Hi Foxy,

Thanks for that, I'll refrain from comment just yet on Senator Ruston. Others may say, a scandalising expenditure of taxpayer money. I will not say its an obscenity, nor will I say its a national disgrace, or an unmitigated waste of public money. I will not dishonor the good senator by claiming she is the worse senator in Canberra bar none.
I will leave all that to 'Onthebeach', who I'm sure has already submitted a new thread with the title "Liberals know how to live! (Even better than the Greens)."
I'm sure Beach will fill his new thread with copious quotes from that meritorious journal 'The Courier Mail' a finer quality newspaper there's never been. Its goes without saying another journalistic wonder sheet from our very own, dear Mr Murdoch, god love him.

Good Lord, such a simple question, but it attracted abuse against the media outlets that published the story and all manner of diversions including a questionable disabled 'joke' from the site's universally acknowledged most sensitive poster. A good one(NOT)with ANZAC Day upon us and the crippled soldiers will be borne again on vehicles not unalike those that took them to war.

Sadly, what hope for online independent sites for the public to participate? I will leave that question for another day. This one has been long enough for other (good) reasons.

It is only to be expected that Brisbane's major metropolitan newspaper The Courier Mail and other news outlets that covered this story would be criticised by Greens spin doctors and party faithful. However by any objective measure, The Courier Mail and others were reporting in the public interest and they did it very fairly indeed. Contrast that with the posts in reply on this independent site.

Anyhow, back to that vexed conundrum that was the subject of my post and I will quote again in the hope of solving the mystery,

To re-state,

"It is a mystery that maybe readers of Vogue Living - Vogue Australia might have an answer for.

$414,000 to outfit an already plush Paddington executive suite. What did Greens Senator Larissa Waters find was so necessary as to cost that amount of taxpayers' dollars?

There was a trend of certain pollies a while ago to have theme like Egyptian fit-out. That cost an arm and a leg (taxpayer's arm and leg).

What manner of Vogue elegance costs $414,000?"

Paul1405, you have an 'IN' with Greens, so what about a photo shoot as in Vogue Living?

beach bum..why do you keep repeating the same freaking mantra
when ypou know THE QUESTION COULDN'T BE COMPREHENDED..even i expert at unraveling[and raveling][..the fathonable..know the young need that which is fashionable

YOU ASK<<..What manner of Vogue elegance costs $414,000?">>

oohmmmmm
*first you need a party size spa
[to release the chutzpa]

then you need a bbq..oops no better make that two
[see true vegans cant eat if its previously cooked meat]

so we need bbq pits by two..plus the spA..times two because some woman wont hop into a spa a 'man has jumped into

ok so we need some SEATING[NOT PLASTIC OF COURSE
we need a fridge to kep the whine in [better get a wine cooler too'

ok so thats fixed the problem..but wait..were on the grid
so we need to put in 1000 solar cells/because they took back the buy back..but we must not be on the grid..except at night when we party hearty

ok so now we need food preparation area[better make that two
mustnt forget the vegans fridgerators two too

so there you go/ezcept we dont want plastic grass
[its tough on the ar..[butt]..ok we need some shade..no better roof it off

oh dear look at the cost
thank god we won..imagine what we could have lost

ok there ya go
i could get a price..for the top of the line spa/no better make that two?..it could have been done for half price..but vegans mate..its a religion..musnt mix the free range eggs with the vegan soy eggs..by the time ya buy the vegan plats cups glasses and cutlery

then dont forget the kosha from the halal
mate they economized..int mightn't look it mate..but really they did

i think the top of the line 12 deciles spa..runs into the tens of thousands..mate we got off cheap..some tibetan throw rugs and some indian WIKKER/knickER KICK-back..

MATE ASK SPECIFICS/
GIVE real PRICES..PUT IN SOME FREAING EFFORT YA LAZY BUM

one under god,

That gave a good belly laugh, but I was suffering from some intercostal muscle strain after pretending I was twenty again yesterday.

otb,

Er...lets concentrate on the really big bickies ..like Tones spending up a storm on some fighter jets of dubious quality.

A snap at $12.4 billion.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-04-23/australia-to-buy-58-more-joint-strike-fighters/5405236

"But the plane's development has been beset by delays and cost overruns.

The head of the JSF program, US Air Force Lieutenant General Chris Bogdan, visited Australia earlier this year and declared the reliability and maintainability of the aircraft was not yet "good enough".

In late March the US House Armed Services Committee was told the planes were not affordable to use at the moment.

The committee heard software problems could delay the fighter's production, and foreign buyer delays could see countries like Australia paying millions of dollars more per aircraft."

Isn't it remarkable that despite being told we're in such dire straights with no money - and to expect cuts to health, education, pensions etc, that Tones & Co decide the time is ripe to buy some "expensive" dud jets.

Victorians can still remember the former
Premier - Jeff Kennett's era where cuts were
made that affected so many vulnerable Victorians badly.
However during this time Mr Kennett while preaching
"tightening the belts" still managed to spend over $1
million, on refurbishing his office as soon as he was
elected. And as people who worked on the project -
testified - there was nothing wrong with the old office.

If questions are going to be asked about one MP - why not
broaden the question to include them all?
Otherwise it does appear to be selective and one needs
to ask the question - why?