Continues...Liberal Senator Helen Kroger’s case against Greens Leader Brown and his colleague for corruptly and cynically promoting the financial interests of a massive political donor is much stronger and more problematic for him than widely realised.
In a devastating case against Brown that will be considered by the Senate’s Privileges Committee and could potentially lead to the imprisonment of Greens senators involved in what was a blatant promotion of multi-millionaire Graeme Wood’s property development scheme.
It’s a matter of public record that Graeme Wood gave Bob Brown’s party $1.6 million, the largest ever political donation in Australia’s history.
The most damning tell-tale sign of wrongdoing and advancing the rich man’s interests was in the changed position the Greens’ had on the question of compensation for Gunns, the logging company the maddies love to hate. Initially Brown opposed it. But when it became clear that Wood’s deal was dependent on Gunn’s being satisfied by compensation, the Greens, led by Brown, reversed their position.
Bob Brown’s defence of his backdoor dealings with Woods could have been scripted by Sir Joh’s crew in the 1980s:
Knowing the man, I contacted him and said I thought (Wood’s property development) was a good idea, of course I did and of course one should if you believe in promoting Tasmania…
The unsubtle manoeuvrings confirmed the multi-millionaire’s boast to the Sydney Morning Herald that he thought his enormous donation would offer a “good return on investment.”
The internal disciplining of MPs by their own for corruption of the parliamentary privilege is provided for in the Parliamentary Privileges Act 1987.
In the absence of a federal anti-corruption commission, the process Senator Kroger has initiated is the closest thing to a legal process that could bring Bob Brown and corrupt colleagues to justice. Her submission to the Privileges Committee is detailed, with appendices, constitutes many dozens of pages and has been meticulously prepared.
http://www.vexnews.com/2011/11/indicted ... bob-brown/
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