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Coalition Responsible For Consulting Crisis

10 years of Liberal/National federal governments stripped the public service of 15, 000 jobs and opened the door for consultants PwC, KPMG, EY, and Deloitte to feast on government contracts to the tune of billions of dollars. Coalition responsible for consulting crisis, as insider mates shuffle jobs between government and the big 4 consultancy/auditing firms to ensure the flow of business and big bucks. Four Corners has revealed the incestuous relationships in the Department of Defence and KPMG via whistleblowers telling their story about what has been going on. Pigs with snouts in the trough comes to mind as an analogy about what has been occurring. “It has been the Coalition's official benchmark for "responsible management" since 2015; a target that prime ministers Malcolm Turnbull and Scott Morrison also pursued. More than 15,000 government jobs were abolished as a result.” - (https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-13/has-federal-budget-2021-ended-coalition-war-on-public-servants/100133980) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pduOqZPnqVc

Dishonest & Dodgy Coalition Governments Dealing Billions To Consultants

The lack of transparency is a major issue and questions have to be asked whether this was a deliberate strategy by the Coalition in government. Outsourcing, what has always been the work of government through the public service, means that these consulting firms are not scrutinised to the level government departments usually are. The Abbott, Turnbull, and Morrison governments moved much of their work of government to these private consulting firms. Public funds normally allocated to the trusted public service were diverted to these private companies. The PwC tax scandal has shown clearly that these firms are not to be trusted with sensitive and confidential government information.

“Former KPMG partner urges royal commission into consulting industry following damning report into PwC scandal” - (https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jul/06/former-kpmg-partner-urges-royal-commission-into-consulting-industry-following-damning-report-into-pwc-scandal) “PwC Australia has sacked eight partners, including its former CEO Tom Seymour, over their direct involvement in or knowledge of the tax leak scandal which has engulfed the consulting firm.” - (https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-03/asx-markets-business-live-news-july-3/102553582)

Neoliberal Coalition Oversees Erosion Of Ethics  & Professional Standards

Overcharging and extending contracts is rife in the consulting sector and via these government contracts they have gone to town. Tens of billions of dollars have been siphoned off into the hands of these firms and their insider mates of the Coalition. Scott Morrison has a lot of questions to answer re-Robodebt and PwC was involved in this illegal debacle as well. It is time that these people were brought to justice and prosecuted. The erosion of ethics and professional standards has been overseen by the Coalition in power. Screwing the taxpayer out of money and feathering the nest of private individuals has been happening on a very large scale. “Collins had breached a series of confidentiality agreements made with federal Treasury and the Board of Taxation that gave him access to various consultative forums as a senior partner in the local branch of a global accounting firm. Information obtained during those processes was used to brief local and international tax partners or staff on what the government was doing in specific areas of taxation. It was publicly known that Collins had shared knowledge that he should not have shared, as was the fact that his former firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers (now PwC), was given a disciplinary penalty that required it to tighten up training and procedures.” (https://www.themandarin.com.au/219292-damning-emails-reveal-former-pwc-peter-collins-multiple-breaches/

