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Taxpayers forking out $600,000 for Bill Shorten's speechwriter over two years (www.abc.net.au)

submitted 5 months ago by Gorgritch_umie_killa@aussie.zone to c/australianpolitics@aussie.zone

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Um... $300,000 a year. Do sparkles explode from the page as you read her writing?

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[–] Cypher@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Standard beat up by the Liberals on this one

Senator Reynolds pushed the department on whether it was appropriate to spend money on hiring an additional speechwriter.

"When Services Australia who is paying for this contract is keeping people waiting increasingly longer for crisis payments, for aged care payments

I would like to ask Senator Reynolds under which government did those services deteriorate for a decade?

Under which government did we have Services Australia pushing people to suicide with Robodebt?

Perhaps a highly paid speech writer is required in part due the outrageous harm the Liberals have cause Australians who needed services and instead were pushed to suicide.

Make no mistake. The Liberals are scum and don’t give a single fuck about Aussie battlers.