Chatting up State Affairs in Australia

Australia's Premier Bob Car's government ministers and their advisers are collectively running up mobile telephone bills of nearly $1000 a day as they chatter and SMS each other about affairs of state, reports the The Daily Telegraph.

"Daily Telegraph investigation has revealed that the offices of Premier Bob Carr and his 20 ministers have 282 mobile telephones in use – and they are all paid for by taxpayers."

emily | 6:54 PM | News, Buzz |
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