Authorities investigate medical service deal with NRL star

[Beaussie]

What a grub. $90,000 a year from taxpayer funded Medicare funds that should be going to helping Aboriginal people. Hang your head in shame Greg and South Sydney, you should be helping your the Aboriginal people by doing such promotional work free of charge. Can anyone even point out what promotional work this leach has done for the Aboriginal Medical Service to justify $90,000 a year? Disgraceful.

Authorities investigate medical service deal with league star Greg Inglis

Date May 9, 2014

Federal health authorities are investigating how rugby league star Greg Inglis came to be paid up to $90,000 a year from Medicare funds to do promotional work for the Redfern Aboriginal Medical Service, a registered charity where his club's former director is the chairman.

Inglis, a fullback for the South Sydney Rabbitohs, signed the three-year contract with Australia's largest and busiest Aboriginal medical service in December 2010. The contract was renewed in December last year at a reduced rate of $50,000.

In it, he agreed to do promotional and ambassadorial work for the AMS.

But the federal Department of Health said Medicare income at the service could only be used to fund primary health care.

"Medicare income in grant-funded Aboriginal medical services must be used for primary health care services," a spokeswoman for the department said.

"Our previous investigations did not show that any Commonwealth money, Medicare or otherwise, was used to employ Mr Inglis.

"However, we will be investigating this new information."

Authorities are also investigating other aspects of the AMS, she said.

The third-party agreement - outside Inglis' salary from the Rabbitohs - was lodged with the NRL and it is understood there is no suggestion of any salary cap breach.

Inglis' manager, Allan Gainey, said the player had gone above and beyond his contractual obligations and was not aware of how the AMS managed its finances.

"I don't know how their internal financial situation works," he said.

"All I know is that Greg's accountant invoices them on a monthly basis and the fee is currently $4583.33, inclusive of GST.

"That's what they get invoiced and that's what he gets paid every month. We signed an agreement in good faith with the Aboriginal Medical Service so he could go out and be an ambassador."

Mr Gainey disputed the $90,000 figure and said it was, in fact, $75,000 per annum under the first contract. However, the AMS confirmed it was around $90,000.

"He is not paid $90,000 per annum," Mr Gainey said. "That is totally wrong.

"The current one ...[is] a three-year deal worth $50,000 per year," he said.

Souths said it was not aware of any problem with Inglis' third-party contract with the AMS and had only received positive feedback about his involvement with the service.

Sol Bellear, the chairman of the Redfern AMS and a member of the Rabbitohs, was a director of Souths until 2006 when the club board decided to offer a stake in the Rabbitohs to Russell Crowe and Peter Holmes à Court - a decision Mr Bellear opposed.

"He left the board when the club was privatised," a spokesman for the AMS said.

"This occurred years before Greg Inglis signed on as a health ambassador for the AMS Redfern."

The AMS, which at its main clinic sees between 70 and 110 patients a day, disputes any wrongdoing.

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[NRLCrap1]

That's proof that the NRL needs a higher salary cap and make everyone full time! And where will they get the money from? NOWHERE!!

This'll be good! I got the popcorn!

[Raiderdave]

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this coming from the fan of a sport that has been thieving tax payers money for decades
oh the hypocrisy

the rampant hypocrisy :_<> :_<> :_<> :_<> :_<>

[Raiderdave]

That's proof that the NRL needs a higher salary cap and make everyone full time! And where will they get the money from? NOWHERE!!

This'll be good! I got the popcorn!

ahhhhhh
its going up to 7 million a year per club in 2015 cockhead :_<> :_<> :_<>

& I'd suggest you be more concerned how 12 fumbles & bumbles clubs will ever be able to afford the current VFL salary cap
theres a good little spambot

[leagueiscrap]

That's proof that the NRL needs a higher salary cap and make everyone full time! And where will they get the money from? NOWHERE!!

This'll be good! I got the popcorn!

ahhhhhh
its going up to 7 million a year per club in 2015 cockhead :_<> :_<> :_<>

& I'd suggest you be more concerned how 12 fumbles & bumbles clubs will ever be able to afford the current VFL salary cap
theres a good little spambot

its already set at 9.1 million going up to 10,

how will the NRL clubs afford it, already with their pissy revenue?
apply for government hand outs, to build more pokes

[King-Eliagh]

Dear Lordy, this looks to be quite a kerfuffle. But beaussie, why you blame it all on inglis? Seems tome the ams and it's financial management may be more where the issue is here..?

