Morrison’s Hillsong mate given $42m in grants
It may, if you’re cynical, look to be a trifle on the nose, a bit suss that someone who ScoMo is chummy with to the point of name-dropping him all of 12 years ago once he’d planted his flag in Castle Canberra, can find himself milking a defence cash cow to the tune of $43 million. Even more suss when one looks closer at this recent piece from The Guardian, and you see that the org upon which such legion of government largesse is bestowed, ServeGate Australia, has all the hallmarks of a front, a tax dodge, a money-laundering operation.
But that’s just on the surface, I’m sure if one were to look just a smidge deeper, one would have one’s mind put totally at ease. *cough*
Broader scrutiny seems unlikely, especially at a federal level. We’re no closer to a federal ICAC than we are to a cure for male pattern baldness, and with the ship of state running to such a degree that nobody in a majority among the mainstream media, business or defence contractors would object, the idea of deeper, more substantial exposure is as fanciful as actually peeling back and winning something more than a small order of fries when playing the McDonald’s Monopoly game.
Seems a bit cynical, I’d agree. But it was only recently said in an official judgment that a Minister of the Crown had engaged in criminal activity. That minister seems to still have his job, because apparently somehow the law no longer matters, and is open to interpretation it seems. The Federal Aged Care Minister has all-but literal blood on his hands, and still has his job.
No action is likely to be taken, not while the PM is getting good numbers. Because why would there be? We seem to be living in a post-truth, post-facts, post-law period in history, where since he’s donned a hi-vis vest, molested a wombat and had a coldie while cheerin’ on the Sharkies, we should all just cool our jets and get on with it. Whatever ‘it’ is.
“In Australia, when you have a go, you get a go…*”
*especially if you’re mates with the PM and want large volumes of cash dropped on your front lawn.
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