on 06-01-2017 11:11 AM
on 07-01-2017 12:54 PM
Good to see she is doing her bit like the rest of we "peasants" have been told we must do ... Pollies allowances are def in need a total re vamp
on 07-01-2017 01:25 PM
i dont think anyone can argue the lib/nat party has a split personality when it comes to money.
they point at the people 'ripping the community off' by getting money from the govt they say they shouldnt be.
allways the same 3 groups, unemployed, pensioners and disabled pension recievers.
they have such complicated paperwork for people to fill out when applying for benifits mistakes are to be expected.
when a mistake is found, usually years after the benifit was granted the feds expect imediate repayment! sending many honest people into a blind panic, no compassion at all!
i know if i recieved a pay back letter of anything over a couple of hundred bucks i'd panic.
then there is the other lib/nat party that has no problem with its members of parliment spending the same taxpayers money like its free cash to do what they please with no questions asked!
we constantly have MPs like treasurer morrison on tv trying to make everyone on any benifit a drain on sosciety whilst his own fellow MPs are running up spending bills of huge proportions. they spend what some pensioners are expected to live on for a year on a couple of dodgy flights.
on 07-01-2017 01:33 PM
'n the rich get richer David .... no wonder they can afford to buy 800 grand investment units
imo Morrison is on another planet where the poor/needy/homeless are concerned, Cormann is a joke n dont get me started on Mr Harbour Side Mansion
on 07-01-2017 01:34 PM
a single pensioner recieves aprox $23,000 per year
dear ol scott claimed over $28,000 on "car costs"
on 07-01-2017 01:41 PM
my 2005 commodore wagon is valued at between $5,000 and $10,000
love to have $28,000 to get it fixed up lol
on 07-01-2017 01:47 PM
lol David looks like you are in the wrong job
on 07-01-2017 11:05 PM
Will it ever end ?
Health Minister Sussan Ley is under pressure after departmental documents revealed she charged taxpayers more than $10,000 per day during a trip to the United States last February. Ms Ley tweeted photos during the trip which cost more than $40,000 in flights, $21,000 in ground transport and $11,000 in accommodation and meals - $76,133 in total over seven days.
In comparison, cabinet colleague Darren Chester, who stood alongside world leaders in Belgium for the last post ceremony at the Menin Gate charged a total of $10,700 for the entire six-day trip.
The report comes after it was revealed Ms Ley purchased a $795,000 apartment from a Liberal National Party donor on a taxpayer-funded trip to the Gold Coast last year. The minister did not respond today, although her office says among the meetings during the US trip were talks with pharmaceutical companies that could see new medicines introduced here in Australia. They insist all travel adhered to parliamentary guidelines. Labor is now calling on Malcolm Turnbull to sack Minister Ley from the Front bench.
on 08-01-2017 01:16 AM
on 08-01-2017 06:53 AM
These expenses need to be made far more transparent, it's time the taxpayer was made fully aware of just how much money is being wasted while at the same time they are being told to tighten their belts
on 08-01-2017 09:57 AM
ms ley certainly loves that govt feed trough.