Mark Dreyfus (the shadow AG) has just blown labor's case right out of the water.

While TA had legitimate political business that coincided with his charity runs, Mark Dreyfus was doing what official business in Perisher?

If you are going to throw mud, you need to be wearing Teflon. The word Labor is synonymous with hypocrite.

I think that the Labor supporters, ABC and Fairfax journos should be advised to drop the travel claims issue.

If someone really starts digging into claims made, Labor may well have a lot of egg to wipe off.

Poor and false claims on all sides.

I don't see any Greens ripping off the taxpayers, too honest. When parliament resumes Adam Bandt will again introduce a private members bill to attempt to "keep the bastards honest."
Abbott likes to portray himself as a worker for charity, whilst all the time slugging the taxpayer for his so call good deeds. What a joke.

I have another nomination for a Looney Politician award, last week it was Fatty O'Barrell, this week it goes to the dill brain leading the Labor Party in New South Wales the bloke with a head like a billiard ball and the brains to match. John 'Robbo' Robertson. What has Robbo done? Come out and admitted that in 2007, in his former capacity as head of Unions NSW, he was approached by 'businessman' Michael McGurk, now dead, murdered, over the sale of the prime union property,Currawong. McGurk offered Robertson $3 million to "help" McGurk's tender. The fact that Robertson rejected the bribe is not at question. What is questionable is why didn't Mr Robertson report the matter to the police as legally he is required to do under state law.
Even when the ICAC was investigating the "sale" of this bit of choice union real estate Robertson didn't bother to put his hand up with a, "By the way McGurk offered me a $3m bribe on this."
And labor thinks people should vote for them in NSW, me thinks Robbo has more than one skeleton in the cupboard and Labor still has a lot to reveal.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-10-07/labor-leader27s-bribe-claims-referred-to-icac/5002106

"Mark Dreyfus (the shadow AG) has just blown labor's case right out of the water."

What a joke you are, SM.

Why blown out of the water?

If a Labor MP has erred that way, then he/she can face the music too.

But let's get back to Tony.

A lot more than $400 dollars worth - he's been having a fine old time over years and years claiming expenses for all sorts of personal/party political ventures.

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"SOME OF TONY ABBOTT'S EXPENSES:

Derby Day with family travel November 2012 - $2271.61

AFL Grand Final with family travel September 2012 - $2150.89

Coffs Coast Cycle Challenge, Coffs Harbour August 2012 - $1002.24

Hervey Bay surf life saving pier to pub swim April 2012 - $2372.81

Charter jet to Tamworth Country Music Festival January 2012 - $8800

Australian Open Men's tennis final Melbourne January 2012 - $1639.82

Tour Down Under Adelaide January 2012 - $2174.82

Pier to Pub swim Lorne January 2012 - $1444.24

Port Macquarie Ironman November 2011 - $1290.10

AFL Grand Final with family travel September 2011 - $5663.58 (flight Bris-Syd included in the fare for Melbourne return)

Melbourne Cup November 2010 - $2154.40"

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And that's only a portion of them.

Not to mention that he's unapologetic and has no intention of paying most of it back.

Great stuff from the leader of the country.

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Banjo,

"I think that the Labor supporters, ABC and Fairfax journos should be advised to drop the travel claims issue."

Any advice for Murdoch, because the above came from the Courier Mail.

http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/national/prime-minister-tony-abbott-claimed-over-10000-for-family-travel-in-2012/story-fnihslxi-1226735051089

And here is it again from Murdoch's news.com

http://www.news.com.au/national-news/prime-minister-tony-abbott-claimed-over-10000-for-family-travel-in-2012/story-fncynjr2-1226735051089

Combatants all,
Perhaps you both could lay down your weapons for a few moments to tell a layman what all the squabble is about.
Both sides spend outside the circle, how much doesn't matter and some time both side repay.
So what. The sooner they remove all spending limits where there is any form of justification the better and then we can get on with governing this country and using this forum for more important issues.

Chris,

The reason people are so interested in the Coalition's rorts is because of the rank hypocrisy.

Especially because (in order to bring down the minority govt) they went after Peter Slipper, who was not afforded the payback scheme of the Minchin Protocol because someone "anonymous" - external from Finance - dobbed him into the AFP for a $900 cab charge claim.

That's why the "rush" to repay once the media gets hold of the rort.

(Except for much of Abbott's claim history - which, for some reason, he's defending as community engagement...probably because his dodgy claim history is so vast - no other choice)