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Keeping track of this gravy train is a tough station – Sydney Morning Herald
The urgent need for a federal corruption commission has been reinforced by some direct hits on the misuse of taxpayer funds by the Auditor-General and Senate estimates….
The audit also found the regulator forked out $69,621 to cover the cost of moving the deputy chair Daniel Crennan from Melbourne to Sydney.
Worse, the regulator then ignored the A-G’s appeals to address the matter. So, Hehir took the extraordinary step of writing directly to the Treasurer to ensure he could “gain greater confidence that appropriate action would be taken”. It was. Shipton has stood aside while the matter is investigated and Crennan has resigned. Both have agreed to repay the money.
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