Gaznazdiak wrote:I think it's time you took a reality check Patriot.
No offence mate, you a free to believe whatever you like but, facts have an annoying habit of getting in the way of fantasies.
Are you seriously suggesting we believe that political donations do
not come with an expectation of quid pro quo?
That the likes Murdoch or the CCP just give away their money out of a sense of altruism?
"Political parties are not the Australian government"?
What are you smoking? What planet are you currently living on?
Political parties are the ONLY WAY to form government in this, or any other country, and you would have us believe they have nothing to do with it?
Seriously?
If a private citizen wants to donate to a charity or to a foundation promoting land rights for gay whales, that's their own business and a private matter.
If they are donating to organized groups who have the power to make laws and decisions that effect the lives of everyday people, groups with the power to send everyday people to their death in a war, then those everyday people have an absolute right to know who is influencing those laws and decisions.
If you don't like that, perhaps China or the DPRK would be a more attractive place for you to live.
All good mate, hard to offend me,as offence is taken,not given.
Not saying their is no expectation of a return on investment, but at the end the day it’s up to the receiver whether they honour their oath of office to serve Her Majesty faithfully.
Nowhere does the constitution mention political parties let alone mandate them as the way to govern. Our parliament has been corrupted by the party system.
Who you decide to give your money to is matter for you, nobody else, be it a charity, a politician, a union or the bloke next door.
Mate have you watched a elected official get sworn in by the GG? No mention of a political party, also if a party expels someone, they remain a member of parliament because the individual is elected not the party.
The organised groups don’t have the power, each individual member has a vote.
As for China and Korea, not sure how those nations are relevant to what I’m saying.