Politicians entitlements

Posted on January 13, 2017January 13, 2017 by David

The Big Chopper deployed this week to douse the Sussan Ley travel expenses spot fire. And yet somehow it continues to burn.

Cartoon: Bronwyn Bishop blames socialists for media scrutiny of politicians entitlements

Meanwhile, Centrelink’s fraught robo-debt-recovery campaign has now sent out 270,000 letters. Because those trips by Ministers to the AFL Grand Final and the Portsea Polo aren’t going to pay for themselves.

Cartoon: if politicians entitlements were pursued in the same way as Centrelink debts

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(The Canberra Times, 11 & 12 January 2017 | Gallery of most recent cartoons)

Centrelink

Posted on January 7, 2017January 13, 2017 by David

Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce (true!) is the latest government minister to defend Centrelink’s troubled $4.5 billion debt recovery mission, following the Social Security Minister’s assurance that it was all working “incredibly well”.

Cartoon: Turnbull returns to find the Centrelink robo-debt controversy

The Minister for Health has also been digging in on the issue of entitlements.

Cartoon: the war on entitlement

(The Canberra Times, 7 January 2017 | Gallery of most recent cartoons)

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