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$110 million spent against Treasury advice

Months ago, WasteWatch brought you news of two Queensland racetracks, one in Toowoomba, one in Mackay, which cost the Queensland taxpayer  over $25 million.The racetrack at Toowoomba was one of 37...

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New AIS logo costs $500,000

Government expenditure on Australian sport is a familiar demon for WasteWatch.This latest example of sports waste almost outdoes all the others though.It turns out the Australian Institute of Sport has...

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The party’s over

So the party’s over, it’s time to call it a day, and, as Nat King Cole sang, now the piper must be paid.Or is that the halfpiper?Australia’s Winter Olympic team are headed home, having won three medals...

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A pool of money

Kevin-747 certainly did have a taste for spending taxpayer money on sport in Australia.Remember the $166,000 on the arenacross track down in Victoria?Or the $800,000 to an AFL club in north Brisbane?Or...

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Sporty pork in Victoria

The Napthine government is in a spot of bother down in Victoria.Since the resignation of Geoff Shaw, they are a minority government in a deteriorating position in the opinion polls, and they are...

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The Commonwealth Games frenzy begins

 The Gold Coast still has three years before it hosts the Commonwealth Games, but already the  dollars, and the problems, are flowing.It’s estimated that the Games will cost the Queensland taxpayer at...

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Taxpayer off the hook after live baiting scandal

 It was almost a St Valentine’s Day Massacre.Within days of the damning Four Corners report into live baiting across the greyhound  industry, aired on 16 February, the entire board of Greyhound Racing...

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Grommets at DFAT

We all know Prime Minister Tony Abbott is a keen surfer.Less well-known is the fact that Foreign Affairs Minister, Julie Bishop, must also be a fan.WasteWatch can’t think of any other explanation for...

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Unplayable

What’s the first thing that would pop into your head if WasteWatch said: “opera”?Pavarotti?Verdi?Shane Warne?See, back in 2008, a marvellous musical based on Shane Warne’s life debuted in Melbourne.It...

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The grommets are taking over

The grommets are taking over!WasteWatch recently brought to your attention the support given to the ‘emerging Australia-China surfing industry’ by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.It turns...

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