Does the Government have a policy of not employing family members?

[donnashuggy]

Just to be sure, it sounds legit (researching from home)

http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2014-01-14/former-mp-alex-somlyay-defends-employing-wife-as-researcher...

[cherry*135]

Alex Somlyay, a Liberal MP for 23 years who retired at the September election,

Mr Somlyay's ''relief staffing budget'' states that she worked 270 days or 2030 hours between September 2012 and December 2013.

....Mr Somlyay appears to have obscured his wife's identity in his list of employed staff. At the top of an internal staffing document, titled ''monthly management report'', the former MP's wife is listed as ''Jennifer Bridget Somlyay''

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But lower on the same page, under a section titled ''electorate employees'', an apparently different woman named ''Jennifer Donovan'' is listed.

This second woman, Ms Donovan, received at least $99,000 for ''electorate office'' work dating as far back as 2003, further documents indicate. Donovan is the maiden name of Mr Somlyay's wife, according to the former MP's entry in Who's Who in Australia.

[polocross58]

They're takin their bat and balls and going home

they're cwwwyyyyy ing

it's the hallowed Rud Theme

CWWWWWWYYYYYY - in

(who sang that song ?   

Got it --- Roy Orbison

Now THAT should be Rudd's Theme Song )

Chortle

[cherry*135]

Trying to deflect attention from the topic?

[jethro_woolfe]

Are you referring to me ? i suggest you learn to spell phonies before speaking out quite so vigorously. phony being singular.

[polocross58]

'

Alex Somlyay, a Liberal MP for 23 years who retired at the September election,
Mr Somlyay's ''relief staffing budget'' states that she worked 270 days or 2030 hours between September 2012 and December 2013.

....Mr Somlyay appears to have obscured his wife's identity in his list of employed staff. At the top of an internal staffing document, titled ''monthly management report'', the former MP's wife is listed as ''Jennifer Bridget Somlyay''

.

But lower on the same page, under a section titled ''electorate employees'', an apparently different woman named ''Jennifer Donovan'' is listed.

This second woman, Ms Donovan, received at least $99,000 for ''electorate office'' work dating as far back as 2003, further documents indicate. Donovan is the maiden name of Mr Somlyay's wife, according to the former MP's entry in Who's Who in Australia.'

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Time to man up, Abbott

Make an example of

We the public want every cent back

Yes, we do

[polocross58]

You always know it stang

when they begin carping on about spelling

LOL

Nothing funnier than poor, poor losers

[just_me_karen]

It must be really embarrassing to be a lnp supporter, with all this rorting, corruption and dishonesty.

There's a funny hashtag on twitter of people holding up signs saying sorry they voted for the lnp roflmao!

[silverfaun]

We want all the millions NSW Labor stole from Australians for decades.

We now see the architect of all the criminal stealing, cronyism, fraud, corruption and cover up parachuted into the Federal senate.  I feel sick just looking at him.

They weren't game to let him stand in an election so they allowed  him to slither in, now he’s on gravy street for the next 6 years. Thanks Labor, you've done it again.

[polocross58]

You've been fooled again

Or perhaps you're trying (and failing badly) to fool others

All those claiming to be LNP supporters

are of course (and it's painfully obvious to all) Labor Losers

As explained half a dozen posts back

You see this is how I know I'm superior to so many

I don't even have to try

Just comes naturally

I KNOW the vast majority of pollies of BOTH sides of the artificial divide

are scum

are corrupt

are pin brains

And all those others with average or above IQ are aware of it also

It's those who cling to a political party as if it were their family of birth

Those who follow a political team as if it were a football team

Those who argue 'Holden vs Ford'  about political parties

THEY are the ones you have to pity

for their lack of intelligence

and utter worthlessness as citizens

They should be denied the vote

because their vote is the vote of donkeys

It's way beyond their capabilities to even acknoledge that there are good and bad in ALL parties

They are the true Donkey Voters

Doesn't matter which political 'team' they support

They're donkeys

and it's a waste of time trying to discuss anything with them because they just aren't up to even half intelligent discussion

They simply BRAY

BRAYING endlessly like a shed full of sheep

thinking they've achieved something in life by clinging like leeches to the shirt-tails of a crummy political party not worthy of the name

[jethro_woolfe]

No wonder the country is in such a mess. the once proud liberal party has been taken captive by self seeking criminals,  people i am guilty of helping to elect i admit. we need to start over.