Crikey absolutely hates this system where business pay to have access to political conferences and we are going to name the people who participate in this grubby fundraising technique for the major political parties, starting with the upcoming WA ALP state conference.
David Franklyn: Alinta Gas
Geoff Lewis: ASG Ltd
Roger Burrows: Australia Post
Bradley Woods: Australian Hotels Association
David Walkenhorst: Baulderstone Hornibrook
Mark Lamond: Baulderstone Hornibrook
Michael Beahan: Pharmacy Guild of Australia
Stedman Ellis: BHP Billiton Iron Ore
John Schaap: Burswood International Resort Casino
Collis Thorpe: Cable Sands
Tim Shanahan: Chamber of Minterals & Energy WA
Peter Coghlan: Chevron Australia
John Clune: Coles Supermarkets
Tim Wong: Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Nicholas Ellery: Corrs Chambers Westgarth
John Halden: CPR Communicaitons and PR
Charles Neophhytou: Doric Group
Lee Boyd: Foodland Associated
Wayne Trumble: Griffin Energy
Megan Anwyl: Hawker Britton
John Clegg: Honeywelll
John Nayton: Ilkua Resources
Richard Mickle: John Holland
Robin Sanders: Leighton Contractors
Edward Tait: Macquarie Bank
Stuart Henry: Master Plumbers Association
Kempton Cowan: Mayne Health
Glen Mcleod: Minter Ellison
Adrian Fini: Mirvac Fini WA
Wayne Zekulich: NM Rothschild & Sons
Tony Lennon: Peet & Co
Warwick Hemsley: Peet & Co
Ky Cao: Perth Energy Pty Ltd
Bruce Clarke: PriceWaterhouseCoopers
Ross Mathewson: Riley Mathewson PR
Geoff Barnsley: Spotless
Cheryl Robertson: Sun Microsystems
Les Auty: Sun Microsystems
Peter Fairelough: Telstra
Glen Kelly: WA Aboriginal Native Title Working Group
Brian Wyatt: WA Aboriginal Native Title Working Group
Wayne Bergmann: WA Aboriginal Native Title Working Group
John Cummings: WA Independent Grocers’ Association
Michael Dean: WA Police Union
Chris Cassidey: WA Police Union
Keith Kessell: Wesfarmers
Peter Clough: WMC Resources
Kerry Lovell: Woodside Energy
CRIKEY: Please send in your explanations as to why these people are shelling out the cash. What are they looking for? Why is the Native Title Working group kicking almost $5000 into the WA Labor Party. And should Aussie Post be a part of this game?
WHO ARE THESE INFLUENCE PURCHASERS
A subscriber writes:
Bradley Woods from the Australian Hotels Association and Tim Shanahan from the Chamber of Minerals & Energy WA are both former Liberal Party apparatchiks
David Franklyn from Alinta Gas is a former Hartley’s analyst
Michael Beahan from the Pharmacy Guild of Australia is a former Labor Senate President
John Halden from CPR Communications and PR is a former Labor MLC and the man who tabled the notorious Penny Easton petition.
Megan Anwyl from those charmers at Hawker Britton is a former Labor Kalgoorlie MLA.
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