{"id":2125,"date":"2019-10-28T17:45:04","date_gmt":"2019-10-28T09:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dingo.news\/voice\/?p=2125"},"modified":"2024-09-27T20:14:35","modified_gmt":"2024-09-27T12:14:35","slug":"angus-taylor-and-the-very-bad-not-terribly-good-letter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dingo.news\/voice\/angus-taylor-and-the-very-bad-not-terribly-good-letter\/","title":{"rendered":"Angus Taylor and the very bad, not terribly good letter"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"row t-tweet\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<div id=\"tweet_1\" class=\"content-tweet allow-preview\" dir=\"auto\" data-screenname=\"RonniSalt\" data-tweet=\"1188031589508206594\">\n<p>It seems Angus Taylor was so horrified by what he claims he saw on the now disparaged City of Sydney travel documents, he felt compelled to share his horror with Clover Moore, (and naturally the Daily Tele!)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2144\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Angus-Taylor-letter1.jpg?resize=768%2C607&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Angus-Taylor-letter1.jpg?w=768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Angus-Taylor-letter1.jpg?resize=300%2C237&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" data-screenname=\"RonniSalt\" data-tweet=\"1188031589508206594\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>At the heart of Angus Taylor&#8217;s shock was the fact that Clover Moore and her team were apparently not watching their climate emissions (because we all know Mr Taylor is a warrior for the climate).<\/p>\n<p>What horrified him even more, was that Ms Moore had spent too much on air travel.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2148\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Angus-Taylor-letter2.jpg?resize=800%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Angus-Taylor-letter2.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Angus-Taylor-letter2.jpg?resize=300%2C240&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Angus-Taylor-letter2.jpg?resize=768%2C614&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The air travel lecture was accompanied by an assurance that the federal minister was also cutting back. And as we all know, at the heart of every politician&#8217;s grand-standing sits a stinking pile of hypocrisy.<\/p>\n<p>In Mr Taylor&#8217;s case, $168,000 worth of hypocrisy. <i class=\"fas fa-link\"><\/i><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\" data-screenname=\"RonniSalt\" data-tweet=\"1188031594696605696\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p>Because while Mr Taylor&#8217;s office may have, erm . . . . &#8220;produced&#8221; false figures, his own parliamentary air &amp; travel expense figures have not been altered.<\/p>\n<p>July-Sep 2018 &#8211; $58,029.80<\/p>\n<p>Oct-Dec 2018 &#8211; $36,440.60<\/p>\n<p>Jan-Mar 2019 &#8211; $32,360.41<\/p>\n<p>Apr-Jun 2019 &#8211; $41,274.78<\/p>\n<p>= $168,105.59<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333300;\">Click on images for larger view<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Angus-Taylor-letter3b.jpg?ssl=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2130\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Angus-Taylor-letter3.jpg?resize=640%2C248&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Angus-Taylor-letter3.jpg?resize=1024%2C397&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Angus-Taylor-letter3.jpg?resize=300%2C116&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Angus-Taylor-letter3.jpg?resize=768%2C298&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Angus-Taylor-letter3.jpg?w=1199&amp;ssl=1 1199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"content-tweet allow-preview\" dir=\"auto\" data-screenname=\"RonniSalt\" data-tweet=\"1188031596026155010\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Angus-Taylor-letter4b.jpg?ssl=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2131\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Angus-Taylor-letter4.jpg?resize=640%2C263&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Angus-Taylor-letter4.jpg?resize=1024%2C421&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Angus-Taylor-letter4.jpg?resize=300%2C123&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Angus-Taylor-letter4.jpg?resize=768%2C316&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Angus-Taylor-letter4.jpg?w=1199&amp;ssl=1 1199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" data-screenname=\"RonniSalt\" data-tweet=\"1188031596026155010\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" data-screenname=\"RonniSalt\" data-tweet=\"1188031596026155010\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" data-screenname=\"RonniSalt\" data-tweet=\"1188031596026155010\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-tweet allow-preview\" dir=\"auto\" data-screenname=\"RonniSalt\" data-tweet=\"1188031596026155010\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Angus-Taylor-letter5b.jpg?ssl=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2132\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Angus-Taylor-letter5.jpg?resize=640%2C259&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Angus-Taylor-letter5.jpg?resize=1024%2C415&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Angus-Taylor-letter5.jpg?resize=300%2C122&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Angus-Taylor-letter5.jpg?resize=768%2C311&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Angus-Taylor-letter5.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" data-screenname=\"RonniSalt\" data-tweet=\"1188031596026155010\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" data-screenname=\"RonniSalt\" data-tweet=\"1188031596026155010\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" data-screenname=\"RonniSalt\" data-tweet=\"1188031596026155010\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" data-screenname=\"RonniSalt\" data-tweet=\"1188031596026155010\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-tweet allow-preview\" dir=\"auto\" data-screenname=\"RonniSalt\" data-tweet=\"1188031596026155010\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Angus-Taylor-letter6b.jpg?ssl=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2133\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Angus-Taylor-letter6.jpg?resize=640%2C263&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Angus-Taylor-letter6.jpg?resize=1024%2C420&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Angus-Taylor-letter6.jpg?resize=300%2C123&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Angus-Taylor-letter6.jpg?resize=768%2C315&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Angus-Taylor-letter6.