One Turnbull achievement was to establish the Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority (IPEA). Since January this year, all government funded expenses of Federal Parliamentarians are publicly available on the following website:
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For the future it might make some of them think twice about indulging themselves from the public purse. And if they have to fork out for personal extravagances from their own pockets, they might have some empathy for the working poor struggling to avoid eviction from their homes.
Thatâs why I am outraged, when Roberts charges the taxpayer for more than the average monthly rent of the working poor.
Dollar a litre milk is an absolute disgrace. Whichever milk companies thought it was a good idea to sell to supermarkets for about cost have betrayed their suppliers big-time.
Coles, Woolies, Foodworks, IGA all sell 2 litres of Milk at $2, Aldi sell it at $1.99. You think that no-one profits, including those farking farmers who do not give a steaming pile of â â â â â for city dwellers. They plough their fruit into the ground rather than sell it cheaper or give it away to the needy.
If my business couldnât make a profit, are you going to subsides me, so I can employ my staff and go on holidays to Europe whenever I want.
If Farmers cannot make a dollar let them fold and sell their land to someone who can.
I will never understand the pedestal that many want to place farmers. No doubt they work hard and are subject to the vagaries of weather, but they are subsidised, protected and supported more than equivalent SMEs and Working class men and women.
Some people I know only can afford $1 per litre milk, and I am supposed to feel sorry for farmers because at this price they donât make enough to send junior to Geelong Grammar.
Whatâs weird is your outrage at a few people discussing yet another casual rort in among the innumerable large scale inequities that indicates the regard with which the non vested interest public are held by people in the business of politics. Whatâs weird is you jumping in to defend the breed every single â â â â â â â time. And please donât tell me âmost of them are good peopleâ, itâs condescending and reads like polly pulpit preach every time. I bet Scumo has some lovely traits, but theyâre reserved for him and his. Nonsense
Is this a rort? The only one who appears to have benefited from it is the ISP. Again I think the real issue here is that ISPâs are able to charge like this when its obvious there has been an oversight. I see this as a similar corrupt practice to some of the banking stuff being exposed.
The first thing he didnât do was apologise and pay it back out of his pocket. Again, call it what you want, thatâs the real issue. Has Queen Bishop ever actually apologised for the chopper ride two streets up? Will Malcolm ever admit he â â â â â â the nbn and the reef for political gain? Symptoms of the larger malaise which theyâre happy to wallow in, on both sides.
Youâre missing the point that if all its takes is unawareness to allow consumers, any consumers to be taken for a ride like this then I think the fault lies in the consumer protections. Experience isnât really the issue, its awareness & as has been pointed out there is nothing to suggest he was aware of the extra costs & there is certainly no reason to believe he benefited from them.
Given the details bigallan provided doesnât this mean that the responsible public servants who pay & review these bills are actually the ones who have been negligent in their job?