Quote Originally Posted by waynekerr View Post
Liberal donor personally recommended Tony Abbott's daughter for scholarship.

Les Taylor, the chairman of the Whitehouse Institute of Design board of governors, personally
recommended the prime minister’s daughter for a $60,000 design degree scholarship, and has also
made donations of more than $20,000 to the state and federal Liberal party.

Frances Abbott was only the second recipient of the "chairman's scholarship", according to the
institute's chief executive.

A spokeswoman for the prime minister confirmed that Frances Abbott was a recipient of a
scholarship at the institute and said it was awarded as a result of her "application and art portfolio".

She said disclosure of the scholarship by the prime minister on the parliamentary register of
interests was "not required"

Wanna vomit?

I lifted this from “The Guardian, Australia edition” http://www.theguardian.com/au which is a
centre right publication with more balanced editorials than the claptrap we are served generally. It
does have a wide spectrum of reader comments however.

I didn't think I would contribute to this thread much more but I just couldn't let this one go
unnoticed.

WayneK.

Quote Originally Posted by uglyphil View Post
To be fair, I honestly do not think this is something we can hold against ol' Tone. From the various reports I have read it appears that his daughter worked with distinction in this course and deserved the scholarship on her own merit.

However, it IS a bad look for him at this time, I admit. Especially as this Institute is set to be one of the "winners" in this budget...

I don't think I'll let ol' Tone off the hook just yet, from what I've read this affair stinks like a $10
whorehouse at low tide.

The scholarship was offered before the lass was enrolled and was not available to any other student,
but this matter is less about his daughter, and more about himself.

I had almost finished writing a fairly lengthy post regarding this when I noticed the story in the
'mainstream' so I'll be quiet and see what comes of it. Will they have the balls to run with it?

Be mindful of the burden the Liberal party's budget will place on families who want educated
children.

Unrestricted access to a proper education is a right, not a privilege.

I agree with your notion that “it is about ideology, pure and simple.” and “This is shown most
clearly in the new Higher Education plans, where people who are intelligent, but poor, will miss out
University places, while if you are a rich dumbass you can simply buy your degree.”

Without doubt this budget is a product of the Liberal's (let's not forget the Nats) fucked up ideology,
but in Abbott's case I don't believe it's ideology alone that drives him. His demonstrated lack of
empathy is indicative of psychosis.

WayneK.