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Friday, 25 April 2008
Little people stand up to protection racket, reports SMH today
Mood:  a-ok
Topic: nsw govt

Is there a thread between the following reports in the press today? Do they describe the situation of citizens here in NSW generally regarding NSW State Government milking the economy for 'donations'? Or is that a cheap shot? Being 1/8 Italian maybe it's a touch melodramatic. Maybe.

Pubs turn off the political donations tap

Scott Leach THE Australian Hotels Association has frozen all political donations in a move that increases pressure on the Premier, Morris Iemma, to carry through his proposal to ban all donations.

Compare this other racketeering situation from Sicily. Home of the Mafia, not to be confused with the Camora which hail from Calabria apparently (where it seems my folks on my mothers side, and Premier Morris Iemma's folks, hail from):

 

 


Posted by editor at 7:13 PM NZT
Updated: Friday, 25 April 2008 7:32 PM NZT

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