{"id":201,"date":"2019-06-21T11:27:04","date_gmt":"2019-06-21T03:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dingo.news\/voice\/?p=201"},"modified":"2021-10-08T00:47:43","modified_gmt":"2021-10-07T16:47:43","slug":"the-luck-of-the-taylors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dingo.news\/voice\/the-luck-of-the-taylors\/","title":{"rendered":"The Luck Of The Taylors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">From Twitter <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/twitter-a.jpg?resize=50%2C50&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-211 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Luck-of-the-Taylors.jpg?resize=632%2C140&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"632\" height=\"140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Luck-of-the-Taylors.jpg?w=632&amp;ssl=1 632w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Luck-of-the-Taylors.jpg?resize=300%2C66&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 632px) 100vw, 632px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">with <span style=\"color: #33cccc;\"><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a style=\"color: #33cccc;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jommy_tee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@jommy_tee<\/a> \u00a0 <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a style=\"color: #33cccc;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/grassgate?src=hashtag_click\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#grassgate<\/a> \u00a0<\/span> <span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a style=\"color: #33cccc;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/watergate?src=hashtag_click\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#watergate<\/a> \u00a0 <\/span> <span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a style=\"color: #33cccc;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/auspol?src=hashtag_click\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#auspol<\/a> \u00a0 <\/span><a style=\"color: #33cccc;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/grantgate?src=hashtag_click\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <span class=\"r-18u37iz\">#grantgate <\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-xoduu5\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">With all the recent talk of Angus Taylor and his brother Richard and the <span style=\"color: #33cccc;\"><a style=\"color: #33cccc;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2019\/apr\/08\/nsw-government-abandoned-land-clearing-investigation-into-company-linked-to-angus-taylor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">alleged poisoning of native vegetation<\/a><\/span>, (charges withdrawn) it\u2019s easy to suspect the Taylor family are being victimised.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">After all, they are viewed by many as hard working country folk.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\" style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">And hard working they are indeed, with members of Angus Taylor\u2019s family establishing themselves across many facets of the business &amp; political world. With his vast business experience &amp; numerous companies behind him, Angus Taylor could even be described as a self-made man.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">So too could Angus\u2019s brother Richard Taylor, who among many other things, runs the brother\u2019s joint venture Growth Farms. Growth Farms is remarkable for having $400 million worth of farming properties under their control, (remember that detail).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\" style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Most of the $400 million farm portfolio is owned by Australian born billionaire, Michael Hintze who happens to be a close personal friend of the Taylor brothers as well as a large corporate donor to the Liberal Party. And what a happy association that is.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-209 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MH-Premium-Farms.jpg?resize=640%2C516&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"516\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MH-Premium-Farms.jpg?resize=1024%2C825&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MH-Premium-Farms.jpg?resize=300%2C242&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MH-Premium-Farms.jpg?resize=768%2C619&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MH-Premium-Farms.jpg?w=1506&amp;ssl=1 1506w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\" style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">With another brother at corporate behemoth McKinsey &amp; Co, &amp; yet another running educational institutions (Duncan) &amp; Duncan Taylor\u2019s wife Bronnie Taylor sitting as a member of NSW parliament, you&#8217;d think the enterprising Taylor family would need no assistance at all.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\" style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">But . . . . you would be mistaken. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Feast your eyes on this chart.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">A master class in accessing all that glorious government assistance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-214 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Taylor-grants-93M.jpg?resize=640%2C811&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"811\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Taylor-grants-93M.jpg?resize=808%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 808w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Taylor-grants-93M.jpg?resize=237%2C300&amp;ssl=1 237w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Taylor-grants-93M.jpg?resize=768%2C973&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Taylor-grants-93M.jpg?w=914&amp;ssl=1 914w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\" style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">From the time Angus Taylor entered parliament in September 2013, companies &amp; organisations the Taylor family have managed, directed or are directly associated with have benefited from over $93,515,673 in federal &amp; state government funds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\" style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"> And yes &#8211; you read that correctly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\" style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Let\u2019s look at Monaro Farming Systems for example, situated in rural \u2013 &amp; very, very grassy \u2013 South East NSW. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\" style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">With Richard Taylor as the chairman, this group luckily received a $563,728 Landcare grant during the period b\/w Joyce &amp; Littleproud changing over the agriculture ministry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\" style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Fascinatingly, this huge Landcare grant for weather monitoring &amp; pasture improvement was awarded while Richard Taylor &amp; several others were still under investigation for illegal land clearing, which is interesting criteria for a federal Landcare grant. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\" style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">But who are we to judge?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\" style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Monaro Farming Systems states it is a non-profit group that boasts having received over $600,000 in grants &amp; sponsorship, yet according to its website, it has 41 financial members. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\" style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">It also employs an admin person who luckily, happens to work for the Taylor\u2019s Growth Farms.