Liberal Vision Of Australia All About Wealth At Any Cost For The Few These people at the heart of these big 4 consultancy firms have earned millions of dollars. They live in big houses in exclusive suburbs worth millions of dollars, and they drive very smart cars. Insider trading is illegal and yet these accountants have trod an inside track thanks to their Coalition mates in power. A decade of Coalition governments has overseen the massive expansion of private consultants taking over the public service. Liberals screwing the Australian people for their own advantage. Profits and avoiding public scrutiny by Abbott, Turnbull, and Morrison are at the heart of this betrayal of trust. “The previous Coalition government spent $20.8bn outsourcing more than a third of public service operations, an audit has found. The federal government released the findings of the Australian public service audit of employment on Saturday, which examined the hiring practices and associated costs of 112 public service agencies, excluding the CSIRO, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, and parliamentary departments. It found the equivalent of nearly 54,000 full-time staff were employed as consultants or service providers for the federal government during the 2021-2022 financial year – the equivalent of 37% of the 144,300-employee public service.” - (Stephanie Convery, The Guardian, 6 May 2023) Conservative voters in Australia are hoodwinked into voting for the Coalition on the basis of socially conservative policies. Meanwhile, we are all shafted via insider trading for their mates and plum government contracts for wealthy friends in the consultancy business. Hundreds of millions of dollars of public funds being siphoned off into the hands of these dubious individuals. Donald Trump and the Republicans have written the modern rule book for this grifting behaviour in government in recent times. Trump is a hero for these conservatives combining billion dollar grift with authoritarian power to keep any dissenting voices in check. Look at the list of questionable activities undertaken during the Abbott, Turnbull, and Morrison governments. - Climate change and global warming – the Coalition has put back Australia at least a couple of decades via their inaction and manipulation of government policies in this space. - Consultancy Crisis/Gutting the Public Service – tens of billions of dollars going into private hands via overcharging, wasteful practices, and neutering public scrutiny and the voice of the public service. - Robodebt – the Robodebt scheme was cooked up by Scott Morrison and was illegal, but put into practice anyway. 500, 000 Australians were wrongly accused of owing large amounts of money to the government. People killed themselves in despair over this! A settled class action has cost taxpayers $1.6 billion so far. A Royal Commission was scathing in its condemnation and recommendations for further prosecution against those administering the scheme. Scott Morrison, of course, denies any wrong doing and responsibility for something he instigated. - Sports Rorts – pork barrelling taken to another level, as Coalition ministers direct spending to swing voter seats in a bid to shore up support for their electoral cause. Australians in Labor seats miss out on investment into their infrastructure because of where they reside and the political bellwether situation. - Uluru Statement from the Heart – 10 years of Coalition government denied this call from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians for a place at the big table. Whenever Liberal/National governments come to power they invariably dismantle and defund Indigenous bodies and programs, which were established by Labor governments to close the gap. Whether it is politics over concern for First Nations’ people or just out and out racism the end result is the same. Is it any wonder that First Nations’ Australians want a Voice to Parliament written into the Constitution. Peter Dutton is leading the No vote against the Voice in the referendum. The Nationals also oppose it. Mean spirited, racist, and, generally, lacking compassion are all ways to describe this behaviour. - Housing Crisis - Where has all the social housing in Australia gone? Neoliberal economic policies have given everything over to the private sector and the profit motive. Needy and vulnerable? Tough luck, you're stuffed in Oz these days. - Corporate Profits Driving Inflation - A concentration of corporate power via takeovers and mergers means that price setting is rife in Australia. Bugger all competition (where and what has the ACCC been up to?) in the banking sector, supermarkets, audit firms, airlines, real estate, mining, energy sector, and everywhere you seek to do business is an oligopoly. Robert Sudha Hamilton is the author of Money Matters: Navigating Credit, Debt & Financial Freedom ©WordsForWeb

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The #campaign #photo I used in #Election2013 under #teamPnoy #LiberalParty

[official-auspol]

fuck scomo

[neoporcupine]

A brief history of recent Australian politics

Medium have an excellent list of all of the debacles over the last couple years, to help remind you of why you might vote a particular way.

[zanerosetta]

Well this is just terrifying... The Budgey Smuggler and Potato Boy... 😧 ... ... ... ... ... #auspol #leadershipspill #libtards #tonyabbott #peterdutton #peterduttonsucks #mrpotatohead #liberalparty #libspill (at Penrith, New South Wales) https://www.instagram.com/p/BmzEpwogeyE/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1x95esvvf8dfs

[thecriticalchimp]

Dumb and Dumber and the Illusion of Canadian Democracy

Dumb and Dumber and the Illusion of Canadian Democracy

Regardless of which side of the fence you sit on, the recent deal between Canada’s federal NDP and Liberal Parties that will keep beloved (sarcasm) Justin Trudeau in power till at least 2025 is a betrayal of democratic principles and exposes Canada for what it has become – a country that can and is being run by an authoritarian. A leader with an admitted fondness of countries like China and Cuba…

[gandaever]

