Prime minister says MPs should weigh up whether travel costs would be appropriate for someone in the private sectorTony Abbott has flagged a novel benchmark for politicians’ travel claims based on whether they would be acceptable in the trade world,as he declared that the latest round of revelations showed elected members had acted within the rules but outside community expectations on the spending of taxpayers’ money. As the government continued to struggle to put the expenses scandals behind it before the resumption of parliament, the prime minister said on Sunday that MPs should weigh up whether such travel costs would be appropriate for someone in the private sector.
Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com