I expect there to be a program on 4 corners about the HSU in the near future, or I would be surprised if there isn't. There was a 4 corners program on the ICAC commision last year.
Labor and certain sections of the union movement need to get their own house in order, there can be no argument there.
I don't support Abbott's manifesto and the tears of the right wing about the carbon tax and the mining tax. I do believe in climate change. I don't believe the Abbott government has treated the manufacturing states fairly. This is a character flaw on his part as he just can't or does not want to understand, the fundamentals behind manufacturing in a developed country. This is strange as the Abbott government, are not running their own cost benefit analysis of the economic benefits resulting from the use of taxpayer assistance to industry.
But it did not stop the floodgates of taxpayer funds to marginal drought affected areas, in the non-auto states. The lack of support for science and cutbacks to the CSIRO cannot be justified IMO.
In December, the ATO set aside a cool sum of $882 million to News Corp. http://www.afr.com/p/national/news_corp_blew_the_budget_DFlluROVi0F6CV1fQ5UJvJ
Relax it's only taxpayer funds - and they are loaded!
Having said all that, I am a vocal supporter of our legal system to deliver on these matters on corruption.
Our coverage by the media, before a conviction is delivered is often driven by politics and interest groups and is often not factual or fair.
