Putin would be better compared to Morrison's
government where the cabinet didn't know, parliament
didn't know and the public didn't know about his secret
ministerial powers.

AND even John Howard and Tony Abbott found his behaviour
"unusual, unorthodox, strange and sinister."

As for corruption in Victorian politics?

Hmmm. Lets talk about branch stacking of the
Victorian division of the Liberal Party just
for starters.

One of the Forums regular "know all's" claimed that SMALL BUSINESS would not be represented at the summit, well;

"In a joint statement, the Council of Small Business Organisations Australia (COSBOA) and the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) on Monday said they will both champion updates to workplace relations at the September conference."

"Well all sides except SMALL BUSINESS (the largest employer by sector in the country) and non-unionised workers (by far the greatest number of workers). They are to be excluded. I suspect their views would be ....unhelpful."

Wrong again mhaze.

Foxy: Well if you're going to start with branch stacking then you've still got a long way to go. Branch stacking is NOT a crime*- it's just an internal matter of political parties. If you want to talk about real corruption thne perhaps you should move your starting point to something that is actually a crime.

*Branch stacking itself is not a crime, but there may be some real crimes committed to achieve the stacking (eg: forgery)

Branch stacking is against major party rules.
It inflates membership numbers and threatens
to delegitimise the democratic selection process.

Also it is illegal when false information is provided.
It can be prosecuted as fraud.

Hi thinkabit,

Is it a crime for a Federal Minister to encourage battlers to "invest" their retirement savings into a very questionable mining scheme, run by a bloke with a criminal record, and then see them lose everything. Just asking, what do you think, or should I ask Stewart Roberts?

BTW; Roberts has admitted he received benefit from such a mining scheme, whilst battlers lost everything. Roberts sold his shares just before the big crash, well, well, well.