Labor Waste

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]