And People Wonder Why ATSIC is Bloody Useless

So ATSIC have decided to give Geoff Clark $85,000 in order to challenge in court his suspension from his job as head of ATSIC. Now it's not like Clark is some poor destitute battler scraping together a living. This job, which he wants to get back, pays him $240,000 per year. And he's been suspended from this job, on full pay since August last year . From this report.

However, a spokesman for Attorney-General Philip Ruddock questioned whether Mr Clark's case fitted such guidelines. "To be indemnified for activities that fall outside your official role would appear to be highly unusual," he said"There are lots of cases where people are indemnified for decisions they make in the course of their jobs, but certainly not for extracurricular activities."

Unless the ATSIC board have now decided that getting involved in pub brawls is part of your job as ATSIC chairman...