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\" style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">It\u2019s heartening to know that such a small, isolated farm group that receives so many government funds for its research projects can then, well . . . <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\" style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">. . . roll all that knowledge over into Growth Farm\u2019s $400 million management of farm properties for a billionaire.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-256 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Lucky-Taylor-1.jpg?resize=1080%2C612&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"612\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Lucky-Taylor-1.jpg?w=1254&amp;ssl=1 1254w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Lucky-Taylor-1.jpg?resize=300%2C170&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Lucky-Taylor-1.jpg?resize=768%2C435&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Lucky-Taylor-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C581&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\" style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Not to be outdone, Angus Taylor\u2019s brother &amp; Bronnie Taylor\u2019s husband, Duncan, has been hard at work in the education sector. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\" style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Duncan Taylor heads up an organisation known as Country University Centres &amp; in a time of TAFE cuts &amp; closures, CUC has gone from strength to strength.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-255 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Duncan-Taylor-Cooma-1.jpg?resize=455%2C567&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"455\" height=\"567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Duncan-Taylor-Cooma-1.jpg?w=821&amp;ssl=1 821w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Duncan-Taylor-Cooma-1.jpg?resize=241%2C300&amp;ssl=1 241w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Duncan-Taylor-Cooma-1.jpg?resize=768%2C958&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 455px) 100vw, 455px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\" style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/>\nDuncan\u2019s wife <span style=\"color: #33cccc;\"><a style=\"color: #33cccc;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2019\/jun\/20\/angus-taylors-sister-in-law-asked-if-she-tried-to-influence-endangered-species-listing?CMP=share_btn_tw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bronnie Taylor, a Nationals MP in the NSW parliament<\/a><\/span>, was once NSW parliamentary secretary to John Barilaro. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\" style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Barilaro also coincidentally helped Monaro Farming Systems with some of their successful grants. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\" style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The Taylors are very lucky like that.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-254 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Chairmans-report-2018-Richard-Taylor-1.jpg?resize=1080%2C619&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"619\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Chairmans-report-2018-Richard-Taylor-1.jpg?w=1320&amp;ssl=1 1320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Chairmans-report-2018-Richard-Taylor-1.jpg?resize=300%2C172&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Chairmans-report-2018-Richard-Taylor-1.jpg?resize=768%2C440&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Chairmans-report-2018-Richard-Taylor-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C586&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\" style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Duncan Taylor had even more good fortune when CUC was registered as an umbrella group for rural education back in Feb 2017, the same time as his wife Bronnie became Barilaro\u2019s parliamentary secretary. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\" style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Three months later, the CUC was the lucky recipient of an $8 million grant.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\" style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Not to be outdone, the fed govt awarded CUC a $5.1 million grant, although the grant is difficult to find as it was announced as part of a fund package in Nov 2108. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\" style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">To date, the Duncan Taylor led CUC is one of the only NSW rural facilities to obtain funding from this fund pool.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\" style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Media releases show a grant pool of $7.5 million for 16 regional study hubs, making it clear that the Country University Centres luckily managed to grasp the lion\u2019s share of the funds, with the majority of the other rural groups left to share in the remaining $2.4 million.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-263 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Support-for-regional-students1.jpg?resize=579%2C958&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"579\" height=\"958\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Support-for-regional-students1.jpg?w=579&amp;ssl=1 579w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Support-for-regional-students1.jpg?resize=181%2C300&amp;ssl=1 181w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 579px) 100vw, 579px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\" style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">That same week, an excited Angus Taylor spruiked the federal grant to Goulburn\u2019s CUC. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\" style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Unfortunately he forgot to mention his wife Louise Clegg sat on the Board of Directors &amp; that his brother Duncan Taylor was the umbrella organisation\u2019s CEO, which received the full $5,100,000.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-252\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/CUC-funding-1.jpg?resize=766%2C1076&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"766\" height=\"1076\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/CUC-funding-1.jpg?w=766&amp;ssl=1 766w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/CUC-funding-1.jpg?resize=214%2C300&amp;ssl=1 214w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/CUC-funding-1.jpg?resize=729%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 729w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 766px) 100vw, 766px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"css-901oao r-hkyrab r-1qd0xha r-a023e6 r-16dba41 r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\" lang=\"en\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"tweet-text\" class=\"css-901oao r-hkyrab r-1qd0xha r-a023e6 r-16dba41 r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\" style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Angus Taylor of course helped steer his own companies toward accessing government funds prior to entering parliament. <\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-901oao r-hkyrab r-1qd0xha r-a023e6 r-16dba41 r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\" lang=\"en\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-901oao r-hkyrab r-1qd0xha r-a023e6 r-16dba41 r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\" style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">In 2013, while still listed as a director of the Cayman\u2019s Eastern Aust Irrigation, Eastern Aust Agriculture sold water licences to the fed govt for $4.3 million.