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nedeľa, 01 december 2024 01:59
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Do Greens and crossbenchers who claim that transparency and integrity is
at the heart of their reason for entering Parliament in the first place hear themselves?
In the past few days they have mounted self-serving arguments against proposed electoral reforms that the major parties
look set to come together to support.
The reforms include caps for how much money wealthy individuals
can donate, caps on the amount candidates can spend in individual electorates to prevent the equivalent of an arms race, and a $90million limit
on what any party can spend at an election - actually less than the major parties currently spend.
The proposed new laws also include lower
disclosure thresholds for donations, thus increasing the transparency
of who makes political donations in the first place.
So the wealthy wont be able to hide behind anonymity while using their cash to influence election outcomes - and the extent to which they can use their wealth at all will be
limited.
The bill will further improve transparency by also increasing the speed and frequency that
disclosures of donations need to be made.
At present we have the absurd situation in which donations get made - but you only find out the
details of who has given what to whom many months later, well after elections are
won and lost.
In other words, what is broadly being proposed will result
in much greater transparency and far less big money being
injected into campaigning by the wealthy.
Teal Kylea Tink claimed the major parties were 'running scared'
with the policy and warned the reform would 'not stop the rot'
Greens senate leader Larissa Waters (left) fired a warning shot - saying if it serves
only the major parties 'it's a rort, not reform'. Teal independent ACT
senator David Pocock (right) said: 'What seems to be
happening is a major-party stitch-up'
Anyone donating more than $1,000 to a political party, as opposed to $16,000 under the current
rules, will need to disclose having done so.
And how much they can donate will be capped.
Yet the Greens and Teals have quickly condemned the
proposed new laws, labeling them a 'stitch-up', 'outrageous' and 'a rort, not a reform'.
They have lost their collective minds after finding out that Labor's proposal just might secure the
support of the opposition.
I had to double check who was criticising
what exactly before even starting to write this column.
Because I had assumed - incorrectly - that these important transparency
measures stamping out the influence of the wealthy must have been proposed by the virtue-signalling Greens or
the corruption-fighting Teals, in a united crossbench effort to drag the major parties closer to accountability.
More fool me.
The bill, designed to clean up a rotten system, is being put forward by
Labor and is opposed by a growing cabal
of crossbenchers.
It makes you wonder what they have to hide. Put simply, the Greens and Teals doth protest too much on this issue.
Labor is thought to be trying to muscle out major political donors such as Clive Palmer
Another potential target of the laws is businessman and Teal funder
Simon Holmes à Court
The Greens have taken massive donations in the past, contrary to
their irregular calls to tighten donations rules (Greens leader Adam Bandt and Senator Mehreen Faruqi are pictured)
The major parties have long complained about the influence the
likes of Simon Holmes à Court wields behind the
scenes amongst the Teals.
And we know the Greens have taken massive donations from the wealthy in the
past, contrary to their irregular calls to tighten donations rules.
Now that tangible change has been proposed,
these bastions of virtue are running a mile from reforms that
will curtail dark art of political donations.
The Labor government isn't even seeking for these transparency rules to take effect
immediately, by the way. It won't be some sort of quick-paced power play before the next election designed to catch the
crossbench out.
They are aiming for implementation by 2026, giving everyone enough
time to absorb and understand the changes before preparing
for them.
Don't get me wrong, no deal has yet been done between Labor and the Coalition. I imagine the opposition want
to go over the laws with a fine tooth comb.
As they should - because it certainly isn't beyond Labor to include hidden one-party advantages in the proposed design which would create loopholes only the unions are capable of taking advantage of,
therefore disadvantaging the Coalition electorally in the years
to come.
But short of such baked-in trickiness scuttling a deal to get these proposed laws implemented,
the crossbench should offer their support, not cynical opposition, to
what is being advocated for.
They might even be able to offer something worthwhile that could be incorporated in the
package.
To not do so exposes their utter hypocrisy and blowhard false commentary about
being in politics to 'clean things up'. -
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nedeľa, 01 december 2024 00:32
posted by สรวง diy หนองจอก
Do Greens and crossbenchers who claim that
transparency and integrity is at the heart of their reason for entering Parliament
in the first place hear themselves?
