Govt abusing taxpayers' funds to pay for postal vote: ex-Finance boss

By Noel Towell
Updated August 21 2017 - 12:20pm, first published 11:48am
Mike Keating, former high ranking public servant, says the government is breaking the rules to pay for its same-sex marriage postal vote. Photo: Sean Davey
Mike Keating, former high ranking public servant, says the government is breaking the rules to pay for its same-sex marriage postal vote. Photo: Sean Davey

The Turnbull government is abusing an emergency fund of taxpayer's money to pay for its $122 million gay marriage postal vote, according to one of Australia's former top public servants.