The public votes and the polly accepts their decision is the usual line given out. How about when the public votes out a politician but that politician just gets hired by another politician ? The outside world too hard to get a job that pays better than the basic wage or maybe just looking after a mate.

Hockey the big leaner with his USA job would surely approve.

Key Bill Shorten ally Kimberley Kitching will replace retiring Labor powerbrokerStephen Conroy in the Senate but the development has caused internal consternation within the Victorian ALP.

Jobs for mates happens in every avenue. It's called "connections". Most popular with private school kids, the rich and the "entitled".

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Lifters in action, showing us how

So a Liberal MP who lost his seat at the last election has been handed a $160,000 a year job that previously didn't exist and wasn't even advertised ("LIberal MP who lost his seat given new job", October 17). Luckily for the rest of us that's the lifters in action, imagine if the leaners were running the show.

Bill Gillis Hallidays Point

John-Paul Langbroek 

The LNP Opposition said today’s appointment of former Labor Premier Peter Beattie to a plum Commonwealth Games role is another appalling example of Labor rewarding its mates rather than looking after the interests of everyday Queenslanders.

Both the LNP and Labor do it.

It cannot be justified by saying "Look over there!"

It's time to condemn the pratcise no matter who does it.

Oh yes all the pollies soon get another cushy job with a mining company or such -- BUT they all till get their huge pension as well -- so much different o the ordinary bloke -- put off work because the company wants to hire someone else for a bloody sight less money --- who said

work choices were dead buried and cremated --and they can't get another job -- and can't get a pension either

It would seem to be a case of telling the public to lift their game ( jobs ) while leaning on mates to carry them over till the next election comes around.

I was critical of welfare recipients and the ease in which they received benefits until I looked over there at politicians with their snouts firmly in the trough and the example they set claiming travel expenses to family functions and claiming living away expenses when living in their own property etc Its a rort!

Thats why I dont vote. No matter what side you are on, all elections do is encourage more bludgers to join the ever growing money train.

A cosy appointment that is .... collect the Parliamentary Pension after preparing this deal whilst in office ... he should be in jail

 

I dont bother  commenting on these jobs for boys any more.   Happens all the time from all sides of the political spectrum.

Most are in parliament for what they can get out of it...ie a nice fat pension for life after a very small time  in comparison to the rest of us who have to work many many years up to a certain age before we can access our superannuation.

And then when they leave they line up for another job;  using connections they made while a politician.

Yes, it darn well stinks to high heaven;  but what can be done about it....ZILCH!