it's just another witch hunt designed to destroy our Trade Unions, how about the corruption in the NSW Liberal Govt, they are up to their necks in it..........
below are just a few examples of these weasles
from the SMH and IA
Kent Johns has been replaced as Sutherland Shire mayor following damaging allegations raised by the Herald concerning special favours awarded to developers with Liberal Party connections.
Councillor Johns decided not to contest the mayoral ballot which was held on Monday night.
He also pulled out of the Liberal Party preselection contest for the state seat of Miranda.
On the 14th of June, it was reported that Pearce was giving out jobs to his mates.
Ray Whitten, an ex-vice president of Pearce’s Liberal Party branch and a member of the very small “Friends of Greg Pearce” group, was appointed to be deputy chair of the new Safety, Return to Work and Support board — an $80,000 job. Pearce also elected Mr Whitten to the Workcover Authority of NSW and Motor Accidents Authority boards in 2011.
Then there’s Gavin Bell, the CEO of Pearce's old law firm Freehills, who was appointed to the Return to Work Safely board. Pearce appointed his secretary's husband Kim Garling as the WorkCover Independent Review Officer last year — a $300,000 job.
Not to mention Geoffrey Levy, also from Freehills, being appointed to run the government's property utilisation task-force. Mr Levy chairs a company called Cromwell Property who won a tender to buy $405 million worth of property he recommended the government should sell. Big bucks, even by Eddie Obeid standards.
What has emerged recently is more shocking than all these events, if that is possible.
Pearce’s Deputy Chief of Staff Natalie Ward has been forced to quit her job.
The problem with Ward is her husband, David Begg, is a lobbyist with a firm called PremierState.
The following is on their website under the title “Our People”:
'PremierState was founded by former NSW Cabinet Minister, Michael Photios and David Begg, Managing Director of David Begg & Associates and a former member of the Liberal Party State Executive. Michael and David are joined by a small team of talented professionals who bring a breadth of knowledge and experience across a range of industries.'
PremierState is the lobby firm for insurance giants Suncorp and Allianz.
It has been revealed that last year Ward and Begg were guests of Suncorp at the Melbourne Cup. This occurred while Ward’s boss, Greg Pearce, was looking at changes to Compulsory Third Party Insurance.
The reforms to green slip insurance, put forward by Mr Pearce, would save insurance companies millions of dollars. Coincidence I’m sure.
The proposals were designed to limit the medical expenses insurance to which companies are exposed. This means despite an increase in the price of your green slip, your level of coverage would plummet.
As a result of this controversy, the proposed changes have not passed through parliament. The project has been taken from Pearce and given to Andrew Constance.
There was recently a pathetic News Limited article, complete with a posed picture of Ward and Begg, complaining about the roads and politicians.
The Daily Telegraph painted them as ordinary citizens who are angry at politicians for the state of the roads. Nowhere in the article did it say Ward was a senior staffer of the finance minister, or that Begg is a political lobbyist who has spent time on the Liberal State Executive.
It’s easy to understand why people don’t trust News Limited.
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