Politicians' perks
Booze lobby calls in former ACT Liberal leader for help
Can ex-Canberra Liberal leader Alistair Coe help Alcohol Beverages Australia make a splash in the corridors of power? CBD is doubtful.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Noel Towell
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Federal MPs get extra staff at cost of $159 million, but it’s nothing to do with Rugg v Ryan
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says giving every member of parliament an extra electorate staffer will help them deal with social media and growing constituencies.
- by James Massola
EV revolution lost on Australia’s politicians as they cling to petrol cars
Just three of Australia’s 227 federal MPs have chosen fully electric vehicles as their taxpayer-funded cars.
- by Cameron Atfield
Grounded ministers to save taxpayers thousands as they stay home
International border closures due to COVID-19 are delivering a small silver lining to the Queensland budget.
- by Felicity Caldwell
Parties, pubs and hiking: for once, politicians spend the weekend in Canberra
The Canberra experience for politicians is usually limited to hotels and COMCARs.
- by Michael Koziol
Eight things the government knows but won't tell you
Surgery in the wrong place, elderly Australians assaulted in their homes, high-rise buildings wrapped in flammable cladding. All happening, all in secret.
- by Nick Bonyhady
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Political expenses
Politicians spend thousands on 'personalised' copy of speeches
MPs are charging taxpayers thousands of dollars for bound and personalised editions of their parliamentary speeches despite speeches being free online.
- by Nigel Gladstone
MPs say stress from social media warranted their large pay rises
MPs who won pay rises of more than 6 per cent this year say their working lives are being made harder by constituents contacting them on Facebook and Twitter.
- by Noel Towell and Charlotte Grieve
Wage rage as nation's best-paid Premier refuses to budge on pay
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews will take a $46,000 pay rise but won't budge on public sector wages.
- by Noel Towell and Charlotte Grieve
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Victoria
Premier Daniel Andrews wins $46,000 pay rise
Daniel Andrews now Australia's highest-paid state premier after getting a pay rise of nearly 12 per cent.
- by Noel Towell and Benjamin Preiss
Henderson to hand back part of six-figure payout after Senate win
New Victorian senator Sarah Henderson says she will hand back part of the six-figure, taxpayer-funded payout she received after losing her lower house seat in federal parliament in May.
- by Rob Harris
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