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  Today, the Qld Parliamentary Crime and Corruption Committee of Qld, which oversees the Qld supposed corruption watchdog, handed down a report supposedly damming the Qld CCC Chair for taking action against SE Qld Councilors. Link https://documents.parliament.qld.gov.au/tableoffice/tabledpapers/2021/5721T2051.pdf       The CCC response here https://www.ccc.qld.gov.au/news/ccc-statement-following-pccc-inquiry   Well…they would say that wouldn’t they !     After the CCC’s Belcarra Report into Council corruption was handed down, which in part said that because there are time limits for corruption prosecutions that let people off the hook, there were 2 inquiries proposing changes to legislation relating to council corruption.     You will see from the dates of the inquiries, that the furious donations from the Local Government Association fall within those times. Those donations were to both the Qld Labor Party and the Q...

  There are a lot of ARM types crooning that Barbados has become a republic. https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/pm/barbados-declares-a-republic/13655810       And saying that we should follow what they have done. We should become a republic because of the things WE HAVE DONE! To re-establish ourselves as a modern socially and ecologically democratic republic with a citizen enforceable bill of rights.   The last ARM republic model was voted down by us republicans because it wasn’t good enough . It sought to replace the English form of legislative dictatorship on behalf of crooks, to an Australian form of legislative dictatorship on behalf of crooks see Kartinyeri at pars [11]-[13] https://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/cases/cth/HCA/1998/22.html   . We wanted direct election of the new president , repeal of apartheid provisions such as s25 of the constitution https://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/legis/cth/consol_act/coacac627/s...