Women and young people have borne the brunt of the Covid Crisis. They are set to lose again when the Government hands down its $158 billion tax cuts package. Elizabeth Minter reports on the unfairness of the government’s plan for economic recovery.
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‘Mid-life crisis’ conference just ticket for the blues
Defence Minister Linda Reynolds charged taxpayers $5,500 to weekend ‘mid-life crisis’ conference put on by her husband’s employer – and go to a ball.
Sloppy Joe Hockey and his Cabcharges
Joe Hockey flew out of Sydney on April 17, 2011, landed in Dubai on April 18, but was also recorded as taking a $190 hire car ride from his Hunters Hill home to Channel Seven and back again.
Tony Abbott’s ironman, ocean swims and fun run: all on taxpayers’ dime
Tony Abbott billed taxpayers more than $1200 in travel and accommodation costs to compete in the 2011 Port Macquarie Ironman.
Abbott flies RAAF jet to donor’s birthday bash at golf club
Tony Abbott used an RAAF jet to attend the birthday party of a Liberal Party donor Paul Marks. His office said the PM had work-related engagements the following day but would not say what they were.
Julie Bishop’s $30k flight from Perth to Canberra
Julie Bishop stayed an extra day in Perth after completing her official public commitments so an empty jet flew from Canberra to Perth to pick up her and her partner David Panton to return them to the nation’s capital at a cost to taxpayers of $30,000.
Gutless Wonders: when will politicians demonstrate the accountability they foist on the rest of us?
From Robodebt to Ruby Princess, politicians are past masters at ducking responsibility, though busy prosecuting their perceived foes. Will they stop at nothing to avoid being accountable, asks Elizabeth Minter. Taxpayers are on the hook for $3 million in court costs fighting whistleblowers, and threatened High Court action to stop a federal employee giving evidence to the Ruby Princess Inquiry. All the while, in the absence of a federal anti-corruption commission, the political scandals unfold, and pass without consequence.
Comparing apples and fridges: Greg Hunt’s climate con
April 2015As environment minster, Greg Hunt claimed that Labor’s carbon tax was more than 93 times more expensive than the Coalition's Emissions Reduction Fund at reducing emissions.Hunt claimed that the carbon tax “reduced emissions at over $1,300 per...
Tennis, cricket and rugby: Warren Truss a fan of them all
The Australian Open, State of Origin, the Ashes, rugby union Test – 2014 a very busy year for Nationals MP Warren Truss.
Aussie Open, AFL Grand Final grab Albanese’s fancy
Labor leader’s trips to the 2014 Australian Open and the AFL Grand Final cost taxpayers just over $4000.
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