{"id":18987,"date":"2018-07-26T08:05:52","date_gmt":"2018-07-25T22:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=18987"},"modified":"2018-07-26T08:05:52","modified_gmt":"2018-07-25T22:05:52","slug":"support-new-anti-corruption-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=18987","title":{"rendered":"SUPPORT NEW ANTI-CORRUPTION LAWS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Once again the Independent Commission Against Corruption has uncovered evidence of a Liberal MP\u2019s dodgy dealings with property developers. Daryl Maguire has quit the Liberals and has finally let go of his seat.<br \/>\nBut politicians who use their power for personal gain belong in court. Tell the Premier you support stronger anti-corruption laws.<br \/>\nICAC is expert at identifying corrupt activities by public officials but their findings don\u2019t always translate into criminal charges. It\u2019s time for new, stronger laws to make sure corrupt politicians actually go to gaol.<br \/>\nI\u2019ve introduced a bill to NSW Parliament that would make it easier to send politicians to court if they are found to have acted corruptly by the ICAC. The bill is based on recommendations by ICAC which have been ignored by the government up to this point.<br \/>\nSign the petition to support my bill.<br \/>\nIf you would like to discuss this issue with me further, please feel free to contact me directly either by email balmain@parliament.nsw.gov.au or call 02 9660 7586.<br \/>\nYours sincerely,<br \/>\nJamie Parker MP<br \/>\nMember for Balmain<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.jamieparker.org\/<br \/>\nP.S. If you believe that shonky politicians belong in court, sign the petition now.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jamieparker.org\/anticorruption\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.jamieparker.org\/anticorruption<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once again the Independent Commission Against Corruption has uncovered evidence of a Liberal MP\u2019s dodgy dealings with property developers. Daryl Maguire has quit the Liberals and has finally let go of his seat. But politicians who use their power for personal gain belong in court. Tell the Premier you support stronger anti-corruption laws. ICAC is &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=18987\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;SUPPORT NEW ANTI-CORRUPTION LAWS&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18987"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18987\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}