☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻<p>“It extends to former <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/politicians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politicians</span></a> and political <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/staffers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>staffers</span></a> on both sides of <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a>. Naturally, those who have served in <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Defence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Defence</span></a> or shadow defence portfolios have been in hottest demand.</p><p>The list includes former ministers <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ChristopherPyne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChristopherPyne</span></a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/KimBeazley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KimBeazley</span></a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ArthurSinodinos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArthurSinodinos</span></a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/StephenConroy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StephenConroy</span></a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/JoelFitzgibbon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JoelFitzgibbon</span></a> and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/DavidJohnston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DavidJohnston</span></a>, former Liberal opposition leader <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/BrendanNelson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BrendanNelson</span></a> and former prime minister <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ScottMorrison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScottMorrison</span></a>.</p><p>And the federal government’s register of <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/lobbyists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lobbyists</span></a> shows dozens of former staffers who have joined advisory firms with defence clients. Among them are <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/PaulChamberlin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PaulChamberlin</span></a>, former staffer to three Nationals leaders; <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/CarlUngerer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CarlUngerer</span></a>, a former national security adviser to one-time Labor leader Simon Crean; <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/MichaelChoueifate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MichaelChoueifate</span></a>, a one-time chief of staff to Anthony Albanese; <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AdamHoward" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AdamHoward</span></a>, the former chief of staff to Pyne; and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/TonyHodges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TonyHodges</span></a>, a former staffer to then-shadow defence minister Richard Marles and former prime minister <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/JuliaGillard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JuliaGillard</span></a>.”</p><p>Miserable bastards in government, c@nts in public life. </p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Corporate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Corporate</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fraud</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AUKUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AUKUS</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/MIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MIC</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/MilitaryIndustrialComplex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MilitaryIndustrialComplex</span></a> <<a href="https://smh.com.au/national/battle-stations-the-former-pm-ministers-and-military-brass-cashing-in-on-australia-s-defence-spending-bonanza-20250729-p5miky.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">smh.com.au/national/battle-sta</span><span class="invisible">tions-the-former-pm-ministers-and-military-brass-cashing-in-on-australia-s-defence-spending-bonanza-20250729-p5miky.html</span></a>></p>