FaHCSIA staff have a ball in New York

[fred]

www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/clac_ctte/estimates/add_1011/fahcsia/023.PDF


Senate Community Affairs Committee

ANSWERS TO ESTIMATES QUESTIONS ON NOTICE
FAMILIES, HOUSING, COMMUNITY SERVICES AND
INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS PORTFOLIO

2010-11 Additional Estimates Hearings
Question No. 023

FaHCSIA Departmental Staff Overseas Travel

DATES OF TRAVEL NUMBER OF
OFFICERS GROUP/BRANCH DESTINATION REASON Total Cost
3-10 July 2010 1 Disability and Carers Programs NZ Attend Australian and New Zealand School of
Government (ANZSOG) Masters in Public
Administration 2010 intake.
$2,424.75
Office for Women
Office of Indigenous Policy
Coordination
17-24 July 2010 4
Executive Management - Victoria
USA Attend UN Committee on the Elimination of
Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) Conference.
$45,571.73
18 July - 7 Aug 2010 1 Housing and Homelessness Malaysia &
Japan
Leading Australia's Future in Australia (LAFIA) Asia
Program 2010 (3 week study tour visiting Malaysia and
Japan).
$12,807.14
Deputy Secretary responsible for
Office of Indigenous Policy
Coordination
7-14 Aug 2010 2
Performance Management and
Modelling
Switzerland Appear before the Committee on the Elimination of
Racial Discrimination at the UN in Geneva.
$21,031.05
15-21 Aug 2010 1 Land Reform New
Caledonia
Attend 11th Triannual Conference of Pacific Women’s
(Theme – Progress & Prospects: National level
implementation of the Pacific and Beijing platform for
action).
$4,623.82
21 Aug - 6 Sept 2010 2 Disability and Carers Policy USA Attend UN Convention on the rights for People with
Disabilities.
$30,765.94

[fred]

Thanks Mitch.......


And look at the size of that bill: $30,765.94

Those two FaHCSIA cats must have stayed in the swankiest hotel in the Big Apple...........

[Banjo]

Peanuts....
And they owe me 3 months unpaid pension and have held it up for ANOTHER 28 days....

[fred]

Actually, I wouldn't mind so much if the 2 Fahcsia people who went to New York were in fact Michalina Stawyskyj and Philip Moufarrige. They might have actually learnt something about the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities, and they might not have been so eager to infringe Article 18.

That is, they might have learnt to have more respect for the human rights and human dignity of disabled people, which includes respecting their freedom of movement and residence.

To save money (I would have), they could have caught a budget flight, cattle class, and stayed in a dormitory in one of the youth hostels in downtown New York, which cost about 30 AUD per night. The trip would have cost less than $5000. Then they could have given the remainder to Banjo ;D

[Banjo]

Funnily enough I don't really care how much pollies and public servants squander, the nose in the trough syndrome is as old as government itself.
However when they spend what has to be millions on persecuting the likes of us for little or no gain then I get pissed off.

[fred]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scores_(strip_club)

www.scoresny.com/en/

[ram]

It looks like Rudd attends a variety of places to worship.

[rowdy]

Here is a transcript of an interview on the 2nd of June with Macklin (Chris Smith - 2GB)

www.jennymacklin.fahcsia.gov.au/transcripts/2011/Pages/disability_support_pension_02062011.aspx

[rodcourt49]

Jun 4, 2011 14:15:29 GMT 7 fred said:

Actually, I wouldn't mind so much if the 2 Fahcsia people who went to New York were in fact Michalina Stawyskyj and Philip Moufarrige. They might have actually learnt something about the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities, and they might not have been so eager to infringe Article 18.

That is, they might have learnt to have more respect for the human rights and human dignity of disabled people, which includes respecting their freedom of movement and residence.

To save money (I would have), they could have caught a budget flight, cattle class, and stayed in a dormitory in one of the youth hostels in downtown New York, which cost about 30 AUD per night. The trip would have cost less than $5000. Then they could have given the remainder to Banjo ;D

...they may even catch a fleeting glimpse of a real live disabilty pensioner grovelling for food and necessities of life..but methinks they will pretend not to see such folk and hope the bad image will just go away...hmm.