First, Brandis and Joyce claimed expenses to attend the wedding of a shock jock. Brandis also spent $12 000 of tax payer money on publications and books that fall outside the scope of relevancy. Abbott had also wrongly claimed over $9000 in travel entitlements from his book tour that he had to pay back. Now this. And remember, the Liberals are trying to send Peter Slipper to jail over $900. "Prime Minister Tony Abbott has repaid more than $1,000 in taxpayer-funded travel expenses he claimed when he attended the 2006 wedding of former colleague Sophie Mirabella. A spokeswoman for Mr Abbott says the money was reimbursed because the Finance Department is not sure the trip was within his entitlements, and he wanted to avoid any doubt. It comes as Liberal MPs Julie Bishop, Barnaby Joyce and Teresa Gambaro face scrutiny for claiming taxpayer travel to fly back to Australia after a wedding in India in 2011. Frontbencher Malcolm Turnbull has defended his colleagues, but acting Labor leader Chris Bowen says there are still questions to be answered." abc.net.au/news/2013-10-06/abbott-repays-travel-expenses-claimed-for-mirabellas-wedding/5001284
Posted on: Sun, 06 Oct 2013 07:28:46 +0000
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