Labor’s National Reconstruction Fund governance disaster

[@JamesHawkeYouTube]

Very revealing. Nice work, Senator.

[@boeingdriver29]

Body language experts would have a field day with this .

[@richardnotley7013]

jesus christthere seems to be no end to the passengers on the gravy train ..these people are living in a different world to the rest of us ,,,,,absolutely absurd

[@marlenemcphee3502]

Senator Bragg is pure gold. What a great leader he would make for Australia

[@johnk838]

This is the swamp that needs draining

[@tegdon2417]

Yeah, of Colonists..

[@moorediane7831]

Whose going to be elected that will drain the swamp? Labor/LNP traitors are ‘peas in a pod’, who will rid Australia of these traitors running this country & LNP waiting on the side lines to have their turn again to sell us out?

[@brettm.s.1169]

And every department of Australian Federal, State and Council all have the same spiderwebs of waste and confusion that create nothing from multiple projects, initiatives, directives and proposals and every idea has to be thoroughly examined by every other department. The process is more important than any outcome.

[@moorediane7831]

@@brettm.s.1169 creates a huge amount of high paying permanent positions. Interconnected, interwoven but none accountable! Pass the buck!

[@SamsungSamsung-md9xq]

It amazes me that the government involves itself in business projects,they break everything they touch,and the energy needed to run industries in Australia is being reduced by the use of unreliables,all caused by the government,they should stay out of business,totally inept,and squander billions of taxpayer dollars through lack of business skills,most of the government members are l Ex solicitors,hence the overregulation of everything that needs to happen,a complete boondoggle,overpaid and inept!

[@ronaldparker6726]

Another COMMITY MEETING and nothing gets done. But all board members get paid. Ffs

[@mrman1536]

$10 G a meeting, sounds like a sweet ride.

[@wyattfamily8997]

Can hardly imagine anything worse than having these individuals in charge of the public's money. These people are supposed to pick "winners", hahahahahahahahaha.

[@stewatparkpark2933]

Yeah , public service lifers . The thought of having to get a job in the private sector terrifies them .

[@peteb1724]

How come - as a struggling Australian business - we never get to hear about these billion dollar handouts? Why is is only the 'friends' who get the inside running?

[@stewatparkpark2933]

15 billion $ handouts actually .

[@t-dog8528]

I've seen the grants list, yes good luck getting one if you're not on the right side of their politics

[@grosvenorclub]

@@t-dog8528 Such cynicism in this day of open government . lol

[@johnsummerfield8830]

Oooo they are squirming in guilt and insincerity

[@stewatparkpark2933]

There's no guilt involved .

[@ronaldparker6726]

What a JOKE.

[@VenturiLife]

It would be a joke if they weren't relocating my and your taxpayer funds, from government coffers into their own pockets... there could even be a word for that.

[@jonfoxtrot5135]

Why would you give bureaucrats and union officials who have no experience in running large scale manufacturing businesses charge of $15b? $10k per meeting? Another gravy train, destined for failure.

[@VenturiLife]

When you plan to reallocate taxpayer funds to your buddies.

[@grosvenorclub]

@@VenturiLife Surely not !

[@la7418]

Pffft remember in the 80s / 90s when many manufacturers closed because it was “cheaper to make things overseas!” No canneries, many boot makers gone, most dress makers/ clothing manufacturers- gone overseas, Car makers reduced! Etc etc A blind person could see this is a Loss of skills, loss of jobs…this is all unbelievable…what a waste of money! It was same era when technical schools closed as I recall,no wonder we have few skills to succeed in much manufacturing in this country.

[@tonyhanley9458]

Thankyou senator bragg.

[@tonyhanley9458]

Senators an anyone being questioned should not be time limited.

[@judycorbett4462]

ARROGANCE body language I don't need to be asked these questions EYE SHUTTING cutting off information One piece of work !

[@erikverheyden661]

when are we going to STOP this waste of money ??? Elon Musk, PLEASE COME HERE AND CLEAN UP THIS GOVERNMENT AND USELESS ORGANISATIONS

[@Poorlineforeva]

Please come down to the real world

[@Iamwoman68]

Could you imagine Allbozo finding out Elon was coming he'd POO HIS PANTS THE COWARD HOW RUDE IS THIS VILE I MEAN VILE SO CALLED MINISTER

[@exvictorian3605]

Thank you again

[@ronaldparker6726]

Waste of space. Ffs.

