Come to think of it.

[liamvhogan@aus.social]

Come to think of it. When was the last time a former Minister or Department head at the Commonwealth level was sent to prison? I can’t think of one.

[morpheusb@aus.social]

@liamvhogan well, I think it's way past time.

[daedalus@eigenmagic.net]

@liamvhogan When was the first time? Has it ever happened?

[liamvhogan@aus.social]

@daedalus Thomas Ley is the most recent one I know of, and he was an MP not a minister https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Ley

[daedalus@eigenmagic.net]

@liamvhogan It says there he was, among other things, Minister for Justice at one point.

[liamvhogan@aus.social]

@daedalus in NSW (which gloriously, regularly jails its former Ministers)

[liamvhogan@aus.social]

@daedalus it still astounds me that no criminal charges ever came of the Australian Wheat Board scandal, for what it’s worth

[ingram@mastodon.social]

@liamvhogan @daedalus Queensland too. https://www.ccc.qld.gov.au/corruption/outcome/investigation-former-minister-gordon-nuttall?origin=serp_auto

[thewetmale@aus.social]

@ingram @liamvhogan @daedalus When you Nuttal but the Queen keep corruptin’

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[liamvhogan@aus.social]

@thewetmale @ingram @daedalus

[thewetmale@aus.social]

@liamvhogan @ingram @daedalus Pouring out a glass of expensive wine