A tale of Government waste | The Sixty Zone

”And you're going to pay me how much?” ”Eighty thousand a year. Will that be enough?” So began my journey down the public service rabbit-hole. I would soon learn that swine flu and a raid on staff by another department were to thank for my recruitment. ... I later found myself in a plush Sydney harbourside hotel with hundreds of dollars in unnecessary travel allowance - everything, including meals, flights and accommodation, was covered by the department. ...