[@vincentoconnor7620]

Follow the money

[@ngrand7868]

Another three-ring circus. I understand why the acting CEO is not in the running for the CEO role, to be fair, she has been hung out to dry... Albo strikes again... As for Ayres seems to me a billigerent fool.

[@buska100]

This swamp needs draining what a waste of taxpayers(our) money paying exorbitant amounts to these pathetic bumblers running round in circles

[@VenturiLife]

They''re not bumblers.. that's the problem. Con-men / women might be a more accurate description.

[@buska100]

@VenturiLife they do a great impression of bumbling

[@jimgeorge5116]

Great questions Senator

[@stevemartin6029]

Audit them see how much of the 50 billion is left

[@tonyhanley9458]

Gotta love that these organisations are being called corporations, whereas in reality, these are taxpayer funded branches are corporations in name only, given that australia government is now a corporation. Not a representative government. They are a business

[@VenturiLife]

You need a corporate structure in order to enable corporate fraud, just saying.

[@PeterKong-s6e]

Who is this bloke trying to cover up for the official in attendance. He should just shut his mouth and not speak and just listen……

[@stewatparkpark2933]

Labor Minister .

[@mrman1536]

Distraction team thug.

[@gerrycooper56]

For competitive manufacturing you need at least 3 things, cheap labour, cheap raw materials and cheap power. What have we got?

[@user-tq4zm9yr6l]

What exactly does this mob do.Where does the 5 billion go and for what

[@johnsummerfield8830]

wow , many lunches later

[@ChristineKing-i5c]

The whole labor government is a disaster

[@jonfoxtrot5135]

Some extra poundage on board the angry man.

[@stewatparkpark2933]

He's been on a good thing for many many years and we have paid for every extra pound .

[@glennayers8073]

Far out it like putting teeth trying to get some straight answers they seem to be ducking and weaving and trying to cover their asses this is bull shit they need to be shut down and sacked.

[@tonyhanley9458]

This so called corporation is spending a hell of alot of taxpayers dollars. They are working for government, but at arms length.

[@VenturiLife]

They are working for private individuals... some of whom just happen to hold government positions in these 'corporate' entities.

[@ChuddmasterZero]

If there is a genuine desire to get manufacturing back, then create the tax conditions and investment incentives such that the PRIVATE SECTOR can thrive. The job of government is not to build industry; it’s to remove the punitive conditions that act as a brake on investment and entrepreneurship. As if a department full of bureaucrats with appropriated money - from the citizenry - will achieve anything meaningful.

[@jonfoxtrot5135]

@@ChuddmasterZero Brilliantly stated.

[@SS-yw7vo]

You're tonight. Government can't help themselves but to try and control things

[@crouchingwombathiddenquoll5641]

1990's pivot to Asia, the Australian government had a department dedicated to helping manufacturers move to China. They would help streamline business visa applications, find suitable industrial sites and connect with the appropriate Chinese counterparts. Tell me again what governments roll is ?

[@ChuddmasterZero]

@ very kind of you, thanks. 👍

[@crouchingwombathiddenquoll5641]

@@ChuddmasterZero Do you remember the 1990's as captains of industry fled to China for cheap slave labor ?

[@peterleppanen3309]

Another institution that must be scrapped and finances to be directed to important projects.

[@jonfoxtrot5135]

@peterleppanen3309 Like don't tax that $15b in the first place

[@gregcooks-qr9wk]

If it was viable for a business organisation to produce in manufacturing you wouldn’t need this shit. With the overheads it’s not viable in Australia.

[@trx2000ad]

Well I guess someone is going to get rich.

[@kenismail1979]

Enough of the waste of public monies.

[@derekmoore2779]

Just trying to bank rupt country

[@forreal76]

National Reconstruction Fund performs: - Growing industrial capability - Improving economic diversity - Decarbonization - Creating secure jobs - Value-add in resources - Medical science - Transport - Renewables and low emission technologies - Value-add in agriculture, forestry and fisheries - Defence capability

[@VenturiLife]

Re-constructing the lining of their pockets...

[@johnlonghurst9265]

What an arrogant, ignorant piece of work that apology for a Minister is. Cannot wait for him to get thrown out of Government.The Senator is asking reasonable questions on behalf of the tax payers. Respect is due Minister.

[@stuartthompson7102]

USELESS ORGANISATIONS and over paid.

