DUMPED Labor federal politicians flooded their electorates with printed material paid for by taxpayers, spending more than $100,000 each in the weeks leading up to the September federal election.
Department of finance documents, released this week, show former Labor Lyons MHR Dick Adams was the biggest spender on printing, racking up a $103,000 bill in four weeks alone leading up to the election.
Former Bass MHR Geoff Lyons also spent $116,000 on printing and communications between July and the election on September 7 and former Braddon MHR Sid Sidebottom spent $96,000.
While it did not save her Labor colleagues, the $100,000 worth of printed material sent out to Franklin households by Labor incumbent Julie Collins helped her survive the swing against Labor and hang on to her seat.
The printing and communications spending tallies also included web design.
The finance department records also show Launceston-based Senator Helen Polley chartered a light plane for another two return trips from Launceston to Hobart.
