The Morrison Government is actively subverting democracy by twice in the past two sitting weeks using procedural games to avoid greater transparency on rorts.
\nThe Government has\u00a0today\u00a0blocked Greens Senate Leader Larissa Waters from postponing a motion which would require them to disclose when\u00a0ministers have\u00a0departed from advice of independent bodies under Commonwealth Grants Guidelines, with risk of pork barrelling.
\nLast week, the Government used its numbers in the lower house to narrowly avoid voting in the House of Representatives on a motion to pass the Greens\u2019 bill for a national corruption watchdog with teeth.
\n\u201cThe Government has pulled some extraordinary manoeuvres recently to twist the procedures of parliament and cover up rorts,\u201d she said
\n\u201cWhen a minister doesn\u2019t follow the Commonwealth Grant Guidelines or advice when allocating a grant, they have to tell the Treasurer why – but it stays secret.
\n\u201cToday the government blocked a Greens motion that would have lifted the secrecy and exposed any pork barrelling of all grants funds covered by Commonwealth Grant Guidelines on an ongoing basis.
\n\u201cThe Morrison Government prefers to keep their rorts secret and gag any dissent.
\n\u201cThey won\u2019t improve transparency over how grants are made, they won\u2019t release the Gaetjens Report and they won\u2019t vote for a Federal ICAC.
\n\u201cThe Greens won\u2019t stop pushing for disclosure of other grants fund rorts.
\n\u201cTaxpayer money is not just a slush fund for Ministers to further their own interests. If a Minister ignores the advice of officials, the public deserves to know why,\u201d she said.
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