The Liberal Party recently launched a website that aims to expose alleged examples of Labor government waste. LaborWaste.com is a half-arsed Web1.3 attempt to highlight “examples of Labor Government waste, inefficiency and mismanagement”, and smear Kevin Rudd as a chronic abuser of taxpayer money.

When I first looked at the website last night I noticed a disclaimer line in the footer that said something along the lines of “no taxpayer money is spent on the operation of this website.” This troubled me because the Coalition Labor Waste Committee is made up of Senators and MPs whose salaries are paid by the taxpayer. And the staffers in those Senators’ and MPs’ offices are taxpayer funded. And the material on the website is sourced from “press releases, the parliamentary process and general research” that surely involves the work of those staffers.

So this afternoon I headed back to LaborWaste.com to get a screenshot of the disclaimer line for this post, only to find that it had magically disappeared overnight.

Thank Ceiling Cat for Google cache.