by Jim Ball | Sep 16, 2016 | Blog, Dastyari |
Last week in one of my random notes, this time concerning Sam Dastyari and the nature and character of his relationship with his Chinese patrons. Seems that I was right in my assessment. First my note. Below that the front page of today’s SMH. “..Like many...
by Jim Ball | Sep 13, 2016 | Blog, Dastyari |
Former Labor frontbencher Sam Dastyari praised the Chinese Communist Party’s official propaganda outlet for its “incredible work” in building relations with Australia. In a 2015 Chinese New Year message he recorded for People’s Daily Online...
by Jim Ball | Sep 13, 2016 | Blog, Dastyari |
Nick Cater shreds and eviscerates Sock Puppet Sam in today’s Australian “…It is tempting to describe Sam Dastyari as a metaphor for our times, except that a metaphor has to stand for something, which the senator unfortunately doesn’t. So let’s just...
by Jim Ball | Sep 9, 2016 | Blog, Dastyari |
One final thing on Dastyari. The entire episode could be encapsulated in the quote from Deep-throat hiding in the shadows in the underground carpark as featured in the movie about Watergate, All The Presidents Men. “Follow the Money”
by Jim Ball | Sep 8, 2016 | Blog, China, Dastyari, Random Notes |
Like many people and political junkies, I have been wracking my brain over the last week trying to understand and get my head around the type of relaxed and comfortable relationship Sam Dastyari must have had with his Chinese patrons that he could just flick pass his...
