The AFRsure doesn’t know a story when it sees it, today burying another barn burner from Chris Joye in favour of this drivel at the top:
And back to the story that should be headlining:
When politicians are allowed to mislead the public it fundamentally undermines community confidence in our system of government.
…Under the FoFA laws, the term “commission” was formally captured by the words “conflicted remuneration”.
Enter Australia’s ambitious Finance Minister, Mathias Cormann, who…has relentlessly peddled the line that the government is “not reintroducing commissions” in any way. Journalists have been harangued if they dare suggest otherwise.
But the only basis on which Mr Cormann’s statement can be construed as being remotely truthful is if you literally invent a brand new definition of the meaning of “commission”, which is exactly what he has done.
…Yet every lawyer The Australian Financial Review has consulted says there is no legal or practical distinction between sales bonuses and commissions.
Well done, Chris. Identifying another plutocratic maneuver in situ, exposing the bullying tactics of government and its Orwellian clap trap.
At least we’ll headline you at MB!
