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$4.1bn in new waste revealed

$4.1bn in new waste revealed

Posted 03 October 2011 | By | Categories: Committee News | Comments Off

Media Release – Jamie Briggs MP The Coalition’s Scrutiny of Government Committee has today released a 12 month report card on government waste, which shows that Labor has again failed to rein in its wasteful spending.  In fact, the Committee’s report uncovers approximately $4.1 billion in new waste since the last election.  Together with the [...]

It’s about the spending, stupid

It’s about the spending, stupid

Posted 23 June 2011 | By | Categories: Budget 2011, Committee News | Comments Off

For all its flaws, there is one thing this Labor Government can be proud of – a cohesive ability to ignore the reality of its spending addiction.  I applaud every Labor Member of Parliament who has successfully stood in front of a camera and said with a straight face that Wayne Swan is a good [...]

Estimates reveal more Labor waste

Estimates reveal more Labor waste

Posted 21 June 2011 | By | Categories: Committee News | Comments Off

Senator David Bushby As well as being the formal channel through which Opposition Senators are able to query major government decisions and departmental operations, Senate Estimates always provides fertile ground for digging up some of the more quirky aspects of Labor’s waste that go unnoticed in the media or might otherwise never see the light [...]

Labor’s job creation program – an extra 24,000 public service jobs

Labor’s job creation program – an extra 24,000 public service jobs

Posted 24 May 2011 | By | Categories: Budget 2011, Committee News | 2 Comments

Kelly O’Dwyer MP For all of Labor’s talk of cutting back, we have seen yet another one of Julia Gillard’s promises shattered in this year’s budget. Buried in the budget papers are figures showing that the number of public servants has increased by an unprecedented 24,000 since Labor took power in 2007. That’s the equivalent [...]

‘Dob-on’ LaborWaste website launched

‘Dob-on’ LaborWaste website launched

Posted 04 April 2011 | By | Categories: Committee News | Comments Off

Media Release – Jamie Briggs A new website dedicated to highlighting and uncovering Labor’s waste, inefficiencies and mismanagement has been launched today. The website, http://laborwaste.com.au/ contains many features like the ability to comment on stories and share posts on social networking sites. It also includes a ‘dob-on’ Labor page which allows the public to tell [...]

Meet Jamie Briggs

Posted 01 October 2010 | By | Categories: Committee News | Comments Off

Jamie grew up in the River Murray town of Mildura with his Mum, Dad and Sister Kate. His Dad was the local bank manger and his Mum volunteered at the Catholic primary school. Like most country boys Jamie was drawn to sport, playing cricket, football and golf whenever he could. He went to school at [...]

Scrutiny of Government Committee

Scrutiny of Government Committee

Posted 30 September 2010 | By | Categories: Committee News | Comments Off

I am very pleased to announce the new members of the Coalition’s Scrutiny of Government Committee. Coalition Senators Mary Jo Fisher and David Bushby and Members Kelly O’Dwyer, Dan Tehan, Paul Fletcher and myself as Chair will continue to highlight Labor’s waste, inefficiency and mismanagement. In Labor’s first term, the Coalition’s Waste Watch Committee revealed [...]