The British chancellor, the equivalent to Wayne Swan is in trouble for catching the train home on a standard class ticket, sitting in first class and then refusing to move to standard when the ticket inspector asked him to.
www.smh.com.au/world/the-great-train-snobbery-standard-ticket-pulls-minister-into-a-first-class-row-20121022-2809k.html

Fair enough in one way for him to get into trouble but on the other hand how many Australian politicians catch the train to and from work? Those representing regional, rural and remote constituancies would have to catch the plane or drive but I've never seen or heard of a politician catching a train in Sydney unless its to announce some way in which the rail commuters are better off now than what they were before, despite the trains running slower and fairs increasing.

Dictator Newman's 2nd in command just spent $65,000 on charter flights in 3 months here in QLD. Too good for scheduled flights, let alone driving.

I thought they were all on the gravy train.

The UK chancellor should travel in two-jags like his predecessor

kiteboy dave said...
Dictator Newman's 2nd in command just spent $65,000 on charter flights in 3 months here in QLD. Too good for scheduled flights, let alone driving.

He obviously has not heard of video conferencing.

It doesn't really matter if it's Liberals, Nats or the ALP. They don't mind spending other people's money, ie taxpayer money, on themselves or on what they think is important. Representative democracy in action.

Mobydisc said...

kiteboy dave said...
Dictator Newman's 2nd in command just spent $65,000 on charter flights in 3 months here in QLD. Too good for scheduled flights, let alone driving.

He obviously has not heard of video conferencing.

It doesn't really matter if it's Liberals, Nats or the ALP. They don't mind spending other people's money, ie taxpayer money, on themselves or on what they think is important. Representative democracy in action.

Yeah. Kinda ironic that the cancelled the "Premier's literary awards" for queensland writers to save $240,000 per year. Then they go and spend $250,000 per year flying some turd backwards and forwards at his beck and call.

www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/seeney-defends-65k-charter-flight-bill-20121010-27ch5.html