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Don’t begrudge Gillard her gong

26 January 2017

2:20 PM

26 January 2017

2:20 PM

jgkevvieIn her Australia Day column for the Herald-Sun, Rita Panahi decried the giving of Order of Australia honours to former politicians and senior bureaucrats, notable Julia Gillard, former Queensland premier Anna Bligh and head of the Prime Minister’s department Martin Parkinson.

Panahi argued that people like these do pretty well out of the system, including generous pensions and other perks. 

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