Rules for the Rich

Mafia suspect donated to Liberals | The Australian

FORMER immigration minister Amanda Vanstone reportedly overturned a deportation order against a suspected Melbourne mafia identity after a large donation to the Liberal Party.

Lunch time yesterday we were talking about how, in one country a lot of people had lived in, the rich could just play fines and donations and then do as they wished even though the people who couldn't live that way would have severe penalties for breaking the law. So then the comment was made that there were no rules for the rich. They merely bought or bought off so that they could do exactly as they pleased. The tendency was to suggest this wasn't the case in Australia ,that the laws were for everyone. I think we need to be clear about what our country now represents and how  we too can benefit from riches to get our whims and fancies met. Only this week we have had an article about how Adelaide parklands are tied up because some people pay the licensing fees. It then more or less becomes a private parkland and the general public doesn't actually know when they can use or visit these parklands. They are then not Adelaide parklands and that should be clarified if that is how we are running things. I am curious now about the extent to which we can buy our own rules in Australia.