[@letmeexplain1816]

🤔The big question is why did CEO Ivan Power resign ?....Maybe, he didn't like the corruption he saw going on ?😮 Especially as the outspoken, hostile, fat little man at the end of the panel wanted to get a word in right on when that question was asked, clearly uncomfortable with the question asked !

[@desbell7431]

Good job 👏 👍 👌 🙇‍♂️

[@crouchingwombathiddenquoll5641]

Mr Bragg, you may not be old enough to remember the vibrant manufacturing economy Australia used to enjoy. President Clinton announced the pivot to Asia in the 1990's. Our manufacturing industries fled Australia with the help and encouragement of government. Our current Quarry / service economy is not working. We definitely need to reconstruct a modern manufacturing culture in Australia.

[@infidel202]

Helping Australian businesses improve and grow while the labor government in destroying the electricity industry

[@Iamwoman68]

$10,000 A MEETING..OMG WHAT A RIP OFF.. WAY,WAY,WAY TO MANY LABOR PUBLIC SERVANTS HOW MANY HOUSES COULD OF BEEN BUILT FOR AUSTRALIAN HOMELESS INSTEAD PAYING FAKE POSITIONS HOW DARE THESES JOB TAX GRABBING THEIVES

[@artadrians]

REALLY?? This Minister and BEAURACRATES need to be removed...a waste of TAX PAYERS money...JOBS FOR THE BOYS with NO REAL TANGABLE BENEFIT to the TAX PAYERS...and THIS IS NOT...THE ONLY DEPARTMENT or MINISTER...AUSTRALIA NEEDS A CLEAN OUT...!!! UNBELIEVABLE!!!

[@jonfoxtrot5135]

There should be some excellent insider trading and private equity investment opportunities for a few.

[@VenturiLife]

Those million-dollar mansions and private school fees aren't going to pay for themselves! Doing actual, honest work is disgusting.

[@PeterKong-s6e]

Don’t understand how this people get appointed to their role. It’s a waste of space. No clear answers being given and responses are very vague no one can actually give a clear explanation on questions being asked. Disgraceful in my opinion to hear them speak.

[@johnsummerfield8830]

looks extremley FISHY

[@VenturiLife]

More fishy than the ocean. Will anyone see a cell?

[@ianpickett8420]

More tax payer funded public servant paper shufflers . God this place is in a mess !!! This whole thing needs scaping !!! Give the savings to the homeless ....................

[@robbieelliot9491]

It might be better for bureaucrats to have you read statement offline, but these questions mKe it more publicly accessible

[@JamesLeigh-jl9iv]

Exactly!. He doesn't want the Senator airing the information for the Public to hear!

[@stevemolloy2747]

Everyone wants a piece of that property market.

[@Caspar0809]

Sounds like a complete rort

[@cobar5342]

So it really is not ‘reconstruction’ at all

[@VenturiLife]

redirection... of money, the 'reconstruction' of manufacturing is just the public-facing sales pitch, there is no desire to actually reconstruct Australian manufacturing in meaningful ways.

[@tonyhanley9458]

Who elects these board members.

[@stewatparkpark2933]

The government appoints their mates .

[@annecampbell9236]

Senator Bragg do you ever achieve anything!

[@tonyhanley9458]

They are proceeding along. How about we employ aussies instead of bringing others from overseas

[@jonfoxtrot5135]

@tonyhanley9458 Because the government policy of the last 40 years has assisted in inflating the cost of housing and the education curriculum taught girls to work and forget having kids, there was no homegrown population plan. Like everything, no plan, no vision, no thought of sovereign wealth and future, just re-election planning.

[@moorediane7831]

‘Special Account?’. Five billion appropriated. Every invoice needs to be presented demonstrating where five billion was spent! Every dollar needs to be accounted for!

[@terrywilson7518]

We need a minster for waste

[@SamsungSamsung-md9xq]

They are not there to start businesses,just run the country for the people,basic services!

[@VenturiLife]

23:00 .. the expression when reality sets in... you could be the potential scape-goat here.

[@labitacora1619]

Confidential... confidential... we don't pay to those people? Why confidential? We have the right to know what they do. Is confidential because the dark side of the moon or because they think are the owner of our money?

