ABC twaddle by Ben Eltham on The Drum – Wising up to the perils of the resource curse
February 16th, 2013 by Warwick HughesI have read some rubbish from the ABC but this is right up there on a short-list of the very worst. Completely ignoring the years of corruption in NSW Labor.
Just Google the Wollongong planning scandal that was making headlines in 2008 exactly when the Bylong coal corrupt dealings were in gestation – dealings that for months have been exposed at ICAC.
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February 16th, 2013 at 10:00 am
For cunning propaganda this takes the cake; “But if you really want to see the corrupting influence of the mining industry, look no further than the Bylong Valley in New South Wales. That’s the location of former New South Wales Labor minister Eddie Obeid’s family farm,…”
Family farm!!! what have you been smoking Ben? the farm was only bought in 2008 because the Minister was going to release the exploration rights over the land by “tender”.