Senator Brandis and his library
Senator George Brandis has come under fire in recent days for his use of his ‘publications entitlement’.In particular, The Australian newspaper ran a piece detailing the $13 000 of taxpayer money...
View Article230 TVs for the Senate
WasteWatch has previously told you how much you’re paying for public servants’ Foxtel subscriptions.Now it turns out you’re buying them TVs too.The Department of the Senate has recently signed an $80...
View ArticleGround control to Major Kim
You know by now, dear reader, that a new edition of the Parliamentarians’ Overseas Study Travel Reports is like another birthday for WasteWatch.Thus it was a sad day when the overseas study travel...
View ArticleTaxpayer-funded travel in Tasmania
Taxpayer-funded travel is surely one of the biggest perks of being a pollie.Remember the $50,000-an-hour pollie shuttle?Or WasteWatch’s paean to the old Parliamentarians’ Overseas Study Travel...
View ArticleSome serious retail therapy
Maybe it’s because Anthony Albanese’s been etching his opposition to data retention laws into the backs of all the chairs, just to make sure EVERYBODY knows it.Or maybe it’s because Tony Abbott’s...
View Article980 pages of excuses
Anyone who’s ever done renovations knows the feeling.“Why is it not finished yet? You said it would be done two months ago.”The possible reasons are endless: bad weather, the plumber hasn’t finished...
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