Don't you ever patronize us! Susuyuin daw tayo ng #TeamItlogMaalat or #KakamPinks or #TeamDilaw or #LiberalParty para botohin si #MaDumb! Jusmio since 2016 kung laitin nyo kaming supporters ni Tatay Digong walang humpay! Kami ang trolls, ang bayaran, ang mga walang mukha, mga promdi, mga cheap at walang class, mga lower class — in short, di nyo ka-level! Ok lang tinanggap namin ang pagaalipusta nyo. Tinapatan namin ng pagpa-flush ng mga kandidato nyo sa inidoro! Tinapatan namin ang paninira nyo kay PRRD at ng ating imahe sa ibang bansa ng BOTO namin laban sa inyo. So ngayon, tanggap nyo na na kami ang magpapanalo sa inyong elitistang kandidato. Pupugpugin niyo kami ng kung anik-anik na pampalambot ng puso para ibigin kayo. Bababa kayo sa mga tore nyo para makihalubilo sa masa. Kakausapin nyo kami sa lengwaheng kalye o taglish kasi nga you’re not sanay to speak bastos words. Try harder. Tatanggapin namin Yang mga regalo nyo pero di pa rin namin kayo iboboto. Ano kami, Hilo?!! So I suggest para hindi kayo masaktan, just go on with your sosyal lives. Don’t mind us. Mga timawa kami at di nyo kalevel. Hapi kami where we are right now and that is away from all you bitches! Duterte pa rin all the way! (at General Santos City) https://www.instagram.com/p/CVevYfDrgFo/?utm_medium=tumblr

[miccillian]

There are a lot o' takeaways from this election and I'll probably point some out over the next while but one that I'd like to touch on is regardin' the sour-grapes and Trudeau haters. I've said before, I'm an NDP voter but I have voted Liberal too; I have no issue with Trudeau really. At least, the problems he's had, I can look over most because o' the positive sides...like I do with Star Wars. Comin' into this election, the internet was FLOODED with PPC, Conservative, and NDP shoutin' to the world that it was in the bag for their party. That Trudeau is "like Hitler" and he will be overthrown. Etc... As a follower o' politics for decades now, I really like seein' people who are new to politics, all idealistic and bright-eyed, boastin' about what will happen, only for reality to show them that they have A LOT to learn. The loud and proud are not the majority. It blows their minds so much that Trudeau actually has voters that they all immediately scream "Rigged!". The is no Purple wave. There is no NDP flood. There are two major parties in Canada and everythin' else is far behind, playin' catch-up. Don't worry, things do change and progress but it takes baby steps and patience. A Liberal government is still a liberal government, but tryin' to appease the conservatives and moderates too, which rubs progressives and libertarian types the wrong way. Politics are complicated so don't expect things to be black & white. #miccillian #captncillian #pirate #celtic #folk #canada #politics #liberal #ndp #newdemocraticparty #justintrudeau #jagmeetsingh #liberalparty #strategicvoting #peoplesparty #conservativeparty #canadaelections2021 (at Waterloo, Ontario) https://www.instagram.com/p/CUFo90UlUnk/?utm_medium=tumblr

[sublimeobservationarcade]

Pezzullo Pissing In Political Pockets

Michael Pezzullo, according to 60 Minutes, has been revealed as a Machiavellian character operating inside the halls of power in Canberra. Pezzullo pissing in political pockets in search of influence is operating well outside the remit of a member of the public service. The expose by Nine Fairfax investigative reporters shows him to be a right wing power broker rather than an apolitical appointment. The Home Affairs Secretary in his clandestine relationship with Liberal Party insider Scott Briggs has crossed the line repeatedly and consistently over many years. The trove of once encrypted messages now revealed should ring the death knell on his career. “The Age and 60 Minutes first revealed the series of texts between Pezzullo and Liberal powerbroker, Scott Briggs, in which the home affairs secretary disparaged senior Coalition ministers and advocated for a right winger to be minister responsible for his department. In a statement on Monday, the home affairs minister, Clare O’Neil, said: “I am aware of reporting regarding communications between Mr Michael Pezzullo and Mr Scott Briggs.” “ - (https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/sep/25/home-affairs-department-head-michael-pezzullo-referred-to-public-service-commissioner-over-leaked-texts)

Neoliberal champions who led us where we find ourselves - ripped off by our own economy!

