Party.
Crown Ltd/Group: $87,508 = Barangaroo casino given the go-ahead

Novartis Pharmaceuticals & Pfizer Ltd: $72,565 
(Malcolm Turnbull is a shareholder of both)
  
15 July 2016 11.30am gu
Malcolm Turnbull reportedly gave $1m to Liberal party for election ads
The PM's office is not denying: $1M donation
IA: Dudded Dennis Jensen exposes the Liberal Party's Parakeelia rip-off 
Saturday Paper/Parakeelia: The inner workings of the Liberals' funding rort
16 June 2016 ABCnews:  Parakeelia explained
15 June 2016 Labor's letter requests an investigation into Parakeelia
13 June 2016  smh/Parakeelia
  
24 May 2016  9.24 gu  ATO to review deduction that lets MPs 'double dip'
 
23 May 21.42pm FourCorners  
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."
Labor News 
Time for political donations over $1000 to be disclosed
will Liberals support Labor? 
21 May 2016 The Age: Chinese interests play increasing role in Au political donations
17 April 2016 #auspol  


"The age of entitlement is over" for everyone - except politicians
Thats one helicopter ride every week!
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2 Feb 2016 18.49 AEDT gu
MP Luke Simpkins defends visit to mine site during taxpayer-funded study trip
1 February 2016  Australian political donations 2014-15: search the data 
5.30pm abcNEWS  Here's what the latest data doesn't tell us
13.21 AEDT gu Datablog
15.58 AEDT gu Mystery surrounds Hong Kong-linked donor who gave $100,000 to Lib
17.53 Liberals accepted $25,000 from Linc Energy months after charges over gas leaks

15 Jan 2016 19.30 AEDT gu   
 
7 January 2016 
SMH "Inappropriate"planning of fundraiser on Navy warship by Nat MP

Pix from auspol posted in the wake of Lib's cuts in health care.
31 Dec 2015 10.00am 
IA: Corruption and incompetence escalate on Turnbull's watch

23 December 2015 
#auspol  PM Turnbull refusing to open his official diary to FoI
Citizen Journalism: Julie Bishop promotes jewellery for Liberal Party donor
Julie Bishop models jewellery for Liberal Party donor
 The jeweller, the retailer, the foreign minister and conflict of interest!

pix from #auspol

7 November 2015 smh   
27 Oct 2015 4.53pm abcNEWS

25 September 2015 5.00pm The Age: The myth of Tony Abbott's pension
  
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27 September 2015

 Monday 14 September: Liberal leadership spill

7 September 2015 twitter: turc lawyers helped Kathy Jackson cover-up her frauds
  
 

13 August, 2015 - 6.25pm The Age/Political News
 
13 August 2015- 11.19 AEST the guardian/TURC into governance & corruption
  
10 August 2015 News.com.au/Article published Fri 7 Aug
Apology to Tony Burke MP's euro trip
7 August 2015- Senator Kim Carr
Pyne spends $150,000 to try and get his package up

7 August 2015 13.44AEST the guardian/Ed/Political correspondent/Daniel Hurst
Coalition paying $150,000 to outsource higher education negotiations

7 August 2015-18.50 AEST the guardian/Political correspondent/Daniel Hurst
Brendan Nelson and Harry Jenkins to help lead entitlements review

3 August 2015-19.09 AEST the guardian/politicians' expenses
 
8 Aug 2015 12.38 AEST the guardian/staff and wires

7 Aug 2015 14.02 AEST the guardian/Datalog

 
2 August 2015 ABC Insiders/Palmer United Party Leader interview/Barrie Cassidy
27 July 2015 3.50pm The Age/Comment/John Hewson

12 July 2015 15.33 AEST the guardian/TURC/Australian Associated Press

3 Jul 6:47am ABC/The Drum/Mike Steketee
Related Content

30 June 2015 11.05 AEST the guardian/Australia/ political donations
Australian Associated Press  
Bill Shorten, the opposition leader backs political donation reform 

30 June 2015 ABC News
Lawyers call for reforms to Australia's political donation laws after reports of mafia links

2 August 2015-19.54 AEST the guardian/Calla Wahlquist
 Bronwyn Bishop resigns as Speaker

2 August 2015-2.44pm The Age Comment/Paul Sheehan
End game: time for Abbott to move his Bishop

2 August 2015 12.56 AEST the guardian/BB/Shalailah Medhora
BB splashed $1,000 on limousines in one day, reports say
1 August 2015 13.07 AEST the guardian/BB/Guardian staff and wires

31 July 2015-3.13pm The Age/Chief political correspondent/Mark Kenny
Who should replace Bronwyn Bishop as Speaker?
29 July 2015-1200am  The Age/Comment/Jonathan Holmes
28 July 2015 Media Release
Palmer and Wilkie to move no confidence motion in the Speaker
 
25 July 2015 - 9.00pm  The Age/National political correspondence
24 July 2015 The Sydney Morning Herald/National political research
19 July 2015 2.50pm The Age/Political Opinion/James Massoia, James Robertson
Updated 19 July 2015 12.40 AEST
18 July 2015 16.30 AEST the guardian/Staff and agencies
   
  

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27 August 2014 the guardian/potical correspondent/Daniel Hurst


17 July 2015 5:28pm The Age Editoral Comment

17 July 2015 17.34 AEST the guardian
16 July 2015 13.38 AEST the guardian/Political correspondent/Daniel Hurst 

16 July 2015 The Age/Political Opinion/Adam Gartrell
 
art & tandberg@The Age
  
 
15 July 2015 15.08 AEST/Bronwyn Bishop/Shalailah Medhora
BB's helicopter expense from Melbourne to Geelong to attend Liberal party fundraiser

30 June 2015 The Age: Key Liberal fundraising body took Mafia money for access