Ban Wilson Parking
The issue
Many people using business districts for work, shopping and even volunteering are being hit with $65 fines from Wilson Parking.
Aren't things difficult enough for most of us already. Are we not paying our taxes? Why should be pay exorbitant parking fees on top of everything else we have to pay. And who is in control of Wilson Parking? Where does the money end up?
If we have to pay for parking then at least we would like to know that the money is being used in our community to pay for essential things. If it is a hospital carpark, we would like to know the money is being used towards more hospitals and more medical care.
In most cases it isn't. Most of that money is going to Wilson who pay for the bays and they receive the money from the parking machines and the fines. In other cases they may have other contracts in place with the local authority.
There are countless case of people being fined when the ticket machines are broken. At Fremantle Port, people are misled into parking in a 4 hour max zone and thinking they were paying all day but returning to get a ticket. Others are getting fines on their way to the ticket machine.
Maybe it wouldn't be so bad if the two brothers that controlled Wilson Parking weren't billionaires from Hong Kong who have been charged for bribery and corruption. They are also clearly involved in tax dodging in Australia.
Wilson Parking began its controversy around 2009 with the 'unauthorised' purchase of 25,500 motorists details from the WA Department of Planning and Infrastructure. The details were bought to allow it to pursue people for the non-payment of outstanding fines. In some states Wilson cannot get motorist details and chase people down, in other states such as WA, they can get these details. According to Wilson these are not fines, they are 'breaches' of the carparking rules which are displayed on the signage.
Next of course was Wilson's role in the detention centre human rights abuses. Wilson Security was subcontracted by Transfield to provide security services on Australia's offshore detention centres in Nauru and Manus Island. They made profit out of misery at both these centres. At the time, Wilson car parks in Sydney and Melbourne were blockaded by protestors.
The final controversy is the Panama Papers leak which found out who ultimately controlled Wilson.
Leaked documents revealed that two brothers embroiled in a massive Hong Kong corruption scandal were ultimately in control of this Australian security company that earned roughly half a billion dollars in lucrative government contracts.
Next time you are getting your $65 fine, think about the two Hong Kong based billionaire brothers Thomas and Raymond Kwok who were charged with bribing a Hong Kong government official in July 2012. The leaked documents, obtained by the ABC's Four Corners, show the brothers covertly remained directors of the offshore company that ultimately controls Wilson's operations in Australia.
The revelations came via a massive leak of more than 11 million documents from a little known law firm based in Panama, Mossack Fonseca. It became widely known as the Panama Papers scandal.
The Kwok brothers maintained effective control as directors via a covert manoeuvre facilitated by Mossack Fonseca.
Two weeks after the brothers were charged, both Thomas and Raymond Kwok removed themselves as directors from Wilson Offshore Group Holdings (BVI) Limited but replaced themselves with two mysterious new directors that were companies, Winsome Sky and Harmony Core.
The leaked files show the directors of those mystery companies were in fact the Kwok brothers themselves.
Thomas Kwok signed on as the director of Winsome Sky on July 30, 2012, and on the same day Raymond signed on as the director of Harmony Core.
Forbes estimated in 2016 that the two brothers were worth a combined US $16.2 billion and they were the fifth richest family in Asia.
Wilson always decline to say how much money they make from parking and how much goes to government or private operators. Wilson has said in a statement "All we are asking of our customers is to observe our terms and conditions which are prominently displayed at each car park which includes paying for the parking. Our preference is to collect parking fees rather than issue breach notices".
Wilson is so vigilant with their patrolling of the car parks, to collect as many $65 fines as possible. People can choose not to park in a Wilson Parking but this is difficult in many cases and it is resulting in Wilson boycotts which is devastating for the local businesses.
Wilson Parking should be banned in Australia once and for all.
Email of Petition starter : Devinechanges2018@gmail.com
The issue
Many people using business districts for work, shopping and even volunteering are being hit with $65 fines from Wilson Parking.
Aren't things difficult enough for most of us already. Are we not paying our taxes? Why should be pay exorbitant parking fees on top of everything else we have to pay. And who is in control of Wilson Parking? Where does the money end up?
If we have to pay for parking then at least we would like to know that the money is being used in our community to pay for essential things. If it is a hospital carpark, we would like to know the money is being used towards more hospitals and more medical care.
In most cases it isn't. Most of that money is going to Wilson who pay for the bays and they receive the money from the parking machines and the fines. In other cases they may have other contracts in place with the local authority.
There are countless case of people being fined when the ticket machines are broken. At Fremantle Port, people are misled into parking in a 4 hour max zone and thinking they were paying all day but returning to get a ticket. Others are getting fines on their way to the ticket machine.
Maybe it wouldn't be so bad if the two brothers that controlled Wilson Parking weren't billionaires from Hong Kong who have been charged for bribery and corruption. They are also clearly involved in tax dodging in Australia.
Wilson Parking began its controversy around 2009 with the 'unauthorised' purchase of 25,500 motorists details from the WA Department of Planning and Infrastructure. The details were bought to allow it to pursue people for the non-payment of outstanding fines. In some states Wilson cannot get motorist details and chase people down, in other states such as WA, they can get these details. According to Wilson these are not fines, they are 'breaches' of the carparking rules which are displayed on the signage.
Next of course was Wilson's role in the detention centre human rights abuses. Wilson Security was subcontracted by Transfield to provide security services on Australia's offshore detention centres in Nauru and Manus Island. They made profit out of misery at both these centres. At the time, Wilson car parks in Sydney and Melbourne were blockaded by protestors.
The final controversy is the Panama Papers leak which found out who ultimately controlled Wilson.
Leaked documents revealed that two brothers embroiled in a massive Hong Kong corruption scandal were ultimately in control of this Australian security company that earned roughly half a billion dollars in lucrative government contracts.
Next time you are getting your $65 fine, think about the two Hong Kong based billionaire brothers Thomas and Raymond Kwok who were charged with bribing a Hong Kong government official in July 2012. The leaked documents, obtained by the ABC's Four Corners, show the brothers covertly remained directors of the offshore company that ultimately controls Wilson's operations in Australia.
The revelations came via a massive leak of more than 11 million documents from a little known law firm based in Panama, Mossack Fonseca. It became widely known as the Panama Papers scandal.
The Kwok brothers maintained effective control as directors via a covert manoeuvre facilitated by Mossack Fonseca.
Two weeks after the brothers were charged, both Thomas and Raymond Kwok removed themselves as directors from Wilson Offshore Group Holdings (BVI) Limited but replaced themselves with two mysterious new directors that were companies, Winsome Sky and Harmony Core.
The leaked files show the directors of those mystery companies were in fact the Kwok brothers themselves.
Thomas Kwok signed on as the director of Winsome Sky on July 30, 2012, and on the same day Raymond signed on as the director of Harmony Core.
Forbes estimated in 2016 that the two brothers were worth a combined US $16.2 billion and they were the fifth richest family in Asia.
Wilson always decline to say how much money they make from parking and how much goes to government or private operators. Wilson has said in a statement "All we are asking of our customers is to observe our terms and conditions which are prominently displayed at each car park which includes paying for the parking. Our preference is to collect parking fees rather than issue breach notices".
Wilson is so vigilant with their patrolling of the car parks, to collect as many $65 fines as possible. People can choose not to park in a Wilson Parking but this is difficult in many cases and it is resulting in Wilson boycotts which is devastating for the local businesses.
Wilson Parking should be banned in Australia once and for all.
Email of Petition starter : Devinechanges2018@gmail.com
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Petition created on 12 January 2020