Labor Waste

Media Release – Senator Simon Birmingham More than $1 million of taxpayers’ money has been wasted on providing the Gillard Government with public feedback about its unpopular carbon tax, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Environment Simon Birmingham said today. Climate Change departmental officials revealed, in a Senate Estimates hearing today, that $1.03 million has so [...]

Media Release – the Hon John Cobb MP Senate estimates this morning revealed the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) has splurged $77,627 on consultants to inform the Department on how to remove the agricultural sectors aspirations and needs from the Department’s mission statement, Shadow Minister for Agriculture and Food Security, John Cobb said.  [...]

Media Release – Senator Simon Birmingham Hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars are going to promote the carbon tax to toddlers and union officials as part of Labor’s multi-million dollar carbon tax campaign, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Environment Simon Birmingham said today.  Under questioning from Senator Birmingham in Senate Estimates, the Department of Climate [...]

Media Release – Greg Hunt MP The Minister for Climate Change must explain why taxpayers are footing the bill for the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency to contemplate how it brands itself. Information released via the Australian Government tenders website reveals the Minister’s Department has issued a contract for $200,000 for brand identity. [...]

Media Release – Greg Hunt MP The Auditor General has released a damning report into the Government’s $31.5 million dollar Carbon Tax advertising campaign finding that it breached financial management regulations and tendering processes, while failing to sell its message. These findings are extremely serious and indicate that proper processes were completely disregarded in the [...]

Media Release – Greg Hunt MP The Government’s crisis mini-budget has confirmed that Australians will be subject to another carbon tax advertising blitz. The Mid-Year Economic Fiscal Outlook outlines the multi-million dollar communications budgets for the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency.  This is on top of the $24 million already spent on advertising.  [...]

Further revelations of Labor’s willingness to use taxpayers’ money to fund political advertising to support the Carbon Tax include: $4m was spent sending glossy brochures to every Australian household $20.1m was spent on a media advertising campaign ($16.2m on advertising buy and $3.9m on campaign development) $13m is being spent on the Government’s so called [...]