Whitehousegate deepens - daughter lobbied gov regulator

All the shit is starting to float to the surface of Abbott's cesspool. Despite his indignation that his daughter is being dragged into the media, it hasn't stopped people digging and finding out what sort of slimy dealings this family has been up to (allegedly). Now it's come to light that Abbott's daughter lobbied the gov regulator on behalf of the Whitehouse Institute of Design, to get a new Masters of Design course going at the school. The same Masters of Design course that she is now enrolled in:

Frances Abbott, the middle daughter of Tony Abbott, was attending the Whitehouse Institute of Design on a secret $60,000 scholarship, the existence of which had been withheld from other students, and even senior staff at the college. 

Leaked documents obtained by New Matilda reveal that late last year, Ms Abbott was one of just a handful of students from more than 400 put forward by Whitehouse to be interviewed by assessors from the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency. TEQSA is the federal government regulator responsible for approving or denying an application from Whitehouse to launch a new Masters of Design course, and the re-accreditation of existing courses. 

That application was ultimately successful. Ms Abbott has since moved to Melbourne to enroll in the course, securing a job at Whitehouse’s Melbourne campus while she waits for it to begin later this year. Ms Abbott appears to be the only one of 74 employees with no defined role, according to leaked documents. more