Wobbles I know Slipper's not gay the conserves wanted to push that innuendo.
Thanks Poirot, for the link. Doesn't Abbott look uncomfortable when he's lying and that's most of the time. The way he scuttles away from the media when he gets a 'hot' question reminded me of a creature scampering across my kitchen floor this morning. I fixed it with a dose of Baygon, do you think baygon would work on Abbott? Nah, don't work on rats.
SM "If, however, I were to falsify any documents to get them accepted and was caught, I would be instantly fired, and possibly referred to the police."
Isn't that exactly what Abbott and his Coalition cronies have been up to? I agree, bring in the coppers, I can just picture the Mad Monk being lead away in handcuffs, screaming "WHAT ABOUT BARNEY!"

Here's your daily update : )

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/tony-abbott-claimed-travel-expenses-to-compete-in-port-macquarie-ironman-event/story-fn59niix-1226734492117

"TONY Abbott charged taxpayers almost $1300 in travel and accommodation costs to compete in the 2011 Port Macquarie Ironman event.

The Australian has checked the Prime Minister's travel records for the weekend of the event and confirmed he claimed $941 worth of flights to and from Port Macquarie and $349 in travel allowance."

(Ye Gods - even The Australian has got in on the act!)

Paul,

Good wrap-up of Coalition rorting.

http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/opinion/opinion-coalition-wedded-to-travel-expense-claims/story-fnihsr9v-1226734289884

"POT, kettle. Snout, trough.

That just about sums up the litany of expense-related accounting clangers that a conga line of Coalition MPs from the Prime Minister down have 'fessed up to in the past couple of weeks.

The highlight of the born-to-be-entitled approach taken when it comes to having the taxpayer bankroll your jollies was undoubtedly the $12,000 claimed by three then-opposition MPs to attend an Indian wedding in Hyderabad as guests of billionaire mining magnate Gina Rinehart."

"Since September 7 the irony fairy has been sprinkling karma dust in liberal doses.

The Slipper "oops'' from our new PM follows his decision in recent days to write another cheque to hand back about $1100 he claimed a few years back to attend former Liberal MP Sophie Mirabella's wedding in Wangaratta."

"t is also worth noting that in the above cases the money was allowed to be repaid, presumably under the Minchin protocol (after former Liberal senator Nick Minchin who was allowed to pay thousands of incorrectly claimed travel expenses claimed during the 1996 election campaign).

This was not an option available to Slipper who is still being pursued through the courts for $900 of dodgy cab docket claims because a police complaint was made by a "third party".

Abbott, meanwhile, repaid $9400 in travel-related expenses claimed while promoting his Battlelines book and is apparently an enthusiastic claimer of whatever's on offer even while ostensibly engaging in charitable pursuits."

Poirot, be fair... Tony is repaying Gina Rhinoceros for the lads trip to Bombay, or where ever they went. He's abolishing the mining tax, that will pay for a few weddings and a political funeral, sorry old Barn, old pal, yah gota go, sacrificial lamb and all that. I seen Gina on telly the other night, I think she's in line for Tony's $75k baby bonus, maybe $150k, could be twins.
I do believe Tony is claiming a buck from the taxpayer for the Vegemite sanga he bought from the school tuck shop down at Saint Bozo's primary back in 63, when he was in the third grade . Is that true SM?

Paul,

This is how Tony defends his expense claim for his "charity" ride in Port Macquarie:

""Let's not forget that Port Macquarie was a marginal seat effectively and I want to assure you that I don't go to marginal seats simply for sporting events, although the sporting event in question was a community even."

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-10-08/abbott-denies-taking-taxpayers-for-ride-over-pollie-pedal/5008456

So it seems campaigning in a marginal seat under the guise of a charity ride - and charging the taxpayer for your expenses is just the ticket if you're a member of the Coalition.

Firstly this looks like a witch hunt, probably from the idiots from get up to trawl through the 20 000 odd claims by the coalition from the last decade for even the tiniest appearance of improper use, and after review the department of Finance has not determined that any of these claims need to be repaid. They have been repaid to avoid the appearance of impropriety.

Paul,

Every statement of yours makes you look more idiotic. None of the documentation of claims for travel etc by the coalition have been altered. Whereas from news accounts the documents submitted by Slipper were altered specifically to make a limousine trip for private purposes appear as 4 separate taxi fares.

Parrot,

The "Pollie pedal" in Brisbane firstly is old news, and was a charity event where people attended in their capacity as politicians.

Furthermore there are apparently about 60 instances where Labor MPs have had to repay claims in the recent past.