Like to see those responsible getting caught
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NSW Premier resigns over criminal investigation, take bribes from pharma
Like to see those responsible getting caught
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When are they going to catch the ones in Canada?
How much in kickback is Trudeau getting for ordering shots from Pfizer 2 years in advance?
Who else is benefitting from this sole source contract?
Last edited by impact; October 5th, 2021 at 07:22 AM.
She's not resigning over allegations of bribes. She's resigning because she is being investigated for favouring another MP with whom she had a "personal relationship" and for other allegations unrelated to the pandemic.
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...er-2021-10-01/
Australia's NSW state premier resigns over corruption probe amid COVID-19 battle
By Kirsty Needham
SYDNEY, Oct 1 (Reuters) - The premier of Australia's biggest state economy New South Wales (NSW), Gladys Berejiklian, resigned on Friday after a corruption watchdog said it was investigating whether she was involved in conduct that "constituted or involved a breach of public trust".
Berejiklian's shock resignation comes as the state, which has an economy larger than Singapore, Thailand or Malaysia, battles the biggest COVID-19 outbreak in the country and is poised to begin ending months-long lockdowns as Australia sets to reopen international borders in November. read more
Berejiklian said the issues being investigated were "historical matters" but she felt compelled to resign because of the long time frames likely to be involved in the investigation. She also said the state needed certainty over its leadership amid the coronavirus pandemic.
"I state categorically I have always acted with the highest level of integrity" she said at a news conference.
The NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) said in a statement on its website that it will hold further public hearings as part of its ongoing investigation, Operation Keppel, on Oct. 18.
That investigation has already heard Berejiklian was once in a secret relationship with a state legislator who is the focus of its corruption investigation.
"My resignation as premier could not occur at a worse time, but the timing is completely outside of my control, as the ICAC has chosen to take this action during the most challenging weeks, the most challenging times in the state's history," Berejiklian said.
Berejiklian, who became premier in 2017, had fronted the media on an almost daily basis to announce COVID-19 infection rates, deaths and restrictions on businesses, schools and households as the state battles an outbreak of the Delta variant that began in June.
In the past week daily infection tallies had begun to fall as the state neared an 70 percent vaccination target and greater freedom of movement is expected to be granted in mid-October.
NSW recorded 864 new cases on Friday and 15 deaths, however officials have warned hospitals would face a peak in sick patients throughout October as social restrictions are lifted as the state nears 80 percent vaccination.
Berejiklian is the second NSW premier to resign because of an ICAC investigation. NSW leader Barry O'Farrell quit in 2014 after giving evidence in which he forgot to tell the commission he had accepted a gift of a $3,000 bottle of Grange wine.
Berejiklian said she had told ministers in her government if they were the subject of an integrity investigation they should stand aside until their name was cleared, but in her case, as premier this wasn't an option. She will leave parliament as soon as a by-election can take place.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison said she had "displayed heroic qualities" as premier, while former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull wrote on Twitter that she was a dedicated reformer who had "led the State bravely and tirelessly through the bushfires and the pandemic".
Berejiklian gave evidence at an ICAC hearing 12 months ago, and denied any wrong doing.
ICAC on Friday said the scope of its investigation had widened and includes whether between 2012 and 2018 Berejiklian "engaged in conduct that constituted or involved a breach of public trust by exercising public functions in circumstances where she was in a position of conflict between her public duties and her private interest" as she was in a personal relationship with the then NSW MP Daryl Maguire.
The potential breach involved grant funding promised to community organisations in Maguire's electorate of Wagga Wagga, and whether she failed to report, or encouraged, corrupt conduct by Maguire. Maguire's legal representative declined to comment.
Maguire told the same wide-ranging inquiry last year he had received envelopes full of thousands of dollars in cash at his parliament office as part of a scheme for Chinese nationals to fraudulently acquire visas, and had also tried to make money from his position as chairman of the parliament's Asia Pacific Friendship Group by promoting a series of Chinese business deals in the Pacific islands.
Reporting by Kirsty Needham; Editing by Lincoln Feast, Christopher Cushing and Michael Perry
Give it up, this is only the beginning of what's comingOriginally Posted by Badenoch
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What's coming? More easily rebutted posts drawn from fringe websites operated by psychics, mystics, evangelicals and the seriously delusional?
Back on the topic you started the Premier of NSW resigned because she is being investigated for conduct that occurred years BEFORE the pandemic began. LOL.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...-pending-probe
Premier in Australia’s Virus Epicenter Quits As Probe Announced
By Georgina McKay
September 30, 2021, 11:14 PM EDT Updated on October 1, 2021, 12:47 AM EDT
The state at the epicenter of Australia’s delta outbreak is set for a change of leadership as Gladys Berejiklian stepped down after a probe was announced into her historical conduct with a former lawmaker.
Berejiklian will leave the role as premier of New South Wales as soon as the incumbent Liberal Party selects a new leader, she said Friday. She will also leave the parliament entirely as soon as a by-election can be organized.
“It pains me to announce but I have no option but to resign from the office of premier,” Berejiklian told reporters. “My resignation will take effect as soon as the New South Wales Liberal Party can elect a new Parliamentary leader,” she said.
The New South Wales state Independent Commission Against Corruption will hold a public inquiry from Oct. 18 that will investigate her conduct between 2012 and 2018. The body will investigate whether Berejiklian breached public trust in circumstances where she was in a position of conflict between her public duties and her private interest as a person who was in a personal relationship with then-NSW Member of Parliament Daryl Maguire in connection with grant funding.
Berejiklian became just the second female premier of Australia’s most-populous state after being elected unopposed in January 2017, stepping up from the role of treasurer to replace Mike Baird following his resignation. She joins Barry O’Farrell, who quit in 2014 after lying about a gift of a A$3,000 ($2,200) bottle of wine, and Nick Greiner in 1992 as premiers who exited the role after coming up against the anti-corruption body.
“To continue as premier would disrupt the state government during a time when our entire attention should be focused on the challenges confronting New South Wales,” she said. Sydney, Australia’s largest city, has been in lockdown for almost 14 weeks as the state battles a coronavirus outbreak, with many other parts of the state’s regions in-and-out of lockdown since the end of June. The city is due to exit its lockdown around Oct. 11.
“My only regret will be not to be able to finish the job to ensure the people of New South Wales transition to living freely with Covid,” she said.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison spoke at a press conference in Canberra at the same time where he announced a cabinet reshuffle, brought forward international travel cap removals and the recognition of Sinovac as a vaccine. He said of the announcement by the Berejiklian, when asked by reporters: “Everything I have done with the New South Wales government, I have done certainly with the premier, but my ministers and I have done it with the New South Wales government.”
“I would expect nothing than an absolute continuity of the pace and the leadership we’ve seen from New South Wales.”
Pretty damning statement by Clive Palmer. He offered to reveal all.
Nothing close to what MSM and the narrative pushers have to offer....lol
https://twitter.com/i/status/1445425607538524166
He didn't reveal anything related to the Premier of NSW taking bribes from pharmaceutical companies or anyone else. She stepped down due to an investigation related to activities years before the pandemic began.
That's your take on it?
Good for you...lol
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