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# Australia politician admits texting ‘my job is boring’ during meeting
- URL: https://tsrv2.apphq.dev/world/australia-politician-admits-texting-my-job-is-boring-during-meeting/
- Published: 2026-08-07T00:54:23.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T04:45:38.000Z
- Description: An Australian politician has been left red-faced after being forced to admit Thursday he texted “my job is boring” and an expletive to a contact during a meeting. Mark Parton — who leads the opposition Liberal Party in the Australian Capital Territory — was subject this week to a complaint…
- Author: Liam Demafelix
- Tags: World, News

An Australian politician has been left red-faced after being forced to admit Thursday he texted “my job is boring” and an expletive to a contact during a meeting.

Mark Parton — who leads the opposition Liberal Party in the Australian Capital Territory — was subject this week to a complaint alleging he sent the message to a sex worker, local media reported.

“And f— my job is boring. Wanna swap,” Parton reportedly wrote, accompanied by a picture of a committee meeting last month, according to the Canberra Times.

After initially denying the complaint in full as a “smear”, he told national broadcaster ABC on Thursday that he did send the text but denied that it was to a sex worker.

He did not say who the message was sent to and defended it, arguing he was still “holding the government to account”.

“There’s a hell of a lot of private messages that are sent from a hell of a lot of people in the context of sitting days and hearings,” he said.

The complaint has been dismissed, he added.

Parton’s office did not respond to a request for comment from AFP. ***— Agence France Presse***