[@motozz8258]

Amongst the rest of this alarming expenditure is it possible this Tech ? investment or mining equipment perceived as manufacturing of mining related equipment . I just wonder based on this dribble responses are actually a investment in Automated tech that will remove physical employment of Labour in future. Who is the Fat Cat on the right of this panel , a good paddock for that leach of the public purse personal opinion. Yep Morrison, who ever lib or lab time for the pack of Lawyers to chase Ambulances or move to America and join the Lobby groups over there . Hopefully they will be looking for new replacements of scumbags over there as well. Follow the Money someone pls . Thank you senator A

[@Iamwoman68]

Whatta vile pos this labor minister This is bullsh.t

[@bluesilverpromotionalprodu6222]

Sounds like very selective money laundering

[@auzonedave5403]

What are you reconstructing? Errr, we are making the trough bigger...its an ongoing project to fit all the snouts.

[@davidsimpson3275]

Australia , could Make Cars Again ...

[@VenturiLife]

We should make something better than cars that actually adds a lot of value. As the USA made the iPhone/iPad (a globally desired product) and became a multi-trillion dollar company... That's the kind of scale and ideas we need.

[@heyguyswhatshappening6210]

@@VenturiLife Any idea an Australian comes up with will immediately come up against government red tape and the subsequent hurdles after that to the point where that person will just start up in the U.S and make America rich.

[@guymartin2126]

What an entitled arrogant political culture. We the people are in serious trouble.

[@annecampbell9236]

Another public service waste of money..,waste of space!

[@gerrycooper56]

More grifters.

[@gbmarso8260]

9 board members just shows the governmental waste in our very closely aligned Biden style, WEF, UN style of governance. Time Australia found someone who can make Australia great again, totally sick of where we're heading.

[@brettm.s.1169]

It’s like an episode of Utopia but no one’s laughing.

[@streetlight3860]

I dare say the time of Government waste is at an end.

[@stevejones7332]

You listen and they all speak the same language. GREED

[@ianpickett8420]

More Left wing government manipulation of the Private Sector . Communism has come to Australia !!! Why not just reduce the tax burden on Australian manufacturing companies ?

[@No-thing-ness]

How bizarre? This senator is so simple minded that none of the big questions of actual accountability was investigated. All this moron does is ask simplistic question in order to try and trip up professionals on simple questions that most junior staff would know. Complete waste of tax payer money.

[@grosvenorclub]

This will be yet another total waste of money with cash splashed to all sorts of interesting parties possibly in marginal seats or solid labor seats .

[@MM-qq8eu]

What a load of utter crap!!

[@annecampbell9236]

Who the hell is Johnson and partners and how much $$$$ goes down this chain???

[@boeingdriver29]

Um, ar, um ,ar, um .....these people are pathetic orators.

[@tonyhanley9458]

If theur is a frint door, theres a back door

[@ChristineKing-i5c]

Reconstruct the government

[@heyguyswhatshappening6210]

How many directors are there in the department i lost count after 9

[@moorediane7831]

Virtual is the key word! Scam is the translation.

[@stevemartin6029]

Oh I can be the ceo for them I can do 6 meetings a year pick me

[@CherieDemicz]

For 65,000 I can help you 😂😂

[@garyandal1]

Get me on the committee Ill do it for 50K

[@terrywilson7518]

what a waiste of money

[@tonyhanley9458]

Pomeroy- that name rings a bell

[@YHWHSon-h8c]

Geez ONE OF THE GIRL IN AMERICA SCAMMING ME AS WELL AS ONE OTHER WORKED FOR A PIPE LAYING CONSTRUCTION COMPANY

[@Randomcliff01]

Why are they so nervous? What are they up to

[@deborahobrien3534]

Where's the Aussie Punter?.. He could shut these people down in minutes!.. Why are people homeless and starving for these people?...

[@BeauUren]

Dissolve this waist of tax payers money government body JOBS FOR MAYES scam

[@rosielynmurphy892]

Lol,! Most of the grant money will be used in administration 🤣 😢

[@naej1977]

Is this Darlene from Roseanne

[@gordonhill1944]

So just why do we have this corporation again and just what do they do? Apart from milking money from the general public.

[@desbell7431]

😂

[@deanmoser5907]

To make manufacturing profitable again in Australia we need cheap energy. We have plenty of energy. Until we get a government that has the balls to sort out the energy cartells it will never happen. Throwing taxpayers money around will just be a disaster.

[@rossstephens9506]

This is unbelievable - the sooner LNP are voted into power the better. These public purse blood suckers will be out of.a job. Watch the price of houses in Canberra plummet.

[@No_Thrills]

What is the point of these meetings? Will anyone actually be accountable?