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-901oao r-hkyrab r-1qd0xha r-a023e6 r-16dba41 r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\" lang=\"en\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-901oao r-hkyrab r-1qd0xha r-a023e6 r-16dba41 r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\" lang=\"en\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-222 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Labor-EAI-Cayman-Islands-Water-deal.jpg?resize=679%2C199&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"679\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Labor-EAI-Cayman-Islands-Water-deal.jpg?w=679&amp;ssl=1 679w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Labor-EAI-Cayman-Islands-Water-deal.jpg?resize=300%2C88&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 679px) 100vw, 679px\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"tweet-rich-content-label\" class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-156q2ks\">\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-1udh08x\">\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-9x6qib r-t23y2h r-1phboty r-rs99b7 r-1udh08x\">\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n\">\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-1adg3ll r-1udh08x\">\n<div class=\"r-1adg3ll r-13qz1uu\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"r-1p0dtai r-1pi2tsx r-1d2f490 r-u8s1d r-ipm5af r-13qz1uu\">\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-1p0dtai r-1mlwlqe r-1d2f490 r-p1pxzi r-1mnahxq r-1udh08x r-u8s1d r-zchlnj r-ipm5af r-417010\">\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-1niwhzg r-vvn4in r-u6sd8q r-4gszlv r-1p0dtai r-1pi2tsx r-1d2f490 r-u8s1d r-zchlnj r-ipm5af r-13qz1uu r-1wyyakw\">\n<div id=\"tweet-text\" class=\"css-901oao r-hkyrab r-1qd0xha r-a023e6 r-16dba41 r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\" lang=\"en\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\">Yes, before the infamous $80 million <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\" style=\"color: #33cccc;\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #33cccc;\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/watergate?src=hashtag_click\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-focusable=\"true\">#watergate<\/a><\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\"> buybacks were ever thought of, Angus Taylor\u2019s old company Eastern Australia Agriculture managed to accumulate $5,762,165 of taxpayer funded grants &amp; sales. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-901oao r-hkyrab r-1qd0xha r-a023e6 r-16dba41 r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\" lang=\"en\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-901oao r-hkyrab r-1qd0xha r-a023e6 r-16dba41 r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\" style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">For Eastern Australia Agriculture, the luck just never stopped.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-901oao r-hkyrab r-1qd0xha r-a023e6 r-16dba41 r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\" lang=\"en\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-901oao r-hkyrab r-1qd0xha r-a023e6 r-16dba41 r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\" lang=\"en\">\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\" style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\" style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">It could be hard for some to understand that after sitting as a director on a cumulative total of 17 companies over 2 decades, Angus Taylor would leave behind his multi-million dollar earning capacity in the corporate world for the life of a humble politician.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-901oao r-hkyrab r-1qd0xha r-a023e6 r-16dba41 r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\" lang=\"en\">\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\" style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\">But then again &#8211; the rewards of helping people must help balance out all that sacrifice.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-901oao r-hkyrab r-1qd0xha r-a023e6 r-16dba41 r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\" lang=\"en\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-224 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Lucky-Taylor-touted-future-PM.jpg?resize=680%2C475&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Lucky-Taylor-touted-future-PM.jpg?w=680&amp;ssl=1 680w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Lucky-Taylor-touted-future-PM.jpg?resize=300%2C210&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Lucky-Taylor-touted-future-PM.jpg?resize=320%2C224&amp;ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Lucky-Taylor-touted-future-PM.jpg?resize=100%2C70&amp;ssl=1 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-901oao r-hkyrab r-1qd0xha r-a023e6 r-16dba41 r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\" lang=\"en\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-901oao r-hkyrab r-1qd0xha r-a023e6 r-16dba41 r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\" lang=\"en\">\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\" style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\"><strong><br \/>\nAddendum:<\/strong> This thread is in no way intended to infer any of the Taylor family have acted in any way inappropriately.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-901oao r-hkyrab r-1qd0xha r-a023e6 r-16dba41 r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\" style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Quite the contrary &#8211; it is a tribute to their amazing work ethic and capacity to garner good fortune.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-901oao r-hkyrab r-1qd0xha r-a023e6 r-16dba41 r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\" lang=\"en\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-901oao r-hkyrab r-1qd0xha r-a023e6 r-16dba41 r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/MsVeruca\/status\/1156572366455169026?s=20<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h4 class=\"css-901oao r-hkyrab r-1qd0xha r-a023e6 r-16dba41 r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\" lang=\"en\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><br \/>\nAssociated articles<\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dingo.news\/voice\/2019\/07\/05\/the-green-green-grassgate-of-home-angus-taylors-latest-scandal-explained\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Green, Green, Grassgate of home : Angus Taylor&#8217;s latest scandal explained<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"css-901oao r-hkyrab r-1qd0xha r-a023e6 r-16dba41 r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\" lang=\"en\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><a style=\"color: #008000;\" href=\"https:\/\/dingo.news\/voice\/2019\/07\/28\/grassed-up\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Grassed up<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Twitter with @jommy_tee \u00a0 #grassgate \u00a0 #watergate \u00a0 #auspol \u00a0 #grantgate \u00a0 With all the recent talk of Angus Taylor and his brother Richard and the alleged poisoning of native vegetation, (charges withdrawn) it\u2019s easy to suspect the Taylor family are being victimised. After all, they are viewed by many as hard working country [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":231,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[476,3,82],"tags":[24],"class_list":["post-201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles-by-ronni-salt-jommy-tee","category-political-issues","category-politics-with-angus-taylor","tag-angus-taylor-minister-lnp"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}