Archive for 'Accountability'

Inquiry Call on Insulation Waste

Posted 09 October 2009 | By | Categories: Accountability, Environment | Comments Off

The Government is facing another inquiry into alleged “rorting and waste” of its home insulation program. In a letter to the Auditor General Coalition Environment Spokesman Greg Hunt says MP’s offices and media outlets around the country are receiving a stream of complaints about the program. Examples include insulation installers almost always quoting just under [...]

Rudd Throws $50 Million at PR Spin

Posted 09 October 2009 | By | Categories: Accountability, Advertising, Prime Minister & Cabinet | Comments Off

The Rudd Government spent more than $49 million of taxpayer money on 418 media advisers, media monitoring and PR spin last year, despite Kevin Rudd’s pre-election promise to cut ministerial staff by 30 percent to bring levels in line with those of 1996. The Defence Department alone employed 103 more media advisors than any other [...]

Six Figure Inspection Fees Wasting Stimulus

Posted 15 September 2009 | By | Categories: Accountability, Education | Comments Off

Three schools on Kangaroo Island have been charged more than $100,000 in ‘site inspection fees’ for new assembly halls being funded under the Federal Government’s financial stimulus plan. The three campuses of Kangaroo Island Community Education have been required to forfeit $112,000 out of $3.7 million allocated under the Government’s $16.2 billion Building the Education [...]

Education Revolution ‘Blowout’ hits $1.5 billion!

Posted 08 September 2009 | By | Categories: Accountability, Education, Prime Minister & Cabinet | Comments Off

The Rudd Labor Government will insulate 700,000 fewer homes and build 800 fewer public housing units to cover a $1.5 billion spending blowout in education building. Prime Minister Rudd and Education Minister Gillard scrambled for cover at the news, sending junior minister Mark Arbib to the front line to announce that the Government would now [...]

School Signs Waste…

Posted 08 September 2009 | By | Categories: Accountability, Advertising, Education | Comments Off

Australian taxpayers are forking out more than $7 million to spread the Government’s promotional efforts in primary schools. $3.8 million for mandatory signs at the front of schools and $3.5 million to erect plaques to commemorate the Hon Julia Gillard, Federal Minister for Education. “This is all shocking waste and mismanagement”, said Coalition Scrutiny of [...]

$42 Billion Cash Splash Sends Taxpayer’s Money Overseas, to Criminals and Pets

Posted 28 August 2009 | By | Categories: Accountability, Prime Minister & Cabinet | Comments Off

The Government will not say just how much of its latest cash splash has gone offshore. To receive the cash bonus you must have filed a 2007/08 tax return. Accordingly, criminals in jail, Australians living overseas and even cats and dogs through bequests of Australians who have died are also receiving benefits under the Rudd [...]

Cash Splash Puts Triple A Credit Rating at Risk

Posted 28 August 2009 | By | Categories: Accountability | Comments Off

A string of budget deficits triggered by massive government spending could cost Australia it’s coveted triple A credit rating. The loss of our triple A credit rating would increase the interest payments on Australia’s debt making the individual debt on each Australian even more onerous than it already is. Standard & Poor’s have said if [...]