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Adam
01-05-03, 01:24 PM
DEFENCE bosses have a massive $168 million worth of secret contracts on their books – and taxpayers have no idea what the money is for.

More... (http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,5801161%255E421,00.html)

Clockwood
01-05-03, 03:58 PM
168 million is peanuts to a federal government. We are talking about a country with an annual budget measured in trillions.

spookz
01-05-03, 06:29 PM
damn thats funny

you guys are very hands on over there. i bet a $100 screwdriver might cause some resignations eh?

Clockwood
01-05-03, 09:58 PM
There is probabally no evil purpose to such spending. Most likly it was for paying off Bill Clinton's prostitution bill.

Adam
01-05-03, 10:23 PM
Originally posted by Clockwood
168 million is peanuts to a federal government. We are talking about a country with an annual budget measured in trillions.
No we're not. We're talking about Australia.

Adam
01-05-03, 10:24 PM
The bit I like is how they simply say "It's a secret, go away". *shrug* What can ya do?