Four former Racing Queensland board execs pocket $1.8mil
BRISBANE, July 10 AAP- Four former Racing Queensland board
executives pocketed more than $1.8 million when they resigned after
the state election, an auditor-general's report has found.
The report, tabled in state parliament on Tuesday, says a clause
added to their contracts in August last year ensured they received
a 30 per cent salary increase.
It says Malcolm Tuttle, Jamie Orchard, Paul Brennan and Shara
Reid were paid a total of $1.8 million when they resigned from the
board, two days after the Labor government lost the state election
in March.
The payouts included 14 months' salary, redundancy payments and
their statutory leave entitlements.
Racing Minister Steve Dickson says the report raises serious
questions.
"There can be no doubt that the (Racing Queensland) board put in
place extraordinarily favourable employment arrangements that
delivered these executives the sweetheart deal of the century," Mr
Dickson said in a statement.
"At a time when the racing industry was on its knees this money
could have been used in any number of ways."
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Typical Labor Party largess. Do as I say, not as I do.
At least they got the arse and good riddance. Fingers crossed the Bastards will be in the political wilderness for 20 years at both State & Federal level. Their dastardly deeds are numerous & heinous in nature. What an absolute bloody disgrace.
