"But TA has certainly broken the conditions of his employment as a Federal public servant"
Chuckle.
"Employees should be aware of agency-specific policies about accepting gifts and benefits; such policies should apply to members of an employee's family, where acceptance may impact on the employee's official duties."
"I think that this makes it pretty clear that the acceptance of a $60,000 scholarship by the PMs family that falls in the category of "free or discounted training and development courses" should not have been accepted. And at the very least, should have been declared."
That might be correct if it applied to parliamentarians INAM, but IT DOES NOT, because they are not covered under the Public Service Act, and if you bothered to consider your statement, Abbott, or any parliamentarian for that matter, are NOT employees of the public service and thus their families are not covered by your irrelevant comments. It should also be noted that:
"Section 44(v) of the Constitution states that any person who has any direct or indirect pecuniary interest in any agreement with the Public Service of the Commonwealth.........shall be incapable of being chosen or of sitting as a Senator or a Member of the House of Representatives." i.e if you are a public servant you can not be a "member"
Basically this story is a beat-up by the Guardian and like minded myopics making cheap political shots, even B1G has done a C&P! yet I have still to see a ALP federal politician baying at Abbotts tumbril, why?.
Please can any one here indicate the alleged conflict of interest back then, because having completed the course in 2013 there would be none of the mythical conflict now, not that was any in 2011.
Have to repeat this nonsense:
"But TA has certainly broken the conditions of his employment as a Federal public servant"
The Public Service's boss is the government
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