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DrStrangelove

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07/03/24

12:35

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Originally posted by BCCanuck: ↑

"IT’S a love story that blossomed in the luxurious comfort of first class — all paid for by the Aussie taxpayer.

Labor frontbencher Tony Burke has come under fire for charging taxpayers $48,000 to take first class flights to Spain and Italy with his staffer Skye Laris, who is now his partner.
Now Ms Laris has hit back at news reports that uncovered her politician lover’s extraordinary travel expenses.
In a fiery social media post, Ms Laris says she has chosen to no longer ignore the “whispering campaigns” that plague “young women in politics”.

She says: “We are capable and we are damn good at our jobs and sometimes someone even acknowledges that by hiring us or promoting us. Yes, I ultimately fell in love with someone who did that.”She then goes on to pay tribute to an unnamed woman and mentor whose job she was filling in for when she started working for Mr Burke.At a cost of $48,000 to taxpayers, the pair travelled first-class to Barcelona in 2009 where the then agricultural minister attended a food security forum, according to The Australian."I detect a pattern here, in this behaviour.

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Suggestions his expense claims for the last 12 months is near $1m.

Not bad for a commrade and defender of the proletariate.
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