Queensland’s Government House costs a King’s ransom to run Queensland’s magnificent Government House in the leafy Brisbane suburb of Paddington is costing taxpayers a veritable King’s ransom to run - and the cost is blowing out by the year! $190,000 a year tax free is not a bad lurk in anybody’s language. And the other perks of office such as free accommodation, meals fit for a King and Queen, a lavish wine cellar and butlers and maids at one’s beck and call would be a massive inducement for anyone offered this once-in-a-lifetime job.
