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Today we heard in #estimates that Minister Fifield has lodged 1 complaint/month so far this year:
January: Date of the Hottest 100
February: Alberici Corporate tax articles
March: Tonightly sketch
April: Black Comedy sketch ABC Indigenous FB
May: Alberici Innovation story.
January: Date of the Hottest 100
February: Alberici Corporate tax articles
March: Tonightly sketch
April: Black Comedy sketch ABC Indigenous FB
May: Alberici Innovation story.
We also heard in #estimates that Minister Fifield has been the first Communications Minister since Richard Alston to complain to ACMA (or its predecessor) about the ABC.
Alston complained about war coverage.
Fifield complained about a comedy sketch, and a comedy FB video.
Alston complained about war coverage.
Fifield complained about a comedy sketch, and a comedy FB video.
Furthermore, Fifield complaint to ACMA about a FB video was rather pointless. ACMA has no jurisdiction over video content on Facebook. #estimates
Nonetheless Fifield says he complained ‘to make a point’ that ACMA has no jurisdiction over FB.
Nonetheless Fifield says he complained ‘to make a point’ that ACMA has no jurisdiction over FB.
This story’s got it all – a $2.4M govt grant, Warren Entsch’s campaign manager, Entsch’s son, the campaign manager’s wife & his business partner. I’m asking about it in RRAT #Estimates now. 
Barry O’Sullivan now disputing that this may amount to a conflict of interest #Estimates
To recap, $2.4M grant goes to Cairns pharmacy company. The company is owned by wife and business partner of Warren Entsch's campaign manager, who also happens to be Chair of local committee that decided which industries could get grants. #Estimates
Dr Reichelt just told #estimates that he first heard about the Turnbull Govt’s decision to grant funding to the Great Barrier Reef Foundation in his role as head of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority - before the Govt approached the Foundation to discuss the funding.
Dr Reichelt subsequently absented himself from a Great Barrier Reef Foundation Board meeting that was called to discuss the Government’s approach to the Foundation to offer the $444m grant.
Dr Reichelt told #estimates that he doesn’t see a conflict of interest between his role as CEO of GBRMPA and as a Board member of the Great Barrier Reef Foundation.
The Turnbull government gave $444m in this financial year to the Great Barrier Reef Foundation - “The biggest single grant to the Reef in Australian history” an official said at #estimates
There was no grant application, no tender, no transparent process to allocate this money.
There was no grant application, no tender, no transparent process to allocate this money.
Minister Birmingham can’t - or wont’ - tell #estimates how the government came to decide to give nearly half a billion dollars of taxpayer funding to the Great Barrier Reef Foundation.
The Great Barrier Reef Foundation has a Chairman’s Panel that includes BHP, Orica, Rio Tinto, AGL, as well as NAB, ANZ, and Commonwealth Bank. Also, Grant King from the BCA. #Estimates barrierreef.org/our-partners/c…
