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A good article re this issue from Sean O'Neill Motley Fool who wrote a few articles on IIL at the time of this possible event, together with this chart (below) that showed unusual trading at the time.

 

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Let me tell you one of the most remarkable stories IÃÆâ€â„¢ÃƒÆ’ƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¢ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢â€š¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¬ÃƒÆ’…¡Ãƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¬ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢â€š¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¬ÃƒÆ’…¾Ãƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¢ve come across in my almost five years of contributing to The Motley Fool.

 

In June last year I wrote an article about Innate Immunotherapeutics Ltd (ASX: IIL). It was a biotech company, grossly overhyped (in my opinion) and it had a failed clinical trial that saw its share price fall by 91% when it returned to trade.

 

Nothing unusual about that.

 

I then published a brief follow-up piece showing the share price chart, which is what I normally do when a company experiences a heavy fall in a single day. The price chart showed something highly unusual. I have annotated it here to make it more clear:

https://www.fool.com.au/2018/08/09/asx-wate...ics-ltd-asxiil/

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On MSNBC this afternoon they were saying that the congressman held his shares in Australia and when he was told by the CEO that the clinical trial had failed the Australian shares were already in a trading halt. So he himself could not and did not dump his shares. But within a few minutes of getting that news the congressman had rung his son who then passed on the info to his girlfriend's dad who both held their shares in the US (over the counter trading) and they dumped those shares. Apparently by doing so they avoided losing about three quarters of a million US dollars. The congressman apparently lost "millions". So the insider trading conspiracy was carried out in the US (actually on the Whitehouse grounds) and the people who lost money because of the insider trading were Americans, hence why the US Justice Department arrested and charged the congressman.

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Yes and the son and his fiancee's father apparently have also been charged - https://www.businessinsider.com.au/chris-co...8?r=US&IR=T

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Get a load of this

HereÃÆâ€â„¢ÃƒÆ’ƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¢ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢â€š¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¬ÃƒÆ’…¡Ãƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¬ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢â€š¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¬ÃƒÆ’…¾Ãƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¢s whatÃÆâ€â„¢ÃƒÆ’ƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¢ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢â€š¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¬ÃƒÆ’…¡Ãƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¬ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢â€š¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¬ÃƒÆ’…¾Ãƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¢s laid out in complaints from the US Securities and Exchange Commission and the US AttorneyÃÆâ€â„¢ÃƒÆ’ƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¢ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢â€š¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¬ÃƒÆ’…¡Ãƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¬ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢â€š¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¬ÃƒÆ’…¾Ãƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¢s Office for the Southern District of New York (Collins has pleaded not guilty):

 

Collins sits on the board of Innate Immunotherapeutics, an Australian biopharmaceutical company in which he is also the largest shareholder.

 

On June 22, 2017, Collins learned that InnateÃÆâ€â„¢ÃƒÆ’ƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¢ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢â€š¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¬ÃƒÆ’…¡Ãƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¬ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢â€š¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¬ÃƒÆ’…¾Ãƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¢s main drug had failed clinical trials, a grave outcome for InnateÃÆâ€â„¢ÃƒÆ’ƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¢ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢â€š¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¬ÃƒÆ’…¡Ãƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¬ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢â€š¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¬ÃƒÆ’…¾Ãƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¢s financial condition.

 

Literally seconds after learning this news, Collins contacted his son, Cameron, who at the time owned 2% of Innate.

 

Over the following four days, Cameron Collins and several other associates of the Collinses proceeded to liquidate their positions in Innate before the public announcement of the drug failure on June 26, after which the stock fell 92%. They saved approximately $US750,000 by selling before the announcement.

