Tony Abbott On Pollie Travel

[icyfroth]

Tony Abbott says politicians should work within the same entitlement rules as employees in a private business, indicating business class flights for MPs’ family members could be scrapped.

Entire Article Here

Fair enough, we don't expect the leaders of our country and their staff to travel "cattle class", but we should draw a line at recreational  travel for families and friends.

[i-need-a-martini]

He should resign lol.

[electric*mayhem*band]

Are your MPs any worse than these parasitic criminals in Westminster ? One deadbeat (Not mentioned in the article), Tory Sir Peter Viggers, even had the audacity to claim £1,645 for a floating Duck House ! ! ! Had the Telegraph not printed an exposè on these criminal activities, it might have been still going on. Well who's to say that it still isn't ? Great pity that Guy Fawkes failed in his attempt.

The Wiki 'United Kingdom parliamentary expenses scandal' goes into this in more depth than the link below, but doesn't make for a good read.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1248648/MP-expenses-Shaming-389-greedy-politicians-went-far....

[lloydslights]

From The Australian Government's Office  of Information Commissionerhttp://www.oaic.gov.au/freedom-of-information/foi-resources/freedom-of-information-guides/guide-to-the-free...

[W]e believe that when government is more open to public scrutiny, it in fact becomes more accountable. As a result there is a greater need for it to be seen as efficient and competent. The accountability of the government to the electorate, and indeed to each individual elector, is the corner-stone of democracy, and unless people are provided with sufficient information accountability disappears.

It is due to the 2010 Reforms to the 1982 Freedom of Information Act, that the media (and anyone else) has been able to access the information more easily.

(Actually, reading the above link, gives some history of the FOI in democratic countries, could be interesting reading for some.)

DEB

[debra9275]

Tony Perk should resign or Ms B Bishop should be reinstated.

do you really think Bronnie should be re-instated Icy??

if Tony burke goes, then C Pyne and Joe Hockey will have to go too , as they did the same thing.... the three of them saying that they were within their entitlements though

[debra9275]

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@i-need-a-martini wrote:

He should resign lol.

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he just might after the latest polls 

[icyfroth]

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@debra9275 wrote:

Tony Perk should resign or Ms B Bishop should be reinstated.

do you really think Bronnie should be re-instated Icy??

No. But I don't think she should have been forced to resign by someone who's own slate is unclean re travel rorts, either, though.

if Tony burke goes, then C Pyne and Joe Hockey will have to go too , as they did the same thing.... the three of them saying that they were within their entitlements though.

Of course. The Domino effect will create chaos!

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[debra9275]

I blame that naughty man who took the photo of the chopper landing at the golf course. If he hadn't done that, no-one would ever know what she did

[icyfroth]

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@debra9275 wrote:

I blame that naughty man who took the photo of the chopper landing at the golf course. If he hadn't done that, no-one would ever know what she did

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Really? I blame Ms B Bishop. She should have known better.

[debra9275]

Yep, I blame her too for consistantly charging tax payers for weddings, parties anything - as a senior parliamentary figure, she did know better  but abused the system anyway

[debra9275]

wow- check this out

http://www.news.com.au/national/apology-to-tony-burke-mp-skye-laris/story-fncynjr2-1227476830634

Apology to Tony Burke MP & Skye Laris

AN article published on Friday, 7 August 2015 on news.com.au titled ‘Tony Burke’s euro trip with staffer who became partner cost taxpayers $48,000’ alleged that Tony Burke MP misused his ministerial office to grant travel privileges to former staffer Skye Laris.

News.com.au acknowledges that any such allegation is false and apologises to Mr Burke and Ms Laris for the hurt and embarrassment caused by the article.