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How $116 in travel expenses blew up a public servant’s life
A defamation judgment against Kerry Stokes’ newspaper is a grim tale of expenses and shoddy journalism.
Mark Di StefanoColumnistIn a long list, there are few worse workplace chores than logging expenses. Stashing receipts, taking blurry iPhone pics, the Concur interface. Interminable.
A defamation judgment last week in Perth involving a public servant, a dobbing colleague and shoddy journalism at Kerry Stokes’ media group is not just a cautionary tale of the destructive nature of weaponised expenses; it’s nightmare fuel.
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