 

Innate is not an especially large company. As a result, per the SEC: ÃÆâ€â„¢ÃƒÆ’ƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¢ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢â€š¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¬ÃƒÆ’…¡Ãƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¬ÃƒÆ’â€Â¦ÃƒƒÂ¢Ãƒ¢Ã¢Ã¢â€š¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¬ÃƒÆ’…âہ“The sales by Cameron Collins, his girlfriend, and her parents, including Stephen Zarsky, made up more than 53% of the stockÃÆâ€â„¢ÃƒÆ’ƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¢ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢â€š¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¬ÃƒÆ’…¡Ãƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¬ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢â€š¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¬ÃƒÆ’…¾Ãƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¢s trading volume [on June 23] and exceeded InnateÃÆâ€â„¢ÃƒÆ’ƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¢ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢â€š¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¬ÃƒÆ’…¡Ãƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¬ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢â€š¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¬ÃƒÆ’…¾Ãƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¢s 15-day average trading volume by more than 1,454%.ÃÆâ€â„¢ÃƒÆ’ƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¢ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢â€š¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¬ÃƒÆ’…¡Ãƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¬ÃƒÆ’â€Å¡Ãƒƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚ÂÂ

 

Worth reading the rest - https://www.businessinsider.com.au/chris-co...8?r=US&IR=T

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The management of a small Sydney-based biotech company at the heart of a US political furore sat on "extremely bad news" going to the heart of its financial future for four days before informing the market, in a move which it has emerged helped the perpetrators of an alleged insider trading scam.

 

It has also emerged that, despite US authorities now having charged a string of people with conspiracy to defraud and a subsequent cover-up, Australian authorities took no action despite being formally advised of serious concerns by a former Australian Securities & Investments Commission lawyer early last year.

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/natio...3cf01ae642f9ddf

 

- Ironic, perhaps, that "sitting on news" and "taking no action" leads to the breaking of news and careers

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Aussie regulators appear unlikely to take action against Collins, Innate

By Jerry Zremski | Published 4:07 a.m. August 11, 2018 | Updated 8 hours ago

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WASHINGTON ÃÆâ€â„¢ÃƒÆ’ƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¢ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢â€š¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¬ÃƒÆ’…¡Ãƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¬ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚¬Ãƒâ€¦Ã‚¡ÃƒÆ’‚¬Ãƒâ€Â¦ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚¬Ãƒâ€¦Ã¢â‚¬Å“ Some 9,929 miles from a New York courtroom where prosecutors charged Rep. Chris Collins with insider trading, there's another set of laws that might seem to put the Clarence Republican in more legal jeopardy.

 

But when asked about the U.S. government's case against Collins, spokespeople for both the Australian securities regulator and the Australian Stock Exchange said Friday they had not taken any action against Collins regarding his investments in Australian biotech firm Innate Immunotherapeutics ÃÆâ€â„¢ÃƒÆ’ƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¢ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢â€š¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¬ÃƒÆ’…¡Ãƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¬ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚¬Ãƒâ€¦Ã‚¡ÃƒÆ’‚¬Ãƒâ€Â¦ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚¬Ãƒâ€¦Ã¢â‚¬Å“ and they gave no indication they plan to do so.

 

That lack of official action in Australia didn't impress James Wheeldon, a dissident Innate shareholder who has long questioned Collins' involvement in the firm.

 

"I find it very strange that you have U.S. authorities alleging conduct that amounts to very serious criminal offenses in Australia ÃÆâ€â„¢ÃƒÆ’ƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¢ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢â€š¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¬ÃƒÆ’…¡Ãƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¬ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚¬Ãƒâ€¦Ã‚¡ÃƒÆ’‚¬Ãƒâ€Â¦ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚¬Ãƒâ€¦Ã¢â‚¬Å“ certainly go-to-jail offenses ÃÆâ€â„¢ÃƒÆ’ƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¢ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢â€š¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¬ÃƒÆ’…¡Ãƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¬ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚¬Ãƒâ€¦Ã‚¡ÃƒÆ’‚¬Ãƒâ€Â¦ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚¬Ãƒâ€¦Ã¢â‚¬Å“ and the authorities here are doing nothing," said Wheeldon, a securities lawyer who used to work for Australia's version of the Securities and Exchange Commission. "This is embarrassing."

 

Australia's Takeovers Panel, a government body that reviews securities transactions, has taken a look at allegations "about the scale of Mr. CollinsÃÆâ€â„¢ÃƒÆ’ƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¢ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢â€š¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¬ÃƒÆ’…¡Ãƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¬ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢â€š¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¬ÃƒÆ’…¾Ãƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¢ shareholding, the nature of any relationship with other shareholders and related issues," said Gervace Greene, national media manager for the Australian Securities and Investments Commission. That's the Australian agency that oversees that nation's securities laws and the Takeovers Panel.

