Senior public servants have taken thousands of domestic business class flights over the past year, costing taxpayers more than $3.7 million
Public servants are taking hundreds of business class flights between Sydney, Canberra and Melbourne.Based on figures from 11 Commonwealth departments for the 2021-22 financial year, bureaucrats took more than 4000This masthead had applied for the figures from 14 government departments through Freedom of Information laws.
One bureaucrat for the Department of Industry booked a flight between Canberra and Sydney for $916.64. Former senator Rex Patrick said it was generally unreasonable for public servants to be taking business class flights that were under four hours. He said going business class on short flights such as Canberra-Sydney was not in line with community expectations.
“A public servant who is willing to burn through our money on unwarranted business class flights is the same public servant who will burn through our money by throwing it at other useless government initiatives,” he said.
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