We have nothing to hide
Dear Reader,
Regular readers will be aware that The Chaser was very generously awarded a grant to build a new lacrosse field in our office a few weeks before the last election. We've copped a lot of flak from people who say we "didn't deserve it" and we "didn't meet any of the criteria listed by Sports Australia".
Last night in the Senate, even the Auditor General joined the pile on, saying our field was one of the 43% of projects funded that were ineligible under the grant criteria. In the finicky, pedantic world of the Auditor-General, just because we hadn't put in any paperwork before the application deadline closed, somehow we were "ineligible".
That's political correctness gone mad. It's like saying that if he wants to run a restaurant, George Calombaris should have to pay his workers properly. Bonkers!
And this Auditor-General dweeb -- talk about a stickler for the rules! I bet you he's having a pretty lonely Valentine's Day today. He's probably lined up a date with a book of accounting rules.
Truth is, we did complete a grant application, and sure, it was a bit late, but time is a slippery concept. Who knows what day it is? For the sake of my testimony in front of the Senate Committee, I certainly don't.
Here at The Chaser we shy away from the spotlight, so we've decided to put a line under this issue and take the important step towards full transparency by releasing all the papers relating to our grant application. Here is our grant application in full:
See. It's all above board. Perhaps now the busybodies in the Auditor-General's Office can stop trying to subpoena documents from us. We've released everything we have.
On another note, Happy Valentines Day -- nowadays it's very important to be hypervigilent against sexist behaviour, especially on a day like today, which is why we recorded this Feminist Valentines Message.
Charles Firth
Managing Editor
P.S. Tickets to our live show - The Anti-Expert's Guide to Everything - are selling fast. We've just added TWO EXTRA SHOWS in Adelaide in a bigger venue, and there are still some seats available for most performances - Book Now. Check out chaser.com.au/live for the tour schedule. Canberra only has 8 seats left, so book today or you'll miss out.
LIVE SHOW
The Anti-Expert's Guide
to Everything
Are you sick of experts telling you what to think, just because they're "more qualified" than you? At last a show that helps explain how the modern world really works.
- Adelaide Fringe, 18-23 February: BOOK NOW - EXTRA SHOWS ADDED
- Canberra Comedy Festival, 18 March: BOOK NOW - 8 seats left
- Brisbane Comedy Festival, 19 March: BOOK NOW - Selling fast
- Melbourne Comedy Festival, 26 March-5 April: BOOK NOW
- Sydney Comedy Festival – Enmore Theatre, 14 May: BOOK NOW
VIDEOS
We've started putting up videos from our old TV shows online. Check out the video wall on our website. Or subscribe to our official YouTube channel.
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