Yet more friends in need of help:
They were appointed in the spirit of austerity to identify billions of dollars to hack from government spending.
But the Abbott government's audit commissioners have been accused of failing to walk the walk on what they are taking from the public purse.
Audit chairman Tony Shepherd has so far been paid $25,000 for the equivalent of 17 days' work.
He and his four fellow commissioners, including former Liberal senator Amanda Vanstone, are in the highest pay bracket that exists for specialist advisers to government. …
Audit commissioners earn top dollar for advising on cuts