Not all gifts flowing to Queensland MPs are so glamorous,but one company soars above the rest in dishing out what even their six-figure salaries can’t buy.
Tesla has accused the automotive industry’s peak lobby group of seeking loopholes that could weaken new fuel pollution limits and slow the uptake of EVs.
While the post-budget roadshow gave them a chance to spruik their goods,the government has had anything but a chance to take a breath over the mid-year break.
MP Julian Hill said John Margerison’s lawyer had informed the committee the businessman had “severed all ties with the country of Australia many weeks ago!”
On the face of it,reforming the rules governing political donations sounds good. But be careful what you wish for.
Almost 65 per cent of lobbying firms registered in Victoria have lobbyists on their books who are former MPs,ministerial staffers or party officials.
The claims against the former federal minister are too explosive to ignore. Only the National Anti-Corruption Commission has the power to dig where others cannot.
Former federal MP Stuart Robert was allegedly the target of a plan to funnel funds to him in return for his help in winning government contracts,according to explosive claims by a former insider.
The funding offers the first public evidence about the scale of the payments to Synergy 360 by one of its clients.
Former cabinet minister Stuart Robert met consulting firm Accenture to discuss a federal project worth $111 million after his close friend David Milo had been trying to help the firm win lucrative government contracts.
Daniel Andrews’ government has blocked a bill that would have strengthened Victoria’s lobbying rules in line with NSW and Queensland.