Neither confirm nor deny: Foreign Investment Review Board secrecy

The Albanian government is going to extreme ends to prevent the examination of the decisions of the Foreign Investment Investigation Board. Rex Patrick Transparency triple scam reports.

. Firb It is responsible for ensuring that foreign investments are in our national interests. But how do we know that these cases are sufficiently evaluated without transparency?

In short, we do not do the Albanian government unless you find new ways to stop transparency

A scam – neither approval nor denial

A month ago, MWM He brought you a ‘scam’ about a Shanghai businessman who had connected with the Chinese Communist Party, which bought an important land in a stones of a possible Aukus nuclear submarine in Newcastle or Wollongong.

Which of these sites will finally shake its head, the best protected political secret of the Defense, and therefore the CCP seems to have protected its bets with a land purchase in every port area.

Port Kembla plot thickens while looking at the defense. What is scam?

We did not know the defense of the reported deception.

With denials everywhere from government officials, MWM The Foreign Investment Investigation Board (FIRB) launched a demand for freedom of information to the treasury to see how it was handled with the issue and who they consulted.

In a four -page decision, Justin Baguley, the Secretary General of the Treasury Investment Inspection Branch, refused to approve or reject any birb document.

Yes that’s true…

The problem is that 25th Part of the FOI Law It allows only an agency to approve or reject it if it reveals that its assets will harm national security on its own, affect law enforcement officers, or request a politician demanding a secret budget from the parliamentary budget office.

There is no scope of ‘confirmation or rejection’ that there is a document for commercial reasons. MWM He appealed the Treasury decision.

The decision maker continued to claim later. if There were documents:

1. They include information from Asis, ASIO or other intelligence organizations
2. They include confident information
3. If there were some examination (the author’s editorial summary), they would contain information that will completely disrupt Australia’s foreign investment process – but New Zealand can be transparent In what he does.
4. They include business information.
5. His explanations would affect Australia’s international relations ( maybe Include a foreign government as a shareholder or owner

Foreign Government Participation (Source: Treasury)

Second Fraud – Objection to the Referee’s Decision

This new decision, former Morrison government China Mengniu Dış Company’s Australian baby food company Bellamy’s Australia Ltd.

After a four -year war between the author and the Treasury, the Independent Referee (FOI commissioner) provided access to the analysis and decision of the Treasury. MWM He advised his readers for their earnings, but predicted that the government would object to the commissioner’s decision.

Rex finally breaks the hidden firb safe, finds ‘protected information’ crates for foreign interests

And they objected.

And now, five years after this request, the government’s well-paid lawyers and lawyers-hepsi paid for you-in a legal struggle that drives MWM In order to prevent the visibility of the FIRB processes in the administrative investigation court.

Three scams – legislative

SCAM Trifecta comes with the permission of the Prime Minister Anthony Arbanese’s new ‘FOI Amendment Law’, as well as many other things, as well as a specific, special provincial FOI Amendment Law designed to change the law, including the Foi FOI issue under appeal.

FOI Change Invoice Firb Changes (Source: Federal Parliament)

The government hoped that the FOI Amendment Law would be given to the law this year. However, the liberals and the greens put a Senate investigation key on the works, which means that the bill will not be handled this year.

So, if it can be expected MWM In the administrative appeal court, the government will apply to the Federal Court to make sure that the issue is only appeal.

Such a maneuvering process will be the abuse of the process, but will probably be dressed as a ‘legal problem’ to the federal court. But who cares? It is rare for everyone to take into account such bureaucratic and political abuse and $ 5,700 court application fee, and all lawyer bills will be paid by taxpayers.

But by the way, MWM We can contribute to the contribution of the Treasury to the preparation of Albanian FOI sabotage legislation, so we can see which senior treasure bureaucrats think that it would be a good idea to try to destroy a FOI with a certain amendment. They won’t like it very much, so it’s probably another FOI fight.

FOI change invoice. Transparency counter-revolution.

Rex Patrick is a former senator of South Australia and a submarine in the armed forces. Rex, known as the best fight against corruption and transparency crusaders, “Transparent warrior. “