Mr Hockey has claimed travel allowance totalling $184,000 to stay at the home during parliamentary sittings since 1998, more than half the original sale price of $320,000.

The figure has averaged $1000 a month since 1998, roughly equivalent to the $519 a fortnight the government expects unemployed people on Newstart payments to live on.

Samantha Maiden - The Sunday Telegraph - June 14, 2015.

That's not a rort of course.  It is within his entitlements.

I used to think Tony Bourke was a decent guy, have now changed my mind  .... neither of the two larger parties will be getting my vote at the next election, they are both as bad as each other imo

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The coveted five laughy-face award

this gets the coveted five laughing smiley award from me today

http://www.9news.com.au/national/2015/08/07/09/03/pyne-defends-labor-mp-tony-burke-s-taxpayer-funded...

Education minister Christopher Pyne has unexpectedly come to the defence of Labor frontbencher Tony Burke on the TODAY Show this morning, saying his use of travel entitlements are within the rules

 

did anyone see that interview this morning?? funny thing to see, but we all know why he's done it 

I accept that most pollies are claiming legitimately and "within the rules".  And, I consider the rules have to change to meet the community's expectations.  

However, how foolish is Christopher Pyne with this:  "I hope I don't have any children I don't know about".  

DEB

Did you also read Eric Abetz's comments that politicians need to fly business class so that they can read their documents

I thought that was a funny one too