Radical Leftist Katie Hobbs Allows Males to Intrude on Young Girls in Arizona’s K-12 Public School Restrooms, Showers, Locker Rooms – Veto’s Bill Calling it a “Discriminatory Act Against LGBTQ+ Youth.”

Katie Hobbs vetoed another bill today aimed at protecting minors in schools from radical transgender policies.

SB1040 would require Arizona public schools to “provide a reasonable accommodation to a person who is unwilling or unable to use specified facilities designated for their sex in a public school building or multi-occupancy sleeping quarters while attending a public school-sponsored activity.”

These reasonable accommodations include access to single-occupancy restrooms or changing facilities and use of employee restrooms or changing facilities. This would prevent undue hardship for students who are uncomfortable with members of the opposite sex using gendered facilities like bathrooms and locker rooms.

As The Gateway Pundit reported, female students at a Peoria, Arizona high school were forced to share bathrooms, locker rooms, and showers with male students who “insisted on using the girls’ bathrooms.”

Not a single Democrat voted for this bill protecting young girls.

Katie Hobbs vetoed the bill calling it “yet another discriminatory act against LGBTQ+ youth.” She added, “As I stated in my veto letter for SB1001, I will veto every bill that aims to attack and harm children.” SB1001 would preclude schools from requiring employees to use a pronoun that differs from a person’s biological sex. Katie Hobbs also vetoed this bill.

Similarly, Hobbs recently vetoed another bill making it illegal to film or facilitate sexually explicit acts in government buildings and classrooms months after a teacher in Arizona was fired for shooting a porno in her classroom and posting it to OnlyFans.

Katie Hobbs does not care about children. Her agenda exposes children to sexual deviance.

Arizona State Senator John Kavanaugh put out a press release today, slamming Hobbs for refusing to protect female students and families from her woke “trans inclusive” insanity.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/06/radical-leftist-katie-hobbs-allows-males-intrude-young/

Banks found to be charging fees to deceased estates

Six Australian banks, including the big four, have been found wanting when it comes to handling deceased estates, with an inquiry finding they continued to charge customers’ accounts even after being notified of their deaths.

In a report released on Friday, the Banking Code Compliance Committee (BCCC) said its review had found all six banks in its inquiry had charged fees for services no longer provided on deceased estates.

The compliance committee monitors banks to ensure they are following the Banking Code of Practice. The independent body’s chair, Ian Govey, said there were also other issues, including banks failing to act within the obligatory 14 days of receiving the necessary information, a lack of respect and compassion towards representatives and family of deceased customers.

https://www.smh.com.au/business/banking-and-finance/banks-found-to-be-charging-fees-to-deceased-estates-20230608-p5df5i.html

Andrews government spent $671 million across departments on consultants over a five-year period, new data reveals

The Andrews government spent more than half a billion dollars on consultants over the past five years, according to fresh data from the Victorian Auditor-General’s Office.

New figures from the Victorian Auditor-General’s Office has revealed the state government spent $671 million on consultants over the last five years.

The data, released on Thursday, showed the massive sums spent on the external consultants by nine government departments from 2017-18 until 2021-22.

It comes ahead of an audit into contractors and consultants in the Victorian public service, set to be tabled in the third quarter of this year.

That audit will determine whether government departments “accurately record, monitor, and transparently report” spending on contractors and consultants.

Of the $671 million spent, $362 million was given to the top five companies listed.

Out of the 1,150 vendors used, big four firms KPMG, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), Ernst & Young, and Deloitte were frequented the most.

Boston Consulting Group came in at fifth, followed by Nous Group Pty Ltd and Clayton Utz.

The government spent a massive $117,468,354 on consultants from KPMG, and $79,695,151 from the under-fire PwC.

The firm has been in the spotlight since revelations its former head of international tax for PwC Australia Peter Collins allegedly leaked details relating to a crackdown on multinational tax avoidance.

New figures from the Victorian Auditor-General’s Office has revealed the state government spent $671 million on consultants over the last five years.

The data, released on Thursday, showed the massive sums spent on the external consultants by nine government departments from 2017-18 until 2021-22.

It comes ahead of an audit into contractors and consultants in the Victorian public service, set to be tabled in the third quarter of this year.

New figures from the Victorian Auditor-General’s Office reveal that the state government spent $671 million on consultants over the last five years. Picture NCA NewsWire / Aaron Francis

New figures from the Victorian Auditor-General’s Office reveal that the state government spent $671 million on consultants over the last five years. Picture NCA NewsWire / Aaron Francis

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That audit will determine whether government departments “accurately record, monitor, and transparently report” spending on contractors and consultants.

Of the $671 million spent, $362 million was given to the top five companies listed.

Out of the 1,150 vendors used, big four firms KPMG, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), Ernst & Young, and Deloitte were frequented the most.

Boston Consulting Group came in at fifth, followed by Nous Group Pty Ltd and Clayton Utz.

The government spent a massive $117,468,354 on consultants from KPMG, and $79,695,151 from the under-fire PwC.

The firm has been in the spotlight since revelations its former head of international tax for PwC Australia Peter Collins allegedly leaked details relating to a crackdown on multinational tax avoidance.

PwC has since handed over the names of 63 partners and staff who received an email with leaked confidential information on the government’s multinational tax policy.

It also handed over the names of the nine partners who were forced to take leave last week in the wake of the scandal.

In the wake of the Victorian Auditor-General’s data release, Greens MP Ellen Sandell demanded the Andrews government freeze any contracts with PwC.

“Just dropped: this is how much Victorian Labor Government spent on consultants in the last 5 years (including more than $50m on PwC),” she wrote on Twitter.

“Given the recent tax leaks, we’re calling on the Premier to announce a freeze on PwC contracts with Vic Gov.”

The data released on Thursday showed a gradual increase in government spending on consultants.

In the year 2017-18, $109,818,525 of taxpayer funds were spent.

That figure dropped slightly in 2018-19 to $100,698,696 before rising again to $125,535,281 in 2019-20.

In the two financial years that followed, spending ballooned out to $167 million.

https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/politics/andrews-government-spent-671-million-across-departments-on-consultants-over-a-fiveyear-period-new-data-reveals/news-story/1c17f15e3b9574da69b8146ff9d30cd8