Double Standards

[icyfroth]

[debra9275]

http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/questions-arise-over-christopher-pynes-taxpaye...

this is an older article but unfortunately they all seem to do it. imo they shouldn't be taking their family anywhere on taxpayers money nor shouldl taxpayers be footing the bill for any party fund raising. fund raising expenses should be paid for by the various parties.

in BB's case, the speaker is supposed to be bi partisan, and not supposed to have anything to do with fundraising on top of all the tax payer charges, so her case is a little different to the others

not sure if this is paywalled or not

http://m.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/expenses-row-parties-seek-peace-over-expenses/story-f...

The Prime Minister, asked today for his guiding principle on parliamentary entitlements, said the taxpayer should fund “what is reasonably necessary for politicians to do their job properly”.

basically abbott defends the use of taxpyers funding  party fund raiser expenses

[the_great_she_elephant]

As I've said before, the whole sordid business of "entitlements" needs to be investigated by a royal commission, but neither side dare call for one for fear of what would  be revealed.

[iapetus_rocks]

I suspect that all of our pollies rort the entitlement / allowances system.

and that's why I'm not optimistic that anything meaningful will be done by them to fix it.

[punch*drunk]

Maybe they should have an amnesty. Give them all 90 days to repay anything thats not strictly work related and then have an investigation. Any monies repaid in the 90 days will be off limits to public scrutiny, anything not repaid goes under investigation.

They really are a crooked bunch.

[icyfroth]

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@the_great_she_elephant wrote:

As I've said before, the whole sordid business of "entitlements" needs to be investigated by a royal commission, but neither side dare call for one for fear of what would  be revealed.

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I'm still hoping you'll answer Julia's question in post 5:

TGSE: "It probably did fall within the permitted guidelines - Bishop's didn't"

Julia: what exactly was not  done in accordance with

the guidelines and within entitlement  ??

[lind9650]

What about Joe Hockey using a charter plane in 2014 to meet Jacqui Lambi, at a cost of $11,800.- ???

Commercial planes go to Tasmania on a regular basis and cost only a fraction of that price.

The rort is never ending.

Erica

[the_great_she_elephant]

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@icyfroth wrote:

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@the_great_she_elephant wrote:

As I've said before, the whole sordid business of "entitlements" needs to be investigated by a royal commission, but neither side dare call for one for fear of what would  be revealed.

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I'm still hoping you'll answer Julia's question in post 5:

TGSE: "It probably did fall within the permitted guidelines - Bishop's didn't"

Julia: what exactly was not  done in accordance with

the guidelines and within entitlement  ??

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Bishop's helicopter fight was not connected in any way with ministerial - or even parliamentary -  business. It was to attend a fund raising event for the Liberal Party. 

Burke's flight was connected with ministerial business - and while claiming business class fares for his family was - as I said - greedy and unethical, I suspect it is permitted within the guidelines. And I don't think anyone is suggesting he should have taken  a comcar to Uluru instead of flying there

[icyfroth]

[raptor_rebooted]

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@the_great_she_elephant wrote:

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@icyfroth wrote:

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@the_great_she_elephant wrote:

As I've said before, the whole sordid business of "entitlements" needs to be investigated by a royal commission, but neither side dare call for one for fear of what would  be revealed.

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I'm still hoping you'll answer Julia's question in post 5:

TGSE: "It probably did fall within the permitted guidelines - Bishop's didn't"

Julia: what exactly was not  done in accordance with

the guidelines and within entitlement  ??

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Bishop's helicopter fight was not connected in any way with ministerial - or even parliamentary -  business. It was to attend a fund raising event for the Liberal Party. 

Burke's flight was connected with ministerial business - and while claiming business class fares for his family was - as I said - greedy and unethical, I suspect it is permitted within the guidelines. And I don't think anyone is suggesting he should have taken  a comcar to Uluru instead of flying there

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so, as an 'office holder' is she not entitled

to chartered transport when performing her

duties?   she was also there to attend meetings.

so what exactly did she do that was not in 

accordance with the guidelines?

[the_great_she_elephant]

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@icyfroth wrote:

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They're a bit "try-hard" aren't they? Not nearly as  funny as some of those helicopter ones..