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- WENDY on Australians killing dugongs and turtles I want turtles and Dugongs protected. Not slaughtered by senseless ppl who need a "chicken" fix? more
- David jones on Australians killing dugongs and turtles sea turtle i see the sea turtle, as tears flow from his eyes, it sees the pain and suffering, as for freedom tries,its breed ... more
- David jones on Australians killing dugongs and turtles dugongs see the gentle dugong, as tears flow from his eyes, if you would know the reason, that the dugong cries, it would be ... more
- janet page on Killer cab driver So we can now Sue V.Cat if this bloke re-offends. more
- colin riddell on Australians killing dugongs and turtles The dugongs and sea turtles, also need your voteAs the illegal hunting.All of you should note.Check upon the website, and ... more
- colin riddell on Australians killing dugongs and turtles The whole reason I AM RUNNING THIS CAMPAIGN is because 1. we are total hypocrites in relation to japan killing whales.And 2 ... more
- vili on Australia's first bloke HI DONT BELIVE ANY POLITICIAN , AND WHO CARES , WHOS GONNA WIN NOTHING GONNA CHANGE , ALL THE PROMISERS GONNA GO EVERYTHING ... more
- shane on Australia's first bloke I have no issue with Joolya being single or married or as the old saying is ''living in sin'' who cares. My concern is that ... more
- Wondering on Australia's first bloke Looking at Gillard's house, a double front brick veneer and the intrusion of cameras into her house it seemed a house that ... more
- Pat on Australia's first bloke So when the Labor Premiers and Labor Pardy heavyweights including the Canberra press gallery hang it on Tiger Woods about ... more
- Lenny on Australians killing dugongs and turtles Come on FEDERAL TAX OFFICE BOYS - this is totally illegal & would be undeclared income (CASH IN HAND). This is the black ... more
- Mark.creighton on Australia's first bloke I looked up the term "dog whistle" and yes it does suit the Liberal party. more
- paul on Australia's first bloke Was good interview until she showed her true colors with the "dog whistle" remark. Its the word of the month with labor . ... more
- Mike O on Australia's first bloke Tony Abbot has every right to emphasise family values and way of life. Gillard is becoming painful as each day goes by. ... more
- army mom on Wikileaks releases secret war documents If your leak of important documents , puts my son or any of our soldiers in danger in any way or shape. you had better ... more
- Choco sanderson on Australians killing dugongs and turtles justine you whining moaning woman get a life animals die for food every day ,just because you are not allowed to kill them ... more
- David on Wikileaks releases secret war documents Way to go WIKILEAKS, we should never have been there in the first place. To destroy BinLaden, to destroy the Talaban, to ... more
- Rock Gock on Wikileaks releases secret war documents Who gets credit from the White House for leaking this information ? The FBI & CIA need to know who to arrest for treason. As ... more
- Lenny on Wikileaks releases secret war documents Milton, the leaked 92,000 pages (originally reported as 200,000) provided by whistle blowing site Wikileaks & published by ... more
- neil on Julian Knight seeks secret prison files he has served his time under our laws, if you don't like it go back to where you came from, this is a democracy. more
Where's the money gone?
In the past few days issues surrounding the bushfire appeal have been debated in the media and we’ve had some specific cases on this program.
Earlier in the week we had an urgent appeal for 70 clothes dryers for people in temporary accommodation struggling to dry clothes in wet, foggy conditions. And I wondered why they couldn’t be bought from the millions of dollars collected. More than $300 million collected in the biggest outpouring of public generosity in Australian history.
So where has the money gone? More than $150 million has been allocated but that’s less than half and the fires were five months ago!
Earlier in the week we had an urgent appeal for 70 clothes dryers for people in temporary accommodation struggling to dry clothes in wet, foggy conditions. And I wondered why they couldn’t be bought from the millions of dollars collected. More than $300 million collected in the biggest outpouring of public generosity in Australian history.
So where has the money gone? More than $150 million has been allocated but that’s less than half and the fires were five months ago!
