Has there been a LIBERAL PARTY conspiracy? Was that LIBERAL PARTY MP Slippery Pete actually on a boozy buying spree to the vineyards at taxpayers expense to feed the alcoholic habit of his good buddy, fellow LIBERAL Boozy Barry!

SM and Paul,

It looks like the worm has turned.

"Free Market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs raised $10,000 an hour for three hours after emailing supporters asking for cash to fund an attack ad on Prime Minister Tony Abbott.

IPA Director John Roskam on Wednesday warned the government not to “underestimate the white-hot anger” of Liberals dismayed by the Prime Minister's decision to back down from repealing section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act.

Now it appears that anger has been converted into cash with the appeal topping $45,000 as of this morning, according to Mr Roskam."

"He told Fairfax Media the IPA had been inundated with donations immediately after it issued its plea and received more than $30 thousand in 3 hours.

"This is a really, really big deal for the grassroots," said Mr Roskam.

He said dozens of Liberal party members had threatened to quit because of the broken promise.

The ad will feature a quote from Mr Abbott arguing for Section 18c's repeal when he was opposition leader, in a speech he gave to the IPA."

http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/ipa-supporters-pour-in-cash-to-fund-antiabbott-ad-as-race-discrimination-act-fury-boils-over-20140807-3d9r3.html#ixzz39fcTLw3L

The IPA considered they had full rein on this govt.....getting a little bit tetchy now

Lol! to the max!

Slipper is probably a bit of a buffoon and is paying the price for dishonesty. It is galling for the rest of us to see the Obeid’s, Tripodi, McDonald and Co walk out of the courtroom smiling for the camera and untouched by the law for a far greater level of corruption than anything Slipper could even envisage.

SILLER,

Well said.

Regarding Slipper, more arrogance than buffoon I imagine.

Returning to the broad area of corruption, there needs to be mobility for all public positions, or at least some lengthy postings to other agencies, preferably in another jurisdiction.

Regarding political parties, regrettably the corruption is only to be expected, the environment and roles ensure that. Maybe parties need to be decimated at the polls from time to time to stimulate some turnover in the party machinery behind.

The best remedy is freedom of speech.

LIBERAL PARTY MP admits to taking $10,000 bribe. Absolutely shocking, NSW LIBERAL MP Andrew Cornwell has admitted he took a $10,000 bribe from a property developer and used it for his personal comfort. As bad as LABOR MP Craig Thomson! Will we ever see jail time?
No wonder the Liberal Government in NSW approves 99% of development applications. We now know why

Shadow Minister, well done and thank you for this thread. Your courageous effort in starting a discussion to expose CORRUPTION IN THE LIBERAL PARTY should be applauded. Have you spent the last week watching the roughs gallery of LIBERAL PARTY MEMBERS parading before the NSW ICAC.