Inglis does heaps of positive work outside of league, though am not sure what's paid for and what's not.

How's Karmicheal hunt going these days? Still working hard promoting the game on the gc for seven hundred odd thousand ($700,000) a year? I mean, if ya wanna talk about money being wasted

[leagueiscrap]

Dear Lordy, this looks to be quite a kerfuffle. But beaussie, why you blame it all on inglis? Seems tome the ams and it's financial management may be more where the issue is here..?

Inglis does heaps of positive work outside of league, though am not sure what's paid for and what's not.

How's Karmicheal hunt going these days? Still working hard promoting the game on the gc for seven hundred odd thousand ($700,000) a year? I mean, if ya wanna talk about money being wasted

at least the afl can afford to, but it is nice to see, the great NRL athlete running around in the seconds struggling to get a game

[Cracker]

The media is blaming it on Inglis, King Eliagh, so I wouldn't be jumping on Beaussie. But reading this article it would appear that both sides have some questions to answer.

[King-Eliagh]

Reading the article I'd suggest the media is not blaming it on inglis at all

[Raiderdave]

That's proof that the NRL needs a higher salary cap and make everyone full time! And where will they get the money from? NOWHERE!!

This'll be good! I got the popcorn!

ahhhhhh
its going up to 7 million a year per club in 2015 cockhead :_<> :_<> :_<>

& I'd suggest you be more concerned how 12 fumbles & bumbles clubs will ever be able to afford the current VFL salary cap
theres a good little spambot

its already set at 9.1 million going up to 10,

how will the NRL clubs afford it, already with their pissy revenue?
apply for government hand outs, to build more pokes

already set at 9.1 eh ?
& 2/3 of the VFL's clubs in dire financial straits losing money hand over fist
like I said
its needs to be lowered so many of these clubs can survive


maybe they need some lessons from the Raiders on how to make money eh Adumb dumb ?
learnt how to spell comment yet

[Raiderdave]

Dear Lordy, this looks to be quite a kerfuffle. But beaussie, why you blame it all on inglis? Seems tome the ams and it's financial management may be more where the issue is here..?

Inglis does heaps of positive work outside of league, though am not sure what's paid for and what's not.

How's Karmicheal hunt going these days? Still working hard promoting the game on the gc for seven hundred odd thousand ($700,000) a year? I mean, if ya wanna talk about money being wasted

at least the afl can afford to, but it is nice to see, the great NRL athlete running around in the seconds struggling to get a game

an NRL player running around in reggies ................... draining the VFL of its cash

nice
fumblers are too dumb to realise that this is highly embarrassing for their sport
whats he pinched off this bumbling singlet wearing circus since 2010

5 .... 6 million ?
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well done Karmichael
well done

[Cracker]

Reading the article I'd suggest the media is not blaming it on inglis at all

The opening paragraph combined with the headline says otherwise.

[King-Eliagh]

Nah, it doesn't suggest otherwise cwacker. You're comprehending it all wrong.

[AFLcrap1]

Nah, it doesn't suggest otherwise cwacker. You're comprehending it all wrong.

He does have Major issues in that area.

[King-Eliagh]

Dear Lordy, this looks to be quite a kerfuffle. But beaussie, why you blame it all on inglis? Seems tome the ams and it's financial management may be more where the issue is here..?

Inglis does heaps of positive work outside of league, though am not sure what's paid for and what's not.

How's Karmicheal hunt going these days? Still working hard promoting the game on the gc for seven hundred odd thousand ($700,000) a year? I mean, if ya wanna talk about money being wasted

at least the afl can afford to, but it is nice to see, the great NRL athlete running around in the seconds struggling to get a game

an NRL player running around in reggies ................... draining the VFL of its cash

nice
fumblers are too dumb to realise that this is highly embarrassing for their sport
whats he pinched off this bumbling singlet wearing circus since 2010

5 .... 6 million ?
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well done Karmichael
well done

yes you wouldn't be far off their rd. and I think izzy to em to the cleaners for about two or three mil also for smiling at the cameras and rolling up to a few primary schools with a footy in his hand. He mighta got more actually, I think he was an ambassador so prob got a few hundred odd thou more for that!