I bet you thought there would be a list . Dont be dissapointed add your own . I'll start with multi million dollar feasibility studies that take months or even years.
All the billions of dollars the gov hands out in disability pensions to all them fake back injury and depression claims.
Housing prisoners in Australian Gaols until their parole comes due then deporting them back to their own country. Prisoners cost $85k to hold per year and could stay here for up to 10 years before deportation,often longer
It might be better and shorter if anyone can list how they don't waste money. Otherwise this will get very long as there are infinite ways they waste money.
Plebiscites. The last one got the answer the Pollies wanted at only $122 million of taxpayers' money. I am sure they are happy to spend that sort of money if they can get the answer the want.
Here is a list of 107: I'm sure there are more. 1 ABSTUDY 2 ABSTUDY Additional Incidentals Allowance 3 ABSTUDY Additional Assistance 4 ABSTUDY Away-from-base Assistance 5 ABSTUDY Boarding Supplement 6 ABSTUSDY Energy Supplement for Masters and Doctorate Living Allowance 7 ABSTUDY Fares Allowance 8 ABSTUDY Incidentals Allowance 9 ABSTUDY Lawful Custody Allowance 10 ABSTUDY Masters and Doctorates Relocation Allowance 11 ABSTUDY Masters and Doctorates Away from base Assistance 12 ABSTUDY Pensioner Education Supplement 13 ABSTUDY Pharmaceutical Allowance 14 ABSTUDY Remote Area Allowance 15 ABSTUDY School Fees Allowance 16 ABSTUDY School Term Allowance 17 Additional Child Care Subsidy 18 Age Pension 19 Age Pension Loan Scheme 20 Assistance for Isolated Children Scheme 21 Australian Victim of Terrorism Overseas Payment 22 Austudy 23 BasicsCard 24 Bereavement Allowance 25 Bereavement Payment 26 The Business Services Wage Assessment Tool (BSWAT) Payment Scheme 27 Carer Adjustment Payment 28 Carer Allowance 29 Carer Payment 30 Carer Supplement 31 Cashless Debit Card 32 Catastrophic Event/trauma/illness of a child under 7 Payment 33 Centrepay 34 Child Care Benefit 35 Child Care Rebate 36 Child Care Subsidy 37 Child Dental Benefits 38 Child Disability Assistance Payment 39 Cleft Lip or Cleft Palate Assistance 40 Commonwealth Seniors Health Card 41 Community Engagement Officers 42 Continence Aid Payment 43 Crisis Payment 44 Dad and Partner Pay 45 Disability Employment Services 46 Disability Support Pension 47 Double Orphan Pension 48 Education Entry Payment 49 Energy Supplement 50 Essential Medical Equipment Payment 51 Ex-Carer Allowance (Child) Health Care Card 52 External Breast Protheses Reimbursement Program 53 Family Tax Benefit Part A 54 Family Tax Benefit Part B 55 Fares Allowance 56 Farm Household Allowance 57 Foster Child Health Care Card 58 Health Care Card 59 Help for Visa Holders 60 Income Bank 61 Job in Jeopardy Assistance 62 Jobs, Education and Training Child Care Fee Assistance 63 Low Income Supplement 64 Low Income Family Supplement 65 Low Income Health Care Card 66 Mobility Allowance 67 Newborn Upfront Payment and Newborn Supplement 68 Newstart Allowance 69 One-off Energy Assistance Payment 70 Parental Leave Pay 71 Parent Payment Single 72 Parenting Payment 73 Partner Allowance 74 Pension Bonus Bereavement Payment 75 Pension Bonus Scheme 76 Pension Bonus Top Up 77 Pension Concession Card 78 Pension Loans Scheme 79 Pension Supplement 80 Pensioner Concession Card 81 Pensioner Education Supplement 82 Pharmaceutical Allowance 83 Refugee Servicing Network 84 Relocation Scholarship 85 Remote Area Allowance 86 Rent Assistance 87 Schoolkids Bonus 88 Sickness Allowance 89 Single Income Family Supplement 90 Special Benefit 91 Special Disability Trusts 92 Status Resolution Support Services Payment (SRSS) 93 Stillborn Baby Payment 94 Student Start-up Loan 95 Student Start-up Scholarship 96 Telephone Allowance 97 Tropical Cyclone Debbie – March 2017 - Disaster Recovery Allowance 98 Tropical Cyclone Debbie – March 2017 - Disaster Recovery Payment 99 Tropical Cyclone Debbie – March 2017 - Ex-gratia Disaster Recovery Allowance 100 Tropical Cyclone Debbie – March 2017- Ex-gratia Disaster Recovery Payment for New Zealanders 101 Utilities Allowance 102 Widow Allowance 103 Widow B Pension 104 Wife Pension 105 Work Bonus 106 Youth Allowance 107 Youth Disability Supplement
That's our money, by Law, if the government was ever able to be held responsible for the theft. The way our stolen wages are spent is another thing of course. Just think, one day the youth of today will complain of how their superannuation was stolen and they got lousy social credits implants instead of autonomy.
Retiring federal politicians will get six-figure pensions for life The cost of the pension plan to the taxpayer is more than 40 million a year ... read more at: http://www.smh.com.au/federal-polit...figure-pensions-for-life-20160303-gna6c1.html
Agreed, but it’s small change compared to the waste on Medicare, aboriginal services, the former green army, duplication of departments that are the responsibility of States etc etc. Most people hate politicians so they’ll agree that retirement packages are expensive. Most people don’t know or more precisely don’t want to know how wasteful the provision of universal healthcare for all is.
