News Corp reporter bought a pink doughnut, a soft drink and tobacco as part of a NSW government endorsed media stunt. Plus: cartoonists go their own way
Hard to swallow: NSW taxpayers paid for smokes and snacks for a Daily Telegraph journalist in a strategy to win News Corp support for the dumping of the apprentice transport card.Hard to swallow: NSW taxpayers paid for smokes and snacks for a Daily Telegraph journalist in a strategy to win News Corp support for the dumping of the apprentice transport card.
In his exposé, Aitchison was quoted saying this loophole was “really concerning” and she took immediate action. “The card on Tuesday worked to buy a 20 packet of Holiday Crush cigarettes for $32 at one service station,” O’Doherty wrote. “At another, the card worked to buy a $33 pack of Bond Street Classics, a strawberry doughnut and a can of Mother energy drink.” Aitchison: “Look, my understanding was that I would be paying that money back … I can’t tell you off the top of my head … I will definitely be paying that back.”.
The ABC was forced to defend Radio National Breakfast host Patricia Karvelas for asking cabinet minister Tony Burke for his thoughts on use of the word “genocide” in relation to the treatment of Palestinians in Gaza.
“The statement by the ABC points to a growing culture of hubris and navel-gazing that is frustrating taxpayers who spend more than $1bn a year bankrolling the national broadcaster.”
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