Before the October election... a 45-minute walk with Attorney-General Philip Ruddock and "a quicker-paced jog" with Health Minister Tony Abbott each fetched bids of thousands of dollars.This practice is quite legal. But we need not worry that politicians benefit directly from this practice: the proceeds go straight into the election war chests of the major parties. Big government and corporate interests - what's the difference?
07 February 2005
No suggestion of illegality
Australian Ministers' time is auctioned according to an illuminating article from the Age, Melbourne:
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