Paul,

With respect to that gang of thieves known as the greens:

Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young racks up travel expenses bill of almost $1 million - including $85,000 'to visit refugee camps and environmental summits' Senator Hanson-Young reportedly claimed nearly $970,000 in expenses Sum includes domestic and overseas claims, family costs and car costs She regularly posts pictures of her overseas fact finding missions online

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3213698/Greens-senator-Sarah-Hanson-Young-racks-travel-expenses-bill-1-million.html

Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young has to repay $15,186 to taxpayers — almost twice the debt she was originally thought to have — after blowing her electorate staff travel budget.

The Australian revealed in December that Senator Hanson-Young had the largest debt of any MP or senator, at that point $8686.34 owed to the Department of Finance, and had negotiated a rare payment plan.

But documents released late yesterday under Freedom of Information laws show the total debt was actually $15,186.34. It relates to staff travel in 2013-14 — which for Senator Hanson-Young was also an election year — when her office had a $49,549.80 budget but exceeded it by about 30 per cent.

The South Australian senator, who holds three portfolios for the Greens, has previously come under scrutiny for the use of charter flights and overseas trips to environmental meetings and refugee camps.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/sarah-hansonyoungs-travel-budget-blows-out-to-15000/news-story/8661d6a9dede7f4ec63d71e712dc4ddb

Maybe that's why she was fired.

"Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young racks up travel expenses bill of almost $1 million"

Did she over-fly Sea Patrol at any time?

Sam Dastari may well have more hidden in the bushes.
I think the naivety of that Chinese business man says it all.
That he could think that making a statement like that Chinese are not
getting their monies worth out of their donations to the pollies makes
you wonder how widespread the Chinese have infiltrated our government,
political, public service and business organisations.
Alan Jones has been going on, as only he can, about the suspicious
deals in the mining area with Chinese mining companies.
It shows that the country is literally up for sale.
I suspect that Chinese business is universally corrupt.
Lay down with dogs and you get up with fleas.

Those of you who refuse to listen to Jones may have missed something.
This whole suspicion of Chinese buying land in very large amounts and
not a peep out of the governments now makes you wonder if a Royal
Commission might be needed, Oh yes I forgot it would have to come from parliament, another catch 22.

I do not dislike Sarah Hanson-Young I just think she is still a silly schoolgirl.

' I do not dislike Sarah Hanson-Young I just think she is still a silly schoolgirl. '

tut tut Bazz she certainly won't like you if you keep that up.

Oh dear Runner, do you think she will go me for offense under 18c ?

' Oh dear Runner, do you think she will go me for offense under 18c ?'

Pretty hard Bazz seeing someone with so much front being offended although nothing would surprise me these days. The poor white kids who were banned from using tax payer funded computers in Qld is as irrational as the Greens themselves.