Could the ALP Sue News Limited, page-2

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    I'm also left wondering about the role played by the additional 132 taxpayer-funded 'social media experts' played in the outcome of the 2016 Election:
    "... The Abbott government has created a hub of 37 communication and social media specialists to monitor social media and offer strategic communications advice costing taxpayers almost $4.3 million a year. ..."
    "... Last month it was revealed Scott Morrison’s departments employ more than 95 communications staff and spin doctors, costing at least $8million a year.
    Details released to the Senate show the departments of Immigration, Border Protection and Australian Customs have 85 permanent and 10 other staff responsible for media monitoring, internal communication and public relations.
    The cost of employing the 37 staff is taken from the top brackets of public servant grades, while it includes an average senior executive service wage.
    Before the communications hub was created, there were a ‘‘small number’’ of PM&C staff engaged in speech writing and corporate communications support, the document showed.
    ‘‘With the addition of 25 staff as a result of the machinery of government changes, a communications branch was established within PM&C,’’ the Senate documents reveal. ..."

    http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/tony-abbott-spends-43m-on-spin-doctors-20140705-zsxlh.html
 
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