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After being dumped from John Hewson’s shadow ministry in 1990 she poured her considerable energy into becoming – as Sydney Morning Herald columnist Alan Ramsey said at the time – “the Arnold Schwarzenegger of the estimates committee system”.
Everything from government waste and public service indolence came under her pitiless interrogation. In September 1991 she savaged a parliamentary library project officer on her upcoming trip to China which was being paid for by both the library and the Chinese government.
One senior Liberal party staffer told me that “it was one of the most obscene displays [they had] ever seen”.
That same week Bishop was forced to release details of her own travel costs, which – for a backbencher – were simply staggering: $93,456 spent on airfares and car hire from July 1992 to June 1993.
And that was before allegations from ex-staffer Ellis Glover were made to this writer that shortly after entering the Senate in 1987 she had hired a helicopter – at tax payer’s expense – to get from a fete to a dog show, so as not to be late for the opening.
So, with an extra $100B on the Govt tab, it seems the budget emergency is just a distant memory of the pre election years.
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Well it looks as though the government, may have an answer, for the situation Indonesia have left the our cattle industry in.
https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/wa/a/28929808/producers-cheer-china-cattle-deal/
If the government pulls it off, Indonesia may have shot itself in the foot.IMO
Re Bronwyn Bishop and her penchant for rolling in the pig swill of public monies.
Thee is an excellent article The Guardian which takes us back to Bronwyns earlier political days/ Did you know for instance that it was Bronwyn Bishop who jumped into the Parliamentary Estimate Committee on a mission from God
But she has always been a notorious grafter and user of the public purse.
What is really pathetic is that despite Bronwyn profligate abuse of public funds over her Parliamentary history Tony Abbott has decided that he will just put her on probation for the chopper scandal.
I'm waiting to see what comes out in Parliament from Labour when they bring up their No-Confidence motion. If they have any testes they will read into Hansard every detail of Bronwyns inflated claims on the public purse.
http://www.theguardian.com/australi...ed-the-kind-of-scrutiny-she-applies-to-others
WA federal Liberal member for Canning Don Randall has this afternoon been found dead at Boddington.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-07-21/mp-donrandall-found-dead/6638170
Just in Bali now. At a restaurant local steak was about $5. Same cut from NZ was about $7 and the Aussie cut $13. No idea what local supply is like, but it wouldn't surprise me if other suppliers could offer to make up any short fall cheaper than Australia.
Just in Bali now. At a restaurant local steak was about $5. Same cut from NZ was about $7 and the Aussie cut $13. No idea what local supply is like, but it wouldn't surprise me if other suppliers could offer to make up any short fall cheaper than Australia.
Sorry Bronwyn, the best form of apology is not as simple as paying it back. It’s quitting. Time’s up. The public see this as unacceptable even if you and your Liberal mates don’t.
Along with Joe Hockey’s gaffes about “poor people don’t drive’’ and “get a good job’’ advice for the first time home buyers, your government is looking like it is above all this, that you’ve lost touch.
Looks like Joe Hockey will be out $400 grand from his defamation trial. Lucky he married well.
Looks like Joe Hockey will be out $400 grand from his defamation trial. Lucky he married well.
I wonder if he can negative gear his legal expenses from his compo payout ?
I don't know about everyone else, but I find this announcement very sad.
https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/business/a/28990513/wa-wins-lion-s-share-of-browse-field/
That's what we get for our gas, removed and loaded offshore, no onshore infrastructure, no onshore jobs, no value adding industry.
Sold out as usual.
Third world mentality, with first world living standard, soon to be challenged.IMO
My rant for today.
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