ATSIC weakens

This is your money, Taxpayers. While good men with good intentions try and help the aborigines, ATSIC stifles the debate with red herrings. You thought ATSIC was there to help our indigenous brothers. Wrong. They are there to help themselves. Clark, an accused rapist and thug receives $85,000 of taxpayers money for legal costs in cases that clearly have nothing to do with protecting commissioners from frivolous claims from actions whilst conducting ATSIC affairs. Sugar Ray Robinson cashes $4,000 cheques at a pub for his mates and then loses a million dollars of taxpayers money via suticase diplomacy

A senior legal person who worked with QSRB said it was common for cheques up to $40,000 to be cashed and the money put in a suitcase and taken to native title claims, where it was distributed among those present as “travel allowance and accommodation”. No receipts, no details.

Sack ’em – start again. Run courses on behavior and public accounting as a pre-requisite to becoming a commissioner or just pick proven quality with standard audit regulations.