flightfocus
1st Apr 2012, 06:22
I wish that I could say this came as a surprise:
Paid to live the high life - the man who spent $243,702 of your money | thetelegraph.com.au (http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/paid-to-live-the-high-life-the-man-who-spent-243702-of-your-money/story-e6freuy9-1226315232663)
The pay is most likely derived from cost cutting bonuses, which as you might have guess, have come from cutting frontline staff.
In addition to this outrage, currently underway is the third refurbishment of the Canberra HQ in 8 years, this time at a reported cost of almost $100 million. Apparently the architecture has to be modified to "reflect our new corporate values" :sad:
Oh and a new logo, stationary and key rings to keep the morale up!!
Aviation in Australia - what a tragedy
[QUOTE]Paid to live the high life - the man who spent $243,702 of your money
Greg Russell, CEO of Air Services Australia at Sydney Air Traffic Control Tower. Picture: James Croucher Source: The Sunday Telegraph
ONE of the nation's highest-paid bureaucrats - who earns more than double the PM's salary - has racked up a huge corporate credit card bill, including more than $21,000 at one Canberra restaurant.
Alan Joyce's $5million pay shot down by Qantas pilots
The federal-government appointed head of a national aviation body uses the card - effectively funded by airline passengers - for stays at upmarket hotels around the world, fine dining and the upkeep of a luxury Audi.
The Sunday Telegraph has obtained the corporate credit card expenditure of Airservices Australia CEO Greg Russell, who earns at least $700,000 - and possibly as much as $800,000 - a year. Despite running a government body, Mr Russell's exact salary is kept secret from the public.
Airservices Australia is responsible for providing air traffic tower, fire-fighting and aviation rescue services. It comes under Transport Minister Anthony Albanese's ministerial portfolio and is entirely funded by levies charged to airlines using Australian airports. Those levies are passed directly on to passengers.
Last year it turned over an estimated $900 million and paid the federal government a dividend of about $30 million.
The Sunday Telegraph has obtained credit card statements showing Mr Russell spent $243,702 between January 2007 and August 2010. This includes $118,255 on hotel accommodation, $61,940 on food, $2432 on taxis and. $61,075 on fuel, parking, car hire, repairs to a company Audi and stationery.
The statements show Mr Russell made 21 visits with various airline executives to the Ottoman Cuisine restaurant, spending a total of $21,355.
Among the hotels Mr Russell stayed at while attending international and domestic conferences were the Millennium Hotel in New Zealand, the Cable Beach Club Resort in Broome, the Hotel Sofitel in Melbourne and the Grand Hyatt in Singapore.
The leaked statements follow a bid by the organisation to increase the fees it charges airlines in return for managing what it describes as 11 per cent of the earth's airspace.
The ACCC last year rejected an application by Airservices to lift its charges, ruling that it needed to become more efficient.
Airservices Australia defended Mr Russell's credit card use as acceptable for someone expected to travel internationally and to host dinners with senior aviation officials.
"The use of company credit cards by Airservices staff is governed and administered under strict policies and guidelines," it said in a statement to The Sunday Telepgraph.
"All credit card usage is checked, reconciled and authorised monthly. Accordingly the credit card used by the CEO for the purchases described is appropriate."/QUOTE]
Paid to live the high life - the man who spent $243,702 of your money | thetelegraph.com.au (http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/paid-to-live-the-high-life-the-man-who-spent-243702-of-your-money/story-e6freuy9-1226315232663)
The pay is most likely derived from cost cutting bonuses, which as you might have guess, have come from cutting frontline staff.
In addition to this outrage, currently underway is the third refurbishment of the Canberra HQ in 8 years, this time at a reported cost of almost $100 million. Apparently the architecture has to be modified to "reflect our new corporate values" :sad:
Oh and a new logo, stationary and key rings to keep the morale up!!
Aviation in Australia - what a tragedy
[QUOTE]Paid to live the high life - the man who spent $243,702 of your money
Greg Russell, CEO of Air Services Australia at Sydney Air Traffic Control Tower. Picture: James Croucher Source: The Sunday Telegraph
ONE of the nation's highest-paid bureaucrats - who earns more than double the PM's salary - has racked up a huge corporate credit card bill, including more than $21,000 at one Canberra restaurant.
Alan Joyce's $5million pay shot down by Qantas pilots
The federal-government appointed head of a national aviation body uses the card - effectively funded by airline passengers - for stays at upmarket hotels around the world, fine dining and the upkeep of a luxury Audi.
The Sunday Telegraph has obtained the corporate credit card expenditure of Airservices Australia CEO Greg Russell, who earns at least $700,000 - and possibly as much as $800,000 - a year. Despite running a government body, Mr Russell's exact salary is kept secret from the public.
Airservices Australia is responsible for providing air traffic tower, fire-fighting and aviation rescue services. It comes under Transport Minister Anthony Albanese's ministerial portfolio and is entirely funded by levies charged to airlines using Australian airports. Those levies are passed directly on to passengers.
Last year it turned over an estimated $900 million and paid the federal government a dividend of about $30 million.
The Sunday Telegraph has obtained credit card statements showing Mr Russell spent $243,702 between January 2007 and August 2010. This includes $118,255 on hotel accommodation, $61,940 on food, $2432 on taxis and. $61,075 on fuel, parking, car hire, repairs to a company Audi and stationery.
The statements show Mr Russell made 21 visits with various airline executives to the Ottoman Cuisine restaurant, spending a total of $21,355.
Among the hotels Mr Russell stayed at while attending international and domestic conferences were the Millennium Hotel in New Zealand, the Cable Beach Club Resort in Broome, the Hotel Sofitel in Melbourne and the Grand Hyatt in Singapore.
The leaked statements follow a bid by the organisation to increase the fees it charges airlines in return for managing what it describes as 11 per cent of the earth's airspace.
The ACCC last year rejected an application by Airservices to lift its charges, ruling that it needed to become more efficient.
Airservices Australia defended Mr Russell's credit card use as acceptable for someone expected to travel internationally and to host dinners with senior aviation officials.
"The use of company credit cards by Airservices staff is governed and administered under strict policies and guidelines," it said in a statement to The Sunday Telepgraph.
"All credit card usage is checked, reconciled and authorised monthly. Accordingly the credit card used by the CEO for the purchases described is appropriate."/QUOTE]