I’m the proud holder of a fine from the Australian Electoral Commission and it’s great to see that all those tax payer’s dollars are being used in a timely manner to recoup monies for the pensions of the elected officials. It also goes to show that each department is closely related and they obviously communicate with each other so that they know who is actually in the country. You would think that maybe the guys that look after the elections might check with the super duper border control to see if said person was in the country before they waste more tax payer’s money by sending out this fine.

Mind you it does remind of the happy border guard at passport control…………..I asked him what passport he wanted to see and he said he didn’t care as i was leaving. The difference is that when you check in at the airport they will check both passports if you hold the two of them. I travel on my British passport these days but will only use the Australian when I either leave or enter Australia or when I was getting a motorbike rental in Thailand, I give them that one for security.

But I have sent them an email today to ask them to resolve this matter post haste but I get a funny feeling that this is not the last time that I will hear from them. The next letter will no doubt say” sorry sir we have no details of you leaving the country so cough up”

I’ll keep you posted.