This is a new mutation in the evolution of an obscenely arrogant mandarin class, paid around half a million.
If you:
1. Choose to work for public service
2. Get promoted high enough to appear at Senate Estimates
3. Say something stupid enough to warrant public ridicule
Expect public ridicule.
It comes with the job.
Or rather, being crap at that job.
You could always choose private sector employment. Or decline the promotion to the level of your incompetence.
Celia Perkins had a base salary around $430k back in 2023-24. Adding super, and a few years indexation, would be well over a half-million package.
The idea that people like this are just turning up to a normal desk-job, and can opt-out of the hazards of public scrutiny and ridicule if their comments are stupid or embarrassing is just absurd.
That this clip is now going viral is a very fitting outcome. May no public servant ever ask again, and may the rest of our media spend more time combing through Senate hearings for clangers.
The media in this country has zero credibility. Basically mouthpieces for Murdoch and the right wing Govt.
Prime Minister Albanese is handling their pathetic gotchas with dignity and grace.
A true professional.
Do you stand with Albo? 🤷♂️
#IStandwithAlbo#MurdochGutterMedia
PM Albanese came into power like a breath of fresh air 💨
Honest & no nonsense your charm & sense of humour won many hearts as we watch you rebuild our country traumatised by the LNP disaster.
Well done PM /Labor you did us proud, & so much more then we thought anyone could 🙏
Still trending at no.2!
The outpouring of support for Prime Minister Albanese over the last few days, has been breathtaking.
Australia has shown hate will always be defeated.
We will not be divided by the divisive and mean spirited of this country.
#IStandwithAlbo
I welcome the NACC’s findings—no corruption, no further action, as expected.
This was a dirty Liberal Party tactic to stop me from winning in Goldstein.
This is what Peter Dutton’s Liberal Party does. Race-to-the-bottom politics that is all about them, not you.
I'm sure Tim Wilson @tw4goldstein will care to reconcile to Goldstein voters how he's claiming to be a "moderate" and yet locals photographed some of his close campaigners - wearing blue Tim Wilson campaign shirts - wearing a red Trumpian "MAGA" hat on Wednesday. #auspol