Michael Pezzullo’s Text Messages Reveal Political Power Plays

The stench coming from Pezzullo’s promptings and covert campaigning within the Turnbull/Morrison Coalition government is pungent. This is another light on a very bad government. The disgraceful Robodebt debacle. Scott Morrison secretly making himself the Minister for everything. Sports rorts. Rape and sexual abuse allegations in parliament. The PwC tax scandal. The bodies are mounting up like our SAS unlawful killings in Afghanistan. Many of the bad actors like Stuart Robert, Alan Tudge, Marise Payne and Chistian Porter have already left the building.

Public Servants Behaving Badly Under Morrison

As an observer of the Abbott/Turnbull/Morrison federal governments It is hard not to see it as a low watermark in recent Australian political history. A time where self-interest and aggrandisement were modelled and encouraged by the leaders of the day. A decade where the entrenched wealthy become much richer at the expense of fairness and equality within Australia. The Liberal Party  lost its way under the aegis of the leering Tony Abbott and the lying Scott Morrison. Morality and transparency became opaque. Jobs for the boys and a public service aggressively brown nosing its way to fulsome pay packets. Robodebt would cost tax payers $1.8 billion and several vulnerable Australians would lose their lives. Half a million Australians were wrongly accused of owing large amounts of money to Centrelink. The senior public servants in these departments were an absolute disgrace and should be prosecuted.

People like this man! Pezzullo Built His Home Affair's Fiefdom Michael Pezzullo lobbied for and created the Home Affairs department. He would become king of this castle under the Coalition. Pezzullo seemingly adored Dutton, during his time as the minister in charge. Pezzullo had a penchant for strong right wing types, it appears. He wanted Peter Dutton to replace Turnbull as PM, but settled for Scomo instead. He lobbied Scott Briggs tirelessly for what he wanted and there must have been plenty of back scratching in return – it would be interesting to examine his actions in light of this. This could well be a plumb case for the NACC. Corruption and inappropriate behaviours in the halls of power must be properly addressed in Australia. For too long we have been a bad joke in this regard. Robert Sudha Hamilton is the author of Money Matters: Navigating Credit, Debt, and Financial Freedom. ©WordsForWeb

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𝓕𝓮𝓭𝓮𝓻𝓪𝓵 𝓮𝓵𝓮𝓬𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷𝓼 . . #starlinkaviation #signitureflightsupport #montreal #quebec #canada #canadianblogger #mtlmoments #mtlblog #mtlblogger #livemtl #federalelection #liberalparty #justintrudeau #montrealairport #yul #airbus #a319 #aviationlovers #conservative #conservativeparty #politics #electioncanada #parkviewairmedical #aviation #aviationlovers #livemontreal #nightview #clouds (at YUL Aéroport International Montréal-Trudeau) https://www.instagram.com/p/CTV_CQeDU5h/?utm_medium=tumblr

[official-auspol]

The beetroot has returned as Deputy PM  :/

[hodhodca]

همه باهم در انتخابات کانادا ۲۰ سپتامبر ۲۰۲۱ ما نمی‌توانیم کانادا را به دست محافظه کاران بدهیم! جاستین ترودو رهبر حزب لیبرال ~ #جاستین_ترودو #انتخابات_کانادا #کانادا #کشورکانادا #ترودو #لیبرال #حزب_لیبرال #electioncanada 2021 #electioncanada2021 #liberal #liberalparty #canadaelection2021 #justintrudeau @justinpjtrudeau https://www.instagram.com/p/CSvOU0DlCCi/?utm_medium=tumblr

[neoporcupine]

CSIRO: "The modelling used is not suitable to ensure the outcomes sought by the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Protection Act are met"

Scott Morrison: ignore evidence, do it anyway. Toxic mentality.

[gracienote]

Ontario, today is your day. Visit elections.on.ca for all of your voting information. 🇨🇦 Make your voice count. #cdnpoli #onpoli #ontario #liberalparty #pcparty #ndp #greenparty #Libertarian #ontariovotes #elections #election #absent #citizen #ourprovince #yourstodiscover

[franklong12]

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