Turnbull’s Double D ploy in tatters

They say a week is a long time in politics. PM Malcolm Abbott, sorry, Tony Turnbull, grrrr get it right, Malcolm Turnbull is having a corker, not that he’s celebrating.  First you have the NSW Electoral Commission calling out the Liberal Party on its illegal donor slush fund and the PM’s right hand man Arthur Sinodinos is up to his eyeballs in it. His Sergeant Schultz defense is laughable yet the PM is sticking by his man. Then along comes the revelation of UNAOIL’s blatant illegal lobbying and bribery among numerous multi-national oil companies – companies that the COALition refuses to ask to share a greater tax burden. Throw in the Comminsure scandal revealed in the weeks previous and it becomes clear that Australian Trade Unions do not hold a monopoly on corruption. The fact that the public is now clearly aware that corruption is rife in both the Liberal party and corporate world  renders Turnbull’s ideological attacks on the Trade Union movement somewhat moot. It is doubtful the Australian voting public will take kindly to a double dissolution election based around the establishment of an Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC) that targets only one set of rogues. Bill Shorten can rightly and definitively point the finger at Turnbull and the COALition and rage against their hypocrisy. He can say now that Labor will not support the creation of the ABCC that targets only one sector but does support the establishment of an independent commission to look at corruption in all industries and corporations. The public has a nose for balderdash and Malcolm is serving it up in spades. The next polls will tell a tale of a leader and government losing their grip.