Yates has been appointed to four Boards in three months!

My God. Tim Donoghue in the Dom Post reveals that former Hamilton List MP Di Yates has been appointed to four Boards in the three months since she left Parliament to make way for Su’a William Sio.

That is just obscene. Sure ex MPs can contribute a lot to some organisations, but not even senior Cabinet Ministers get four appointments in a row, let alone highly obscure backbenchers.

The Labour Party insider told The Dominion Post: “It’s the price the Government has paid to allow Mr Sio to enter Parliament.”

Except we are paying the price, not the Government. And the fees for three of the Boards come to $69,000 so the total revenue from the four appointments is probably over $80,000 a year.

How many more appointments like this will happen before the election?