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By Situation Theatre 8/6/2020
She was made an Officer of the Order of Australia for “distinguished service to Parliament of Australia, women in politics, and Platinum Helicopters Pty Ltd.”
Bronwyn Bishop, accurately described by anarcho-syndicalist Peter Hartcher in July 2015 as an “archetype of political arrogance” and a “serial abuser of the public purse, a devotee of expensive charter flights, and sense of entitlement to other people’s money”, has today demonstrated her sense of entitlement to other people’s awards.
According to Hartcher’s article, Bronnie’s penchant for commuting by chopper is longstanding, using taxpayer money to hire a helicopter soon after she entered parliament in 1987 to TAKE HER FROM A FETE TO A DOG SHOW. If Kissinger’s Nobel Peace Prize killed satire, Bishop’s chopper ride to a dog show sprayed explosive diarrhea over its corpse.
Hartcher writes:
“As a junior minister in the Howard government…she spent $140,000 of taxpayers' funds over four years from 1998 to 2001 on chartering aircraft. That's over and above all the regular commercial flights and RAAF VIP flights she took. And it was seven times the sum spent by two equivalent Liberal ministers at the time, Tony Abbott and Joe Hockey.”
Bronwyn Bishop seen heading to the corner store for a carton of milk & loaf of bread pic.twitter.com/bc13imKso9
— 💧 Dave (@chef09876) July 19, 2015
As news came through of the accolade, Bishop told Situation Theatre that she hoped her award would serve as an “inspiration to young women who want to enter dog shows in style”.