 

"We have not made any comment about those allegations, other than to note that at least some of them were considered by the Takeovers Panel, which reportedly saw no need for further action," Greene added.

 

Outraged over this, Wheeldon said he would file a formal complaint about the lack of official action on Monday.

 

He said it was silly for the Australian securities regulator to say the Takeovers Panel was responsible for reviewing concerns regarding Innate.

 

"The panel is not a law enforcement agency ÃÆâ€â„¢ÃƒÆ’ƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¢ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢â€š¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¬ÃƒÆ’…¡Ãƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¬ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚¬Ãƒâ€¦Ã‚¡ÃƒÆ’‚¬Ãƒâ€Â¦ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚¬Ãƒâ€¦Ã¢â‚¬Å“ ASIC is," he said.

 

But the Australian securities regulator has said nothing about insider trading at Innate, noted Sean O'Neill, a blogger at the Australian version of the Motley Fool investment website.

 

"Australian investors may of course wonder why this ASX insider trading is being prosecuted by the SEC instead of our own suited gentlemen at ASIC," O'Neill wrote. "They will have to keep wondering, as ASIC is not particularly quick off the mark."

 

Asked if the Australian Stock Exchange, known as ASX, might take any action involving Collins or Innate, a spokesman for the stock exchange essentially said no.

 

"ASX doesnÃÆâ€â„¢ÃƒÆ’ƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¢ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢â€š¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¬ÃƒÆ’…¡Ãƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¬ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢â€š¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¬ÃƒÆ’…¾Ãƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¢t determine if companies or individuals have broken the law," said the stock exchange spokesman, Matthew Gibbs. "We have no powers to do so. ThatÃÆâ€â„¢ÃƒÆ’ƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¢ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢â€š¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¬ÃƒÆ’…¡Ãƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¬ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢â€š¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¬ÃƒÆ’…¾Ãƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¢s a matter for regulators."

 

Gibbs absolved the Australian Stock Exchange of any responsibility regarding the unusual timing of the events at the center of the Collins stock scandal.

 

"The timing was a matter for the company," Gibbs said.

 

"There was a market for the companyÃÆâ€â„¢ÃƒÆ’ƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¢ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢â€š¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¬ÃƒÆ’…¡Ãƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¬ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢â€š¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¬ÃƒÆ’…¾Ãƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¢s shares in the U.S. and that market was uninformed" about the trouble that lay ahead, Wheeldon said.

Given how little Australian authorities have done about a scandal that led to arrests in the U.S., O'Neill warned investors in his country to be wary of small biotech companies such as Innate.

 

"Let this be a lesson to investors out there considering investing in risky parts of the market in unproven or speculative miners, biotechs, and technology stocks," he wrote. "Suspicious trading is not the unusual part of this story ÃÆâ€â„¢ÃƒÆ’ƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¢ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢â€š¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¬ÃƒÆ’…¡Ãƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¬ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚¬Ãƒâ€¦Ã‚¡ÃƒÆ’‚¬Ãƒâ€Â¦ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚¬Ãƒâ€¦Ã¢â‚¬Å“ whatÃÆâ€â„¢ÃƒÆ’ƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¢ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢â€š¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¬ÃƒÆ’…¡Ãƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¬ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢â€š¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¬ÃƒÆ’…¾Ãƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¢s unusual is that they got caught."

 

read more - https://buffalonews.com/2018/08/10/aussie-r...collins-innate/

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I'm pretty sure that ASIC is hoping that Congressman Collins will offer ASIC a couple of work experience placements in Washington DC so that the staff can ensure that such activity is no longer comptemplated. Not only will it teach the congressman that ASIC is really really serious about crimnal activities it will boost the chances of those ASIC employees pulling a wonderfully paying gig with a local financial institution.

 

Seriously, ASIC and APRA have to be disbanded and the regulatory system has to be rebuilt from scratch. And some executives from the financial sector need to do time behind bars.

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It's hard to have confidence in our markets under the current system. Perhaps Alan Fels's suggestion - let the ACCC do ASIC's job - might be a better option. Although the ACCC had how many investigations into the petrol companies with little result.

