Quote Originally Posted by Ziggurat View Post
All this speculation about the tawdry drunken sex affair is merely trivial gossip.

The only thing that concerns me is the 2.4 taxpayer million handed over in a flash without any of the usual timelines, procedures and safeguards. It stinks. The new Federal corruption watchdog had better investigate it, provided it has teeth - or why does it exist. If they do it properly I see sackings and refunds of monies coming.
Bro. Thank you. I have been stating this repeatedly. How on earth does the taxpayer foot the bill for this lady to buy a house in France? The politicians know 1 million ways to steal money from the poor taxpayer
This $2.4 million payout is the only public interest aspect to this whole story

I agree let's continue to clean up that Canberra bubble

1. National Corruption Commission with teeth

2. Illegal for political party donations to exist

3. Reduce the number of managers and consultants. Regain the governments expertise in running the country and not outsourcing it

4. Create a new public bank that can provide home loans and insurance policies for the general public