In the past few days they have mounted self-serving arguments against
proposed electoral reforms that the major parties look set to come together to support.
The reforms include caps for how much money wealthy
individuals can donate, caps on the amount candidates can spend in individual electorates to prevent the equivalent of an arms race, and a $90million limit on what any party can spend at an election - actually less than the
major parties currently spend.
The proposed new laws also include lower disclosure thresholds for donations, thus
increasing the transparency of who makes political donations in the first place.
So the wealthy wont be able to hide behind anonymity while using their
cash to influence election outcomes - and the extent to which they can use their wealth at all will be limited.
The bill will further improve transparency by also increasing the speed and frequency that disclosures of donations need to be made.
At present we have the absurd situation in which donations get made - but you only find out the details of who has given what to whom many months later,
well after elections are won and lost.
In other words, what is broadly being proposed
will result in much greater transparency and far less big money being injected into campaigning
by the wealthy.
Teal Kylea Tink claimed the major parties were 'running scared' with the policy and warned the reform
would 'not stop the rot'
Greens senate leader Larissa Waters (left) fired a warning shot - saying if it serves only
the major parties 'it's a rort, not reform'. Teal independent ACT senator David
Pocock (right) said: 'What seems to be happening is a major-party stitch-up'
Anyone donating more than $1,000 to a political party, as
opposed to $16,000 under the current rules, will need to disclose having
done so. And how much they can donate will be capped.
Yet the Greens and Teals have quickly condemned the proposed new laws, labeling
them a 'stitch-up', 'outrageous' and 'a rort, not a reform'.
They have lost their collective minds after finding out that Labor's
proposal just might secure the support of the opposition.
I had to double check who was criticising what exactly before even starting to write this column.
Because I had assumed - incorrectly - that these important transparency measures stamping out the influence of
the wealthy must have been proposed by the virtue-signalling Greens or the
corruption-fighting Teals, in a united crossbench effort to drag the major parties closer to accountability.
More fool me.
The bill, designed to clean up a rotten system, is being put forward by Labor and is opposed by a growing cabal of crossbenchers.
It makes you wonder what they have to hide.
Put simply, the Greens and Teals doth protest too much on this issue.
Labor is thought to be trying to muscle out major political
donors such as Clive Palmer
Another potential target of the laws is businessman and Teal funder Simon Holmes à Court
The Greens have taken massive donations in the past, contrary to their irregular calls
to tighten donations rules (Greens leader Adam Bandt and Senator
Mehreen Faruqi are pictured)
The major parties have long complained about the influence the likes of Simon Holmes
à Court wields behind the scenes amongst the Teals.
And we know the Greens have taken massive donations from the wealthy in the past, contrary to their irregular calls to tighten donations rules.
Now that tangible change has been proposed, these bastions of virtue are running a mile from reforms that will
curtail dark art of political donations.
The Labor government isn't even seeking for these
transparency rules to take effect immediately, by the way.
It won't be some sort of quick-paced power play before the next election designed
to catch the crossbench out.
They are aiming for implementation by 2026, giving everyone enough time to absorb and understand the changes
before preparing for them.
Don't get me wrong, no deal has yet been done between Labor
and the Coalition. I imagine the opposition want to go over the
laws with a fine tooth comb.
As they should - because it certainly isn't beyond Labor to include hidden one-party advantages in the proposed design which would create loopholes only the unions are capable
of taking advantage of, therefore disadvantaging the Coalition electorally in the years
to come.
But short of such baked-in trickiness scuttling a deal to get these proposed laws implemented, the crossbench should offer their support, not cynical opposition, to what is being advocated for.
They might even be able to offer something worthwhile
that could be incorporated in the package.
To not do so exposes their utter hypocrisy and blowhard false commentary
about being in politics to 'clean things up'. -
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Joker: Folie À Deux — starring Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix — may have
bombed at the box office, but the name behind the new flick is a perfect fit that nails its darkly playful tone.
Folie À Deux directly translates to madness for two.
The term means 'the presence of the same or similar delusional ideas
in two persons closely associated with one another', According to Merriam-Webster.
And while the name is a stroke of clever ingenuity,
the film itself might leave audiences feeling more bewildered than entertained.
The new flick has garnered the lowest CinemaScore in comic book
movie history as it bombed at the box office on opening
night.
