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by ksahoisright 869 days ago
I don't know why you're being downvoted. Maybe because of a lack of citations?

I'll start. NSW is one of the leading sources of deforestation in the entire world: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jan/13/australi...

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And how about that time our leaders sent the federal police after a reporter: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annika_Smethurst#Espionage_exc...
Oh and how about the fact that our last PM decided to run half the cabinet himself, in secret, for several years: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Morrison#Secret_minister...
As a Kiwi, the PM making himself a secret minister of all the things was bonkers, how the hell? They must pay parliament staffers there way better than here, that shit would've leaked in 5 minutes at the nearest pub to the Beehive.

But then, if Dutton ever ends up PM, I'll be wishing for the good old Scotty from Marketing days.

Not lack of citations but lack of literally anything to back up a pretty egregious claim. Also what does deforestation have to do with corruption?
Landowners (and developers) bribing authorities/politicians to not investigate illegal clearing.
If you're an Australian, or Australian adjacent, it's not something you'd feel the need to provide citations for, tbh. Could ask for expansion on the point.