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" data-screenname=\"RonniSalt\" data-tweet=\"1188031596026155010\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" data-screenname=\"RonniSalt\" data-tweet=\"1188031596026155010\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"row t-tweet\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<div id=\"tweet_5\" class=\"content-tweet allow-preview\" dir=\"auto\" data-screenname=\"RonniSalt\" data-tweet=\"1188031598869958658\">\n<p>At more than $14,000 per month in travel expenses &amp; air travel, both domestic and overseas, (occasionally incurred while Mr Taylor was 90 kms from home) it looks like the best place for the lecture on expensively funded travel to be sent, was Mr Taylor&#8217;s own office.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"entity-hashtag\" href=\"https:\/\/threadreaderapp.com\/hashtag\/AngusGate\"><span style=\"color: #333300;\">#AngusGate<\/span><\/a> <i class=\"fas fa-link\"><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row t-tweet\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<div id=\"tweet_6\" class=\"content-tweet allow-preview\" dir=\"auto\" data-screenname=\"RonniSalt\" data-tweet=\"1188289741692657669\">\n<p>A major clue the cheer squad of Peter Van Onselen, Malcolm Farr, Phil Coorey missed in rushing to absolve Angus Taylor of any wrongdoing:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a class=\"entity-mention\" style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/annacaldwell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@annacaldwell<\/a><\/span>was emailed the altered documents *before* the City of Sydney ever received them.<\/p>\n<p>Goes towards intent Your Honour. Intent.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"entity-hashtag\" href=\"https:\/\/threadreaderapp.com\/hashtag\/AngusGate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">#AngusGate<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" data-screenname=\"RonniSalt\" data-tweet=\"1188289741692657669\"><span class=\" thread-info\" style=\"color: #993300;\"><a class=\"time\" style=\"color: #993300;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RonniSalt\/status\/1188031589508206594\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-time=\"1572083778\">Oct 26th 2019<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" data-screenname=\"RonniSalt\" data-tweet=\"1188289741692657669\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" data-screenname=\"RonniSalt\" data-tweet=\"1188289741692657669\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" data-screenname=\"RonniSalt\" data-tweet=\"1188289741692657669\"><span class=\" thread-info\" style=\"color: #993300;\"><a class=\"time\" style=\"color: #993300;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RonniSalt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-time=\"1572083778\"><span style=\"color: #333300;\">By Ronni Salt<\/span><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2146 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Ronni_Salt.jpg?resize=134%2C140&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"134\" height=\"140\"><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" data-screenname=\"RonniSalt\" data-tweet=\"1188289741692657669\"><span class=\" thread-info\" style=\"color: #993300;\"><a class=\"time\" style=\"color: #993300;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RonniSalt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-time=\"1572083778\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-45 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/twitter-a.jpg?resize=50%2C50&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\"><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" data-screenname=\"RonniSalt\" data-tweet=\"1188289741692657669\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" data-screenname=\"RonniSalt\" data-tweet=\"1188289741692657669\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" data-screenname=\"RonniSalt\" data-tweet=\"1188289741692657669\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" data-screenname=\"RonniSalt\" data-tweet=\"1188289741692657669\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" data-screenname=\"RonniSalt\" data-tweet=\"1188289741692657669\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" data-screenname=\"RonniSalt\" data-tweet=\"1188289741692657669\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" data-screenname=\"RonniSalt\" data-tweet=\"1188289741692657669\">\n<p class=\"content__headline \"><span style=\"color: #333300;\"><a style=\"color: #333300;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2019\/oct\/23\/doctored-documents-angus-taylor-news-corp-climate-clover-moore\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\">Mystery of the doctored documents: Angus Taylor and the climate attack on Sydney&#8217;s lord mayor<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000; font-size: 15px;\"><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/live\/2019\/oct\/24\/coalition-labor-morrison-albanese-drought-politics-live\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Labor calls for police investigation into Angus Taylor \u2013 as it happened<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" data-screenname=\"RonniSalt\" data-tweet=\"1188289741692657669\"><span style=\"color: #800000; font-size: 15px;\"><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CloverMoore\/status\/1178516462710874112?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\">Clover Moore replies<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" data-screenname=\"RonniSalt\" data-tweet=\"1188289741692657669\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It seems Angus Taylor was so horrified by what he claims he saw on the now disparaged City of Sydney travel documents, he felt compelled to share his horror with Clover Moore, (and naturally the Daily Tele!) &nbsp; &nbsp; At the heart of Angus Taylor&#8217;s shock was the fact that Clover Moore and her team [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":35060,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[476,3,82],"tags":[167,103,168,165,169,166],"class_list":["post-2125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles-by-ronni-salt-jommy-tee","category-political-issues","category-politics-with-angus-taylor","tag-angusgate","tag-angus-taylor","tag-clover-moore","tag-ronni-salt","tag-sydney-mayor","tag-travel-expenses"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2125\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}