Catch the Crooks! Politics in the Pub

It's Australia's other pandemic, the Pork Pandemic, and Australians are sick of it as more and more pork barreling rorts are exposed. Millions and millions of tax payer dollars - your money - are splurged on dubious "grants" to marginal seats as the Coalition desperately clings to power.

According to the Liberals, it's not corrupt, it's business as usual. Their answer to demands for a strong and independent commission, a strong Federal ICAC, is a model so toothless it's widely regarded as a joke.

Blue Mountains Unions & Community believes that the only way to beat the Coalition rorters is for Australia to have a truly independent federal watchdog with real powers to investigate institutionalised corruption - a Federal ICAC.

Speakers:
Ross Jones. Is so concerned about corruption, he's a founding member of the Federal ICAC Now political party with a single objective - the establishment of a federal commission against corruption. His message will be particularly relevant in the coming election as Transparency International's Corruptions Perception reported Australia's worst ever result - 18th.

Andrew Fowler. Is an award-winning investigative journalist and author. His work has featured on the ABC’s Foreign Correspondent, Four Corners programs. He has been chief of staff and acting foreign editor of The Australian newspaper and a reporter with SBS Dateline and Channel 7, and a leader of the ABC’s Investigative Unit.

Michael Holland. Practising lawyer 1979 -2016. Law lecturer since 1989. NTEU Branch President College of Law 2012 - 2016. Current NTEU member. Member BMUC. Occasional legal commentator Rights, Rorts and Rants on Radiou Blue Mountains 89.1FM.

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Topic: Catch the Crooks! Politics in the Pub
Time: Feb 26, 2022 03:00 PM Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney

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