PM's office upgrade a mere
$340,000
12 February 2003
TAXPAYERS spent about $340,000 refurbishing the Prime Minister's
Sydney suite of offices including $4000 for a newspaper stand, a Senate
hearing was told yesterday.
The PM also recently covered up for a corrupt Minister,Helen Coonan.The
second most powerful treasurers official.AND...
PM tunes in to free Telstra TV
12 February 2003
JOHN Howard has been drawn into the Telstra gifts to the Government row by revelations that he also accepted a free digital TV from the company.
Adviser turns to private sector
12 February 2003
HEALTH Minister Kay Patterson's senior adviser on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme has quit to take a position with drug giant Merck Sharp and Dohme.
Former Ministers Peter Reith and Michael Woolridge also slid straight into highly lucrative private enterprise positions both dealing intensively with the Govt.Searchs on both those names will reveal some of the nature of a culture of deep seated corruption approved by John Howard,the man described yesterday as a 'personal friend' of the shrub's by the shrub.
