Issue # 1417      1 July 2009

Funding says it all

Federal budget allocations 2009-2010

Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC)

Office of the ABCC to persecute workers and unions – $33.4 million.

Comcare responsible for workplace safety & rehabilitation $5 million.

Australian Human Rights Commission – $13 million.

Federal Magistrates Court of Australia – $28 million.

High Court of Australia – $16 million.

Australian Crime Commission – $95 million.

Australian Prudential Regulation Authority protecting savings of Australians from real sharks – $23 million.

“If I could send a memo to the razor gang working on next year’s budget, it would say to save the people of Australia $33 million and axe the Australian Building and Construction Commission:” South Australian Labor MP Julia Irwin (Hansard, house of Representatives, May 25, 2009), whose statistics are quoted above.

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