Why the US can’t beat the Taliban: their secret finances revealedIt’s no longer just opium poppies funding the Taliban. Fundraising from foreign donations, kidnappings and extortion have created a financial monopoly so strong that the US military have publicly admitted they are struggling to fight it.
Fundraising
Barry O’Farrell sticks his neck out on donations reform
Barry O’Farrell has stuck his neck out on political donations reform, lobbyist activities and election expenditure in an attempt to make ground on Premier Rees. But his own political fundraising is under question, writes Lee Rhiannon.
Here you go…
this is all the money we raised for the bushfire appeal
Charity’s fire appeal hits a snag at Bunnings
It’s great that Bunnings wanted to do something for the fire victims. Instead, they got in the way, writes an anonymous Rotarian.
Can Howard be quarantined from toxic Qld Libs?
Something is rotten in the state of the Queensland Liberal party, writes Mark Bahnisch
