Sky News host Rita Panahi has taken a look at former Labor figures doing “very well thanks to the largesse” of taxpayers.
Sydney Morning Herald revealed that former Labor minister Greg Combet was awarded a lucrative contract advising the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet without an open tender process.
“We’re not accusing those recipients of acting improperly, not at all, but I’ve got to say the optics aren’t great for the Albanese government,” Ms Panahi said. When the Morrison government was still in power, Labor members were vocal about spending public money without an open tender process. “How quickly the worm turns – now that Labor is in power, they’re happy to see taxpayer funds go to former Labor figures without a tender process,” Ms Panahi said.
“Perhaps they’re just creating potential cases for their new National Anti-Corruption Commission to look at.”
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