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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

Why are we paying this root rat?

Posted by: Derryn Hinch | 9 June, 2010 - 4:14 PM
Ron Tandberg colour cartoon: Hinch slams Tiger

PLAYING NOW: Hinch has say and you have yours.

HINCH: This is bloody madness. That root rat and serial adulterer Tiger Woods is coming to Melbourne and you, the taxpayer, are paying for it.

I don’t care if he comes. He’s more than welcome to come on down and defend his Australian Masters title in November.

But why should the taxpayer shell out a dollar towards his divorce settlement – let alone one and a half million dollars? It is a disgrace. An absolute disgrace.

And John Brumby as Premier and John Lenders as Treasurer and Major Events Minister Tim Holding cannot wash their hands of it. They cannot play ‘hands off’ and claim it is a Melbourne Major Events committee decision.

And I know they’ll bandy about that figure of $34 million it supposedly injects into the state economy.

It seems that just because Tiger Woods is a sporting hero (and that’s an abuse of the word) he can be excused for any sort of off-field behaviour.

Even the  Herald Sun which originally railled against the $3 million appearance fee, for which you apparently pay half, now runs a soppy editorial saying ‘he is now trying to put his life back together, and in doing so he deserves another chance’. Sure. Why should we pay for it?

I’m surprised they aren’t running a fund-raiser to help pay for his next sojourn in rehab to cure his ‘sex addiction’.

And to add to the insult the Government won’t even tell you exactly how much it cost you last year or will cost you this year. It’s confidential.

Let his sponsors pay. Or IMG - the sports promoters who will profit from it.

And how about Holding’s comments? I suspect his brain got left behind when he was lost in the mountains.

He says ‘Tiger’s personal matters are matters for him and his family’. No they are not. Hypocritical fraud made millions from projecting himself as the model husband and father. A role model for kids around the world.

And all the while he was screwing everything that moved – strippers, waitresses, hookers.

People like Brumby and Holding like to talk about footballers being role models and take the high moral ground when they get  involved in booze and drugs and sex off the field.

Not so, it seems, with a golfer.

What they are doing by throwing your money at Tiger Woods is virtually condoning his behaviour. Telling the world that we approve. That money comes before morality.

Think what better things you could do for the good of the people of Victoria with one and a half million dollars.  This is rewarding a sleazebag for his behaviour. It is a disgrace.

Blog comments Your Say

  • We pay far too much in taxes,that is why these politicians love to spend it,they have so much thet don't know what to do with it. The answer to this problem is don't give it to them in the first place,vote for the party that takes the least out of your pocket.

    NEIL Tuesday 15 June, 2010 - 1:09 PM

  • Can we all please go back to basics. the governments job is to ensure the state has the necessary infrastructure to enable its citizens to prosper economically and safely. It should not hand out OUR money to private interest so that they can prosper. If the Liberals support moving back to the original intent for a state government, they will have my vote. As for those who will Donkey vote this year: shame on you for not taking your obligation as a citizen seriously. They call it Donkey voting for a good reason by the way...

    Gemma Friday 11 June, 2010 - 12:52 PM

  • So Tiger Woods means more than Melbourne's public transport system well well

    col Thursday 10 June, 2010 - 6:43 PM

  • Instead of complaining about the measley $1.5M to Tiger Woods, which is worth every cent. We should really be looking at the $70 Million we flush down the toilet every year, on the Grand Prix.

    JOHN BUGEJA Thursday 10 June, 2010 - 12:04 PM

  • i once had an electrol role officer tell me " i dont really have to vote ,,just turn up to get name chaecked off" however they would not put this in writing ,,,ive never voted,,never been fined

    mark dorman Thursday 10 June, 2010 - 10:58 AM

  • A great benefit for Victoria...?
    $1.5 million for Tiger to play 18 holes... at Crown Towers!
    It's yet another disgrace Derryn and yet more wastage from our already penniless government.
    Premier Brumby doesn't have a moral bone in his spineless soul. He doesn't care what it costs because he gets a first class ticket to the event.
    'Spin Doctor John's' happy to part with $1.5 million of your and my hard-earned in a feeble attempt to try and fill the financial black hole his government has created for us.
    They must think if anyone can fill a black hole, Tiger can?
    This government and its crooked dealings more resemble a deck of cards. Where Tiger's the 'Ace of Spades', Brumby's 'The Joker'...!!!

    Gerard Wednesday 9 June, 2010 - 9:25 PM

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