Foxy,

The point is that the article in the IA is generally fact free and entirely innuendo. For example the idiot tries to claim that Barnaby Joyce is corrupt for not taking action against farms in Queensland taking more water than their allowance. The fact that water rights and enforcement lies entirely with the states. The problem for this moron and his ilk is that the government responsible is Queensland Labor who has all the authority to take action, but as of yet has done sweet F all.

Next this twit relates a rumour of branch stacking by an unnamed person in a unnamed meeting paying unnamed "members" an undisclosed amount.

And then you wonder why I mock your choice of references...

The point is the Peking schmuck was caught taking money in a manner that is strictly forbidden for an MP then openly acting against Australian interests for the individual, and gets caught lying about it. This is not going away and if Shorten wants to avoid another Craig Thomson saga he needs to get rid of Sam.

Paul,

Andrew Robb has been out of politics for nearly 2 years, his encyclopedic knowledge of trade in South East Asia helped seal three free trade deals in the region. It is entirely possible for him to help businesses in the region without harming Australia's interests, and no one has yet come up with a smidgen of evidence to the contrary.

If you want to find out what he is doing, perhaps you should read the link below which gives a lot of detail.

http://www.andrewrobb.com.au/#andrew-robb

Shadow Minister,

I stopped reading your post after the first couple of
words.

But I think that we can both agree that corrupt
politicians make the other ten percent look bad.

Foxy,

I am sorry that you have such a aversion to facts. Corruption is criminal fraud or abuse of power to enrich oneself, and the dim wit Alan Austin has not mentioned one.

Of course Shadow, you are well familiar with that conga line of NSW Liberals which were exposed by the ICAC taking illegal money from property developers.

There is a terrible malaise in Australian politics that the origin of some finance for both sides of politics, is at times suspect. Are these so called donations from dubious sources nothing more than certain quarters buying future favour with government. It does strengthens the argument that only taxpayer money should be the all of political funding, or private donations should be very much limited in the amount, and from whom.

'corrupt politicians make the other ten percent look bad'

No. Few politicians (and few business leaders) are unethical.

What you are seeking to do there is to muddy the waters to conceal the nasty slimy creatures like Dastyari (who must have a lot of dirt on Shorten, who is fearful of him).

More revelations and evidence of the growing divide against ex-union boss Shorten who is shielding Dastardly,

"Sam Dastyari warned Tanya Plibersek to abandon meeting with Hong Kong activist

Embattled Labor senator Sam Dastyari attempted to pressure Deputy Opposition Leader Tanya Plibersek to abandon a meeting with a pro-democracy activist opposed to Beijing's interference in Hong Kong, according to multiple sources who say the 2015 intervention surprised Ms Plibersek.

The incident has prompted concerns about the motive behind Senator Dastyari's decision to approach Ms Plibersek's office, Fairfax Media has been told by three sources familiar with the matter, following other revelations concerning his links to Chinese Communist Party-aligned interests in Australia..."

http://www.canberratimes.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/sam-dastyari-warned-tanya-plibersek-to-abandon-meeting-with-hong-kong-activist-sources-say-20171210-h01z5o.html