"cut out the overseas "study tour" entitlement for members of parliament."
Boy didn't you go on about Simon Crean et al, on and on and on. Good to see you are maintaining the rage.
For myself, I've always thought that with the amount of Professional Consultants in Australia that not one politician, whether Local Government, State Government, Federal Government or any body that is using public money should ever go on an overseas study tour. They can get the info they need from a plethora of well educated professionals that are up to speed on any of the required information and all locally based.
If a local professional is not available then the public funds could be used to send a group of consultants to source the info, but not the parasites that inhabit public office.
