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"High-profile conservative politicians, including Barnaby Joyce, were among
those gifted fully funded trips to attend the recent conference of the Alliance
for Responsible Citizenship (ARC), led by controversial Canadian psychologist
Jordan Peterson.
The three-day inaugural conference in London’s O2 Arena drew a number of
Australian conservatives, with the former prime minister John Howard and
opposition Indigenous affairs spokesperson, Jacinta Nampijinpa Price,
attracting headlines for their speeches.
A number of other members of the Coalition’s right wing were also present,
including Andrew Hastie and James Paterson, along with backbenchers Alex Antic
and Matt Canavan.
Former NSW premier Dominic Perrottet was also in the audience.
At least a few of those politicians did not need to dig far into their own
pockets for the privilege of being there.
Updates to the register of members’ interests this week show Joyce was flown
business class return between Sydney and London for the conference. The deal
also included accommodation and “hospitality” for four nights – all paid for by
the Peterson-led group.
It appears the same deal was offered to at least two others. Paterson, who was
the first to update his register of interests, declared he had also been gifted
a return flight, accommodation and hospitality by ARC to attend.
Nationals MP Anne Webster also declared she was a fully funded guest."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
