‘Every single resources minister in Coalition and Labor governments since 2001 has gone to work in the fossil fuel sector” – Removing the Fossil Fuel Industry’s Influence on Politics and Parliament | Senator Larissa Waters | The Australia Institute
This is why corruption is allowed to continue unchecked by Labor.
Both parties share the same donors.
Both parties are corrupt.
Extracts
Australia is a captured petrostate
Our Government is plainly captured by the fossil fuel industry.
The major parties are so hooked on fossil fuel money that they have lost the ability to govern in the public interest, instead of the interest of their donor mates.
In the last financial year, Labor received donations of $110,090 from Santos and $84,700 from the Minerals Council, just to name a few.
The revolving door & dirty donations
Ian Macfarlane was the Liberal Minister for Industry and Resources in the Howard and Abbott governments. Immediately after retiring from parliament he was appointed to the Queensland Resources Council, where he quickly became CEO.
His appointment was in breach of the Ministerial Standards Code of Conduct, which requires an 18-month cooling off period before former ministers take lobbying jobs. A largely unenforceable Ministerial Code.
Gary Gray was the Labor Resources Minister in 2013 and is now the General Manager of External Affairs of Mineral Resources. Immediately before he was elected to parliament, he worked as a Senior Executive at Woodside Energy.
Martin Ferguson was the Labor Resources Minister from 2007-2013 and just six months after he stopped being the minister, he became the Chairman of the national oil and gas lobby, APPEA.
The corruption is blatant and a mockery of Australia’s claim to be a democracy.