on 05-07-2020 12:22 PM
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian Finance Minister Mathias Cormann, one of Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s most senior Cabinet members, says he is retiring from politics at the end of the year.
Belgium-born Cormann, who has been finance minister since 2013, entered federal politics in 2007 and became the leader of the government in the Senate, the upper house of Parliament, in 2017.
His decision to remove his support for former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and instead support Peter Dutton was seen as a major reason for the 2018 change that led to Morrison becoming the country’s leader.
05-07-2020 01:42 PM - edited 05-07-2020 01:44 PM
Another crook retires to reap the rewards of his ill-gotten gains, and on the public teat as well.
on 05-07-2020 02:15 PM
in what way exactly was he crooked?
on 05-07-2020 02:40 PM
www.sbs.com.au/news/finance-minister-cormann-blames-free-holiday-on-administrative-error
He "thought" he had paid for it
05-07-2020 05:35 PM - edited 05-07-2020 05:36 PM
on 05-07-2020 07:15 PM
Tks Lyh...... nice to get a mature response.
on 05-07-2020 07:28 PM
Save your sarcasm it's childish.
This rort happened early 2019 I think and some of us don't eat and sleep politics, particularly when since then there have been so many corruptions/scandals , both left and right, that you need to ..... well....eat and sleep politics to keep abreast.
on 05-07-2020 07:32 PM
Apparently he didnt noticed it hadn't been charged to his credit card ...... Ummm he is Au's finance minister and he can't work out his own CC???? lol
on 05-07-2020 07:40 PM
They never do 'notice' do they. lol
on 05-07-2020 07:41 PM
@bright.ton42 wrote:They never do 'notice' do they. lol
Apparently not lol