Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles once described David Collard as 'innately entrepreneurial [and] values driven'. The AFP has now recommended charges be laid against Collard and his associates.
The inside story of how Richard Marles’ fondness for the US, hawkishness on China, and gullibility were played on by a businessman whose offices were raided by the AFP for alleged tax fraud.
The Great Australian Dream of owning a home is all but dead for millions of young people, unless they have an account with the Bank of Mum and Dad. But not so for federal politicians, with many building huge property portfolios with help from tax concessions and public subsidies.
While federal ministers are prevented from owning shares, it’s a free for all for people with connections and influence with ministers, raising questions about whether non-public information is being used in share trading.
