Socrates and Aristotle are in the philosopher’s sports bar when Aristotle raises the subject of the Australian National Audit Office’s enquiry into the former sports minister’s awarding of funding in the Community Sport Infrastructure Program. Socrates slams his beer on the bar. Socrates: One hundred million bucks! One hundred million bucks! That’s what she gave out. That … [Read more...]
Politicians love their sport – even when they have no interest in it!
I remember, many years ago, taking business associates to lunch or dinner and keeping the bill so I could charge the meal to my company expense account. That’s just the way things were done in those days. Deep down in my heart, despite being a one-hundred percent believer in private enterprise, I felt that this “expenses” thing was a bit of a con. If my colleague and I had … [Read more...]