Foxy,

The ministerial handbook requires ministers not to take up employment in an occupation related to their portfolio, which the lease of the port of Darwin was not the purview of the minister of trade. Secondly he is working as a self employed consultant.

The left whingers are desperately trying to make this look illegal or unethical as a distraction from the odious activities of Dastardly, but failing miserably.

Leoj, how pathetic, calling for the resignation of politicians who do not agree with your hard right world view "against the interests of Australia". Do you favour a Senate Committee of one hard right Senator, to flush out "Un-Australian Activity" by those of the not so patriotic left, might even discover rampant communism everywhere. Starting with the Parliamentary Greens, and eventually they would be dragging all sorts of "lefties" before the Peoples Tribunal, a catchy name, for interrogation, then determining their degree of guilt, there would be no findings of innocence, just the guilty. The 'Citizens Militia' could escort them to the re-education camps.
Is that not something right up your alley?

Paul1405,

Cough, gasp, when your smoke clears..

The Greens elite, wealthy privileged types with multimillion dollar homes, farm serially aggrieved and disgruntled 'useful idiots' for votes to keep their expanding behinds on Senate seats.

You have been asked before, but here once again, have either of this pair, Rhiannon or Sh**bridge, ever done anything practical for those 'Struggle Streets'? Or ever invited you to their $million plus homes for a bite and a tipple from their top shelf? Either could buy and sell a Greens protest mob many times over and then some.

http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/hardleft-faction-forms-inside-greens-aiming-to-end-capitalism-20161222-gtghf9.html

Shadow Minister,

Read the link I gave you. It contradicts your
assessment of the situation.

Plus, there are heaps of other sources on the
web that do the same thing. Even Malcolm Turnbull's
ministers (Barnaby Joyce in particular)
have stopped excusing Andrew Robb's
behaviour. I am absolutely gob-smacked at your reactions.

Foxy,

The problem with your link is that it muddles up the time lines, and I know that the concept of evidence is difficult to grasp for most left whingers who use the "pub test" as the gold standard. Here is the time line of events:

-AR resigned from the portfolio of Trade Minister on Feb 10 2016 and at the same time announced that he would not re-contest the next election and as a result his position as MP fell open from May 9 2016 when the election was declared.
-In May 2016 AR led a trade delegation to China as an Envoy.
-In July 2016 1 day before the election AR signed a contract with Landbridge.
-On 10 Aug 2017 (18 months from being a minister) AR's restriction against lobbying Government MPs lapsed.

The 3 charges the left whingers have levelled against AR are:

1 That he acted against the interests of Australia, for which no evidence whatsoever has been presented in any form. (other than earning a large sum of money which left whingers think must be a crime)
2 That he took money from the Chinese whilst still an MP, for which there is no evidence whatsoever.
3 That he lobbied Government MPs for Chinese companies in the 18 months from being a minister again for which there is no evidence since the trip to China occurred before he left parliament and long before he contracted to the Chinese.

So Foxy, if you have actual real evidence then please present it.

Shadow Minister,

No longer interested.