Comedian, provocateur, YouTuber, muckraker & investigative journalist #JordanShanks (aka #friendlyjordies) had his house #firebombed a couple of months ago. A long list of powerful interests have plenty of motive, given his history of exposing #corruption & abuses of power in NSW politics. (NSW is an Australian state with 8m people, 5m in #Sydney.)

Shanks has targeted many of NSW's major industries: #coal, #banking, #construction, #media, #realestate, #gambling, #logging. He's been sued by a mining magnate #billionaire & a member of the state executive. He's exposed links between organised crime & the executive, shown how easy #moneylaundering is, triggered parliamentary questions about #NSWpolice abuses, & played a not-insignificant role in bringing down a popular premier & her deputy, almost causing a rift between the two parties that form a Coalition government in NSW. He's also covered corruption in federal parliament.

At times, he has been nasty, misogynistic, racist & ableist. He's unashamedly partisan (pro-ALP). But there's no denying that while still in his 20s he has become a significant figure in #NSWpol and #Auspol, whose influence has been felt across many fields.
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#Barilaro #Berejiklian #NSWICAC #ClivePalmer

There is a state election in NSW in the next couple of months. I hope voters remember the following points.

1. Both Gladys #Berejiklian and John #Barilaro (former Premier and Deputy Premier for the #Coalition) openly admitted in NSW parliament to pork-barrelling. The former tried to minimise it by saying everyone does it. The latter tried to joke about it ("Call me Porkbarilaro").

2. Both Berejiklian and Barilaro subsequently resigned, facing various accusations of corruption, both continue to be under investigation to this day.

3. NSW's Independent Commission Against Corruption (#ICAC) subsequently confirmed in a public statement that it considers pork-barrelling (a.k.a. the misuse of public funds for partisan ends) a form of #corruption.

4. All the funds allocated under programs accused of pork-barrelling under these two would have had to be signed off by the Treasurer of the day.

5. His name is Dominic #Perrottet.

#NSWpol

NSW #bushfiregrants #auspol

A report from the NSW state auditor general found the Bushfire Local Economic Recovery program lacked transparency and #Barilaro’s office had made decisions beyond its remit.

The Department of Regional NSW gave the then deputy premier’s office a list of 35 projects to be funded in a fast-tracked first round in 2020, listing their electorates, but the threshold effectively ruled out projects in areas held by the Labor party, the audit found.

Google ordered to pay John Barilaro $715,000 over Friendlyjordies YouTube videos | New South Wales politics | The Guardian #google #ordered #john #barilaro #$715000 #over #friendlyjordies #youtube #videos #south #wales #politics #guardian #6giugno https://parliamodi.news/article/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlZ3VhcmRpYW4uY29tL2F1c3RyYWxpYS1uZXdzLzIwMjIvanVuLzA2L2dvb2dsZS1vcmRlcmVkLXRvLXBheS1qb2huLWJhcmlsYXJvLTcxNTAwMC1vdmVyLWZyaWVuZGx5am9yZGllcy15b3V0dWJlLXZpZGVvcw==