 

Look at all the backdoor listings with questionable projects, and dodgy operators, being allowed to operate with very few questions asked until it's too late and investors are already ripped off. And once they've been ripped off, the operators do it all again - find their next fund generator

 

Reminds me of this line from a Michael West article - ASICÃÆâ€â„¢ÃƒÆ’ƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¢ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢â€š¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¬ÃƒÆ’…¡Ãƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¬ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢â€š¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¬ÃƒÆ’…¾Ãƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¢s OJ Simpson moment shows directors have little to fear

 

Again, hard to see how you could argue with this proposition. And now, as Gold Coast entrepreneurs beaver away on their next generation of ÃÆâ€â„¢ÃƒÆ’ƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¢ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢â€š¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¬ÃƒÆ’…¡Ãƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¬ÃƒÆ’â€Â¦ÃƒƒÂ¢Ãƒ¢Ã¢Ã¢â€š¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¬ÃƒÆ’…âہ“fundsÃÆâ€â„¢ÃƒÆ’ƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¢ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢â€š¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¬ÃƒÆ’…¡Ãƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¬ÃƒÆ’â€Å¡Ãƒƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚ their fears of regulators and courts, their fears of reprisals, all will be mollified.

 

Still, the business lobby ÃÆâ€â„¢ÃƒÆ’ƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¢ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢â€š¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¬ÃƒÆ’…¡Ãƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¬ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚¬Ãƒâ€¦Ã‚¡ÃƒÆ’‚¬Ãƒâ€Â¦ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚¬Ãƒâ€¦Ã¢â‚¬Å“ the likes of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) ÃÆâ€â„¢ÃƒÆ’ƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¢ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢â€š¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¬ÃƒÆ’…¡Ãƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¬ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚¬Ãƒâ€¦Ã‚¡ÃƒÆ’‚¬Ãƒâ€Â¦ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚¬Ãƒâ€¦Ã¢â‚¬Å“ will persist with its claim that being a director holds too much risk ÃÆâ€â„¢ÃƒÆ’ƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¢ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢â€š¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¬ÃƒÆ’…¡Ãƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¬ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚¬Ãƒâ€¦Ã‚¡ÃƒÆ’‚¬Ãƒâ€Â¦ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚¬Ãƒâ€¦Ã¢â‚¬Å“ and therefore directors ought to be paid more and subject to less regulation.

 

In a de facto sense, there is almost no regulation, at least none to fear, as long as you are a big player. The greatest risk, apart from paper cuts and the odd blow to reputation, is probably a red-wine-jus spill on oneÃÆâ€â„¢ÃƒÆ’ƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¢ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢â€š¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¬ÃƒÆ’…¡Ãƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¬ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢â€š¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¬ÃƒÆ’…¾Ãƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¢s Gucci tie at an upmarket CBD nosherie.

https://www.michaelwest.com.au/just-two-day...io-peter-drake/

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Our watchdog ASX asking a few hard questions in the IIL - Christopher Collins, Cameron Collins and Stephen Zarskys insider trading matter

 

https://www.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20180814/pdf/...9vnpksfpt12.pdf

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since no one cares our beloved country leader crisis

 

i throw a quez//......... who will be our PM ??

 

what a bunch of sorry a"$%^ss.

 

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https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/du...rama/ar-BBMjUv7

 

Isha K summarised what a lot of you had to say: "Get your s--t together". Here are some of the other responses we got:

 

A lot of you are angry about all the leadership speculation

Madeline H called it "absolutely ridiculous":

 

"A f***ing embarrassment."

 

And Alex K called it "a complete waste of time," while Fiona HB said all of this means she has "no faith left for either party":

 

"I am ropable. I am disgusted that our government is so tied up in fighting amongst themselves than governing the country."

 

A lot of you agreed with Hamish P, and thought this whole week had been "terribly embarrassing":

 

"[it] makes Parliament House look like a pack of short-sighted and power-hungry toddlers, not deserving of the votes they've won."

 

Some of you think our Parliament is broken

Genevieve KS thinks the system might have been better in South Africa:

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democracy is good but if you let it run wild then it will become "damn-- crazy". that is what do we see in Canberra nowadays .

my words, clean our own sh3t first, before worry about others.

 

 

[nipper]

it's not that we don't care, it's just that we are numb

 

(we don't coalesce well, in this nation)