From: jkelmar@iinet.net.au
Sent: Friday, 30 August 2002 11:34 PM
To: fpa.sen@aph.gov.au
Subject: Gold Pass

In making this submission, to totally discontinue any form of taxpayer 

funded travel to each and every politician once they have retired from 

Parliament, I am considering the equivalent status of the private sector.



Shareholders of a corporation do not continue to pay the travel expenses 

of ex-employees, and similarly Australian taxpayers should not be 

continually dipping into their incomes to pay the travel expenses of 

politicians who no longer contribute to the running of the country.



Politician's superannuation payouts are more than sufficient to keep them 

in an exotic lifestyle, with some negotiating multi-million retirement 

deals whilst working as politicians.  One could argue that using taxpayer 

funded time to negotiate these deals would make these deals the property 

of the Australian taxpayer, and all profits should thus be returned to 

Treasury.



Australia cannot afford to run this gravey train for the benefit of a 

few, whilst pushing the majority into poverty.  Also whilst the 

Australian dollar has dived so dramatically over the past 20 years, it 

could be assumed that all politicians have failed in their duty to 

strengthen the Australian economy.



Delete the Gold Pass





Regards

John H. Kelmar