If only life were that simple, “yes your honour, I may have robbed the bank, but I declared that monetary interest in filings”.
I think we’re well past the stage of a hint of impropriety. He begged for an upgrade. Not even I do that flying the hound across the Pacific. Albo is in the pocket of Qantas.
Yes that would be a good solution. The fact that civil servants and politicians salaries aren’t competitive to the private sector speaks volumes to the quality of people you’ll get in office. The U.S. solved this problem by allowing members of Congress to do insider trading. Whether that is a valid solution remains to be seen.
But since it’s not then you have only one option for the upcoming election for the seat of Kingford Smith - vote KangarooFlyer88. Only he can bring you access to the chairmen’s lounge when flying at the same time!
I wonder too if solicitation of such gifts represents a taxable fringe benefit and whether tax was paid on it
