Fighting Fake News and Waste, 16/6/19; While Australia's aged are running out of money Politicians aren't; Talented Spenders;

Retirees worldwide may run out of money 10 years before they die

However no problem for our pollies

Political expenses

More than $12,500 a week? The pollies who claim the most in entitlements

Private jets, chartered flights, expensive hotels and sporting events. The Nationals deputy leader spent three out of five nights last year staying at hotels and claiming travel allowances.

 Senator McKenzie's domestic travel reportedly included $20,000 to travel via a private jet from central Queensland to an ice hockey game in Melbourne - a month after splashing $14,000 on a chartered flight to meet Prince Charles in Cairns at a basketball game.

 Many trips featured photo opportunities with Coalition MPs bestowing local sporting grants. Some grants were worth less than a day's travel bill for the senator and her staff.

Remember when Peter Slipper was nailed to the cross by Tony Abbott for a $900 Cabcharge well not so the big spenders it seems. This is why Australia has the most expensive government on the planet for 24 million people (ODT)

• by Nigel Gladstone