Of course! these polititians are rich beyond what they are worth, they can have no trouble paying off any media interest. Its always only before election time that they bring out their propaganda. and in between, its to bag out the opposing party.
Great job they done? What about railcorp? they state trains run on time now but this is only due to the fact that they run slower now!
The road tunnel systems?
Or even public schools.
Clap Clap mr iemma.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Columnist-wrote-Downer-speeches-report/2007/02/22/1171733876234.html

A conservative News Limited columnist was paid more than $11,000 of taxpayers' money to write speeches for Foreign Minister Alexander Downer.

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) outsourced several ministerial speeches, including a July 2005 address to the Hillsong Church in Sydney, to a recruitment firm that engaged columnist Christopher Pearson to write them, Fairfax newspapers reported.

Mr Pearson was paid $11,364 by the government for the speeches.

Other speeches written for Mr Downer by Mr Pearson included inter-faith dialogue, terrorism, regional foreign policy challenges, and economic and environmental issues, the report said.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/breaking-news/govts-2b-ad-spend-unremarkable-abbott/2007/09/02/1188671776490.html

The federal government says it is legitimate to spend $2 billion on advertising campaigns, dismissing Labor claims the taxpayer dollars should have gone to schools and hospitals.

Health Minister Tony Abbott admitted on Sunday the advertising bill since 1996 seemed high, but added he thought it was actually unremarkable.

"While that figure over 10 years sounds a lot, the NSW government spent $110 million between the middle of last year and the election campaign (in March)," he told reporters in Sydney.

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Downer gets constitutional 'egg on face'

http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Downer-gets-constitutional-egg-on-face/2007/09/17/1189881398632.html

Foreign Minister Alexander Downer has accused Labor leader Kevin Rudd of ignoring the constitution - then got a key constitutional point wrong himself.

Mr Downer added three months to the government's term in office, saying the life of the parliament was three years and three months.

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Rudd keen to overhaul political ads

http://www.smh.com.au/news/breaking-news/rudd-keen-to-overhaul-political-ads/2007/10/09/1191695898544.html

Labor leader Kevin Rudd has called for all taxpayer-funded political advertising to end three months before any election is due.

Mr Rudd said the amount of government advertising on television was starting to corrupt the democratic process.

Labor estimates that the federal government is spending $1 million a day on advertising in the lead-up to the election and up to $300 million this year alone.