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Taxpayers forking out $600,000 for Bill Shorten's speechwriter over two years (www.abc.net.au)

submitted 4 months ago by Gorgritch_umie_killa@aussie.zone to c/australianpolitics@aussie.zone

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Um... $300,000 a year. Do sparkles explode from the page as you read her writing?

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[–] boogetyboo@aussie.zone 13 points 4 months ago

Taxpayer funded it's certainly on the nose. But I don't have an issue with a skilled writer being paid that much. I know a hell of a lot of people earning similar who don't possess that kind of skill in anything they do. Creatives should be paid well.