Australian politician Stuart Ayres who "tried" to meet with DCNS/Naval Group in France before signing of Australian sub deal attacks his government's anti-corruption agency

 by Ganesh Sahathevan

News.com.au reported: 

Stuart Ayres yelled out in response to a question on Tuesday about when an independent funding model for the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) would emerge.

Leaning forward from his seat and tossing a sheet of papers onto the table, the Minister remarked: “When they stop wasting our money”.

Stuart Ayres was heard to say ICAC should get an independent funding model “when they stop wasting our money.” Picture: Adam Yip

Friday, October 8, 2021

Stuart Ayres, Australian politician who "tried" to meet DCNS/Naval Group officers in France, just before signing of DCNS-Australia deal, promoted within party, a probable successor to current premier of NSW

 by Ganesh Sahathevan 

Stuart Ayres tweeted his promotion to Deputy Leader, NSW liberal Party, and in effect, successor to the newly appointed premier Dominic Perrotet.

https://twitter.com/stuartayresmp/status/1445697506701021197

Left unsaid, and unreported in Australia, is how he attempted to involve himself in the DCNS/Naval Group submarine contract, despite the publicity surrounding that deal in the present time 

TO BE READ WITH 

Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Doing business with the corruption prone DCNS-Australian Defence Minister's boyfriend "tried" to meet with DCNS in France last week

by Ganesh Sahathevan

An excerpt from a transcript of the interview between Australian Defence Minister Marise Payne and journalist Emma Alberici: 

EMMA ALBERICI: OK. I just want to shift to something else because we learned today that your partner, Stuart Ayres, who is the NSW Minister for Trade, was last week in France and sought a meeting with DCNS, which apparently did not go ahead. I want to know: did you try in any way to intervene to seek that meeting between Stuart Ayres and members of DCNS last week?

MARISE PAYNE: No. I understand that that is part of a series of meetings that any Trade Minister from Australia from any state in the Commonwealth, frankly, would endeavour to have with participants in the CEP (Competitive Evaluation Process)  process. As you've indicated, the meeting didn't proceed, I understand from his statement due to times not merging with the appropriate program that he had. And finally, I in no way approached Defence or engaged with Defence on this matter.

EMMA ALBERICI: Or anybody else in France ...

MARISE PAYNE: No


Ayres is Minister for Trade, Tourism & Major Events, Minister for Sport,New South Wales.The state government has no role whatsoever in defence, which is a federal matter.The CEP was basically a fashion parade, so it is hard to see why there was any need for any meetings between politicians and CEP participants.
Ayres may not have "engaged with Defence" but he is clearly constantly engaging with the Minister For Defence.
Had these same facts presented in any other country in this region awarding any kind of defence contract, media and the opposition would by now demand a full investigation into the Minister's financial affairs, and for a review of the award of the contract. In  Australia on the other hand it is assumed that our politicians are above corruption.
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Doing business with the corruption prone DCNS-Are Australian politicians ,civil servants, exceptionally honest,pure ,possessing moral fortitude lacking in others?