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Tracker: Parliamentary entitlement misuse

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Lee Rhiannon 12 Dec 2013

DECEMBER 2013

20131210 Barnaby Joyce Travel to LNP colleague Hajnal Ban’s wedding, $600

NOVEMBER 2013

20131106 Barnaby Joyce Rugby League State of Origin 2012 + others, $4600

 

OCTOBER 2013

 

20131025              Don Randall          AFL match Melbourne with wife, 2012, $5203

20131018        Don Randall                   Cairns trip with wife, 2012, $5000+, repaid

 

20131009         Tony Abbott                       Coffs Coast Cycle Challenge 2012 + Bathurst V8 Supercar Race 2011 + Birdsville Races 2011 + Melbourne Cup 2010 + Boxing Day Test MCG              2010, $23,000

 Julia Gillard                     AFL Grand Final 2011

                         Simon Crean                       AFL Grand Final 2011

                         Stephen Conroy                  Australian Open Tennis 2012

 

                         Wayne Swan                        NRL & AFL finals 2010

 

20131008               Tony Abbott        Ironman event, Port Macquarie November 2011, $1000+ ($941 flights, $349 overnight stay)

 Ironman  event expenses defended

 Sophie Mirabella’s wedding, 2006, $1095 repaid

 Peter Slipper’s wedding, 2006, $609.10 repaid

 Pollie Pedal fund-raiser

 

20131008         George Brandis                  (talkback host) Michael Smith’s wedding, 2011, ~$1700

 

20131008         Barnaby Joyce                    (talkback host) Michael Smith’s wedding, 2011, ~$1300

  Indian Reddy wedding with Gina Rinehart

 

20131008         Julie Bishop                       Indian Reddy wedding with Gina Rinehart, June 2011, $3445

 

20131008         Teresa Gambaro                Indian Reddy wedding with Gina Rinehart

 

20131008         Mark Dreyfus                    Ski trip Perisher, August 2011, $466 (2 nights’ accommodation) repaid

 

20131007               Bernie Ripoll (ALP)                 Study Tour, personal time at Tour de France, $5474

 

20131007          Julia Gillard                       Used VIP jet to attend press secretary’s wedding Byron Bay, March 2012

 

  Tim Mathieson used taxpayer-funded car, 2007, $4243 repaid

 

20131002                George Brandis  Library 2009-2013, $13,000

 

 

JULY 2013


20130713           Peter Slipper                    Cab vouchers/hire car winery tour, $900

 

 

OCTOBER 2012

 

20121012           Geoff Shaw (VIC)              Facing criminal charges over parliamentary vehicle

 

 

 

JANUARY 2011

 

20110124           Tony Burke, ALP              Family travel, various trips, ~$7000 repaid

                           Dennis Jensen, Lib          Family travel, $13411 repaid

                           Peter Dutton, Lib             Unidentified Various, $4618 Repaid

                           Julia Gillard, ALP              Taxi Fares Claimed By Family, $438 Repaid

                           Peter Slipper, LNP            Family Travel Various, $1550 Repaid

                           Alexander Downer, Lib    Various Unidentified, $2250 Repaid

                           Julie Bishop, Lib               Various Unidentified, $5468 Repaid

                           Trish Crossin, ALP           Various Unidentified, $3022 Repaid

                    Kirstin Livermore, ALP        Various Unidentified, $3642 Repaid

 

DECEMBER 2011

 

20111218           Leesa Vlahos (SA, ALP)     Study tour re ANZAC with husband, Greece, 2011, $12,500

 

20111218           Grace Portolesi (SA, ALP)  7yr old daughter accompanied work trip to India, April 2011, $7000

 

FEBRUARY 2010

 

20100201                 Peter Reith         Wife’s travel to Gold Coast, Cairns, Launceston, 2004, $2841 repaid

 

20100201                 Alexander Downer              Taxi fares after retiring, $117, repaid

 

20100201           Margaret Reynolds (ALP)  Exceeded 25 free return flights per year, $8556 repaid

 

20100201           Ian Sinclair                      Comcar trips, $3081 repaid

                                         Wife’s flights to holiday house on Lord Howe Island, $915, repaid

 

20100201             Graham Richardson       Comcar, $63.85 repaid

 

20100201             John Brown                    Wife’s flights from Sydney to Coolangatta, $1815 repaid

 

 

 

JULY 2010

 

20100728           Tony Abbott                    Book tour (Battlelines), 30 July-14 August 2009, $9397.42 repaid

 

 

 

20030825                  Mal Colston        Alleged travel rorts 1982-1983, ~$10,000

                                

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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