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Troy on Help Hinch fight DHS 'pinheads' I have seen this family fighting day after day for months trying to get their kids/siblings back home. The dedication and ... more
Pauline on Help Hinch fight DHS 'pinheads' DHS have destroyed my own family. They failed in their duty of care to provide a baby moniter for the deaf , thousands of ... more
Christine on Help Hinch fight DHS 'pinheads' isn't it funny how DHS don't recognise the psychological effects of domestic violence on children and continue to allow ... more
Warrior princess on Help Hinch fight DHS 'pinheads' There is a family In the Cairns Area who are Foster Carers.Atherton Child Safety have threatened the carers and own ... more
duncan on Help Hinch fight DHS 'pinheads' i have spent time with this family. it is a house full of love. "mum", grandfather and older sblings.this cannot be an issue ... more
Tracey on Help Hinch fight DHS 'pinheads' Family Law is different from the rest of the law in this country.. Ie. Family Law is based on probability: ie if it might ... more
carol annetta on Help Hinch fight DHS 'pinheads' having known this family for some time i am disgusted with the treatment she has received. it seems more of a witch hunt ... more
Maureen Hillary on Help Hinch fight DHS 'pinheads' Derryn,I have counselled traumatized parents as a result of DHS staff.There are great staff workers who care but they ... more
Janet Tavener on Help Hinch fight DHS 'pinheads' I am a visitor to this country.My attention was drawn to the case of these children and their foster mother by a relative of ... more
sam on Help Hinch fight DHS 'pinheads' Happening in Tasmania also.Wewon a court case over 8 months ago and due process still hasn't been done.We spent 17,000 ... more
Anne Glover on Help Hinch fight DHS 'pinheads' I just cannot believe what the DHS has put the Foster Mother, and the children through - I thought the DHS was supposed to ... more
Tracey on Help Hinch fight DHS 'pinheads' DHS are the most disgraceful organization I have ever had the displeasure of becoming involved with. They are so ... more
Vicki on Help Hinch fight DHS 'pinheads' Hi Derryn,I have known this carer since primary school, she has always put others above herself. Being a carer myself I know ... more
Gran'ma Pam on Help Hinch fight DHS 'pinheads' As any of us with any sense know, these children should NEVER have been taken from this lady (mum) in the first place, they ... more
Dominic Lombardo on Help Hinch fight DHS 'pinheads' I see my daughter every six months DHS are conducting a vendetta against me I have not been told why I can only see her ... more
cassy houghton on Help Hinch fight DHS 'pinheads' Hello Derryn,Firstly i would like to thankyou for your support and the willingness to help this beautiful family.I ... more
Warrior princess on Help Hinch fight DHS 'pinheads' Im a carer also in Qld. I see this happen way too much from our Government. They are starting to use Carers own children as ... more
paul on "I'll pay the fee," says Hinch I believe what Liberal Party has done is stupid. But I feel for candidates like Joh Bauch and James Buonopane who want to ... more
Andrea on Help Hinch fight DHS 'pinheads' Why are these public servants allowed to blatantly flout the law without the same consequences the rest of society faces? I ... more
birth mother on Help Hinch fight DHS 'pinheads' i am the birth morther of these 4 children and i just want to say dhs dont care they just want the kids in care so they can ... more

Rudd in really hot water: Hinch

Posted by: Derryn Hinch | 11 March, 2010 - 3:50 PM

NOTE: Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will be in the 3AW studio after 8:30am on Friday.

HINCH: I am starting to think the Rudd Government could not organise a piss up in a brothel with a handful of $50 notes.

The Ruddster and his mob have wasted billions of dollars of your money. No wonder the country's accounts are inked with red. And I'm not talking about the $50 million it is going to cost to tear the aluminium foil out of roofs as a postscript to the failed and fatal insulation scheme.

Their latest cockup is exposed on Page One of the Herald Sun today. They have spent a fortune on installing massive hot water systems in sporting club dressing rooms. Clubs that didn't need them and should not have been eligible.

A spokesman for the PM's new Mr Fixit, Greg Combet, says the hot water rebate was only meant for private households and not sporting clubs and he can't explain how the clubs had got them.

One club on the Murray River got 17 new systems. Almost one for every player in the team. And they've only got four showers. They cost the club about $20 each. Cost you mug taxpayers a fortune.

Another club in Gippsland got 12 units for six showers. They had to turn them off because the electricity to run them all was too expensive. So much for this wonderfully green Government's energy saving campaigns. Another club got 12 units but six were stolen.

Was anybody supervising this rort? Was Peter Garrett burning the midnight oil on this doozy as well?

My first thought on reading that was this: How many pensioners in this country would happily pay $20 for a new hot water system. People who paid taxes for 40 or 50 years. What a great retirement gift to make their twilight years a smidgeon more comfortable.

But I forgot. Pensioners don't matter twiddly-squat in this country. It's all about working families and first home buyer bonuses and buying votes from would be mothers with paid maternity leave.

I'm encouraged that hot water is in the news today. The Ruddster and his inept team are certainly in it.

Blog comments

Can't wait for next election so i can help vote this mob out !!!!!!!

David Rees Saturday 10 April, 2010 - 10:26 AM
Rudd,is a sick person,He suffers from ,Estreem Delusions of Granduer,the only cure for this problem is political demise,When he appears on my TV.I thank God for the MUTE button on the remote control.

Gordon Gilbert Friday 19 March, 2010 - 1:06 PM
Obviously, the research was as good as Combet's who stated he didn't know how the clubs had got them.

susan Saturday 13 March, 2010 - 5:44 PM
Don't you mean p--s-up in a brewery?

daz Friday 12 March, 2010 - 10:05 PM
The reason the club was able to get the rec's as it is correctly known, is it is a commercial application and is not the governments hotwater rebate. It is not tax payer funded but funded under by the large energy users. I wonder how long the research was for this article.

A. nelson Thursday 11 March, 2010 - 4:55 PM