Paul 1405,

It wasn't something I was saying. As you are perfectly aware it was a news report. I have never been a member of any political party and nor will I ever be.

Then again your comments give you away.

You put your name to lies; that makes you a liar in my book. You endorsed these comments.

"GREENS Senator Larissa Waters spent a whopping $414,000 to fit out her trendy Paddington office"

She personally spent nothing. That is a blatant lie.

Paul,

You forget your fuhrer paying his baby sitter $4/hr, the greens council candidate who got done for child porn and other offenses, and the record expense claims by several of the Greens MPs.

In Calling Leoj a liar, that is what you have become again. The figures he quoted are in the public record and have been reported in several newspapers from different publishing houses.

The total expenses claimed by Waters for the 1st 6 months of 2013 are nearly $550 000 incl the lavish office redecorating.

There are many more figures for that particular
year on public record. Strange though that
only selective ones are quoted by the usual people.

As an example - the following facts were overlooked:

1) Federal politicians claimed almost $50 million
to cover their travel, office and telephone expenses
in the first 6 months of that year. And it was South
Australian Liberal Senator Anne Ruston who splurged
$650,000 in expenses. She had the biggest bill.

But, hey who's counting. If we started to tally up
the score for all - it would be quite revealing.

Foxy,

The point is that it is the greens that are holier than thou and the primary finger waggers, yet the Greens MPs with no government portfolios are some of the worst offenders with regards liberal spending of taxpayers money.

Also if you had read further down the article Anne Ruston's expenses were due to the move to a regional area that she represented, and the entire cost of this would save more than the entire rebuild by reduced rents in less than one year.

Shadow Minister,

The point is that there is no "holier than thou"
attitude for many politicians. And claiming
anything else is simply BS.

I did read the entire article about Liberal
Senator Anne Ruston. Her bill was quite substantially
more than that of Larissa Waters. For whom by the
way - it was a one-of expense for establishing a new
office for a first-time Senator. And I won't go into
the details of George Brandis's infamous custom-made
book case for his office and the costs involved.

Nor the politicians generous perks - including tag-along
overseas trips for spouses, business class airfares
for kids, chauffeur driven cars, and much much more.

The costs involved are in the millions - while pensioners
were asked to "tighten their belts" by Mr Hockey to pay
back the debt.

Nice.