Joker: Folie À Deux — starring Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix —
may have bombed at the box office, but the name behind the new
flick is a perfect fit that nails its darkly playful tone
Folie À Deux directly translates to madness for two. The term
means 'the presence of the same or similar delusional ideas in two persons closely associated with one another'
The psychological musical thriller — which has been criticized as 'bleak'
and 'disappointing' — officially released in theaters on Friday, October 4, but it only raked
in $20 million at the domestic box office, per The Hollywood Reporter.
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Joker: Folie À Deux is branded 'bleak' and the 'most disappointing follow-up' by critics
Joaquin reprised his role as the Joker in the sequel,
which had earned him an Oscar for his portrayal in the 2019 film, while
Gaga took on the role of Harleen Lee Quinzel (Harley Quinn).
However, Joker: Folie À Deux has been given a D rating on CinemaScore — the
lowest score for a comic book movie at the time of writing.
Madame Web — which notably also flopped in theaters earlier this year and also received terrible
reviews — holds a higher score with a C+.
On Rotten Tomatoes, the movie currently holds an audience score of 31 percent and a
critic score of 33 percent.
The sequel is projected to rake in less that $50 million at the domestic box
office during the entirety of opening weekend, per The Hollywood Reporter.
The movie had been projected to bring in around $70 million - but the number has since drastically dropped.
Joker (2019) notably opened with $96.2 million when the film first released
in theaters - and eventually landed a little over $1 billion in the global box office.
It has garnered the lowest CinemaScore in comic book movie history as the film bombs at the box office
on opening night
It received a D rating on CinemaScore - the lowest score for a comic book movie
On Rotten Tomatoes, the movie currently holds an audience score of 31% and a critic score of 32%
The first movie - which was also directed by Todd Phillips - had a budget of between $55 and $70 million. However, the budget increased for Folie À Deux to around $200 million.
The 2019 movie garnered praise and positive reviews from both critics and audiences - and won the Golden Lion during the
76th Venice International Film Festival.
Joaquin received an Oscar for Best Actor for his portrayal of the
Joker (Arthur Fleck) - and the film garnered an additional Academy Award for Best Original Score.
The sequel also screened during the Venice International Film Festival last month in September,
where it earned a 12-minute standing ovation, per Deadline.
However, audiences have since taken to X after the movie released in theaters on Friday - and shared their opinions
on the sequel, which features musical sequences.
One fan penned, 'Joaquin Phoenix don't deserve this. what happened to the script?' while another added, 'is it that bad,' followed by a crying face emoji.
'Ironically I feel that a musical, if done well, could have been a good choice.
It'd show how much of an unreliable narrator Fleck is,' one typed.
'But with some original songs, that keep everything vague, not
just covers. Also when I heard of the ending I snorted fr.'
A social media user wrote, 'Stop making sequels as musicals if the original
wasn't a musical.'
'Maybe he [Phillips] only had an hour long movie, and decided to randomly
add musical scenes to fill the runtime,' one penned.
'Joker downfall really needs to be studied,' another shared,
along with a monkey staring out a window.
One fan said, 'the movie sucks. i had to walk out of the
cinema,' while another penned, 'After years of disagreement....*Joker 2 releases* Critics [shaking hands] Audience.'
However, audiences have since taken to X after the movie
released in theaters on Friday - and shared their opinions over the
sequel, which was also a musical
'Ironically I feel that a musical, if done well, could have been a good
choice. It'd show how much of an unreliable narrator Fleck is,' one typed
'Joker downfall really needs to be studied,' another shared, along with a
monkey staring out a window
'That's way below what we expected,' one wrote in regards to the current Rotten Tomatoes scores.
'People are saying this is the worst sequel ever.'
A fan explained, 'yea this film was bad.
it was pretentious and dull. has the aesthetic of an arthouse film without the substance.'
'It also insults the audience's intelligence. the songs were also underwhelming too.
they shouldn't have let this escape to theaters.'
One shared, 'The audience that loved the first movie is not
the same audience running to see musicals. This was a gigantic mistake from step 1.'
During an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Phillips discussed whether he would be interested
in making a third Joker film or a movie centered around Gaga's character.
'It's not really where this movie is headed for me.
I feel like my time in the DC Universe was these
two films.'
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