Is it time the worlds worse PM gave the worlds worse speaker the tap on the shoulder, and said “Bronnie its time to go.” The last straw in the debacle that is Bronwyn Bishop has to be her spending of over $5,000 of tax payer money on a helicopter flight to attend a Liberal Party fundraiser, nothing what so ever to do with her duties as speaker or as a parliamentarian. This woman is an insulting joke at the best of times and now has been uncovered ripping off the hard working tax payer. Even Hockey could not defend the parliamentary sprooker when asked if her helicopter trip met the sniff test, Hockey said “Look, instinctively it doesn't."
Bronnie, it certainly is pay back time, bye bye, you won’t be missed.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-07-16/bronwyn-bishop-agrees-pay-back-helicopter-flight/6623900

Paul,

This is actually gaining momentum.

Together with her huge taxpayer-funded expenses bill for her job hunt overseas, it might just push her out.

http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/bronwyn-bishop-job-bid-leaves-taxpayers-with-huge-expense-bill-20150715-gich1g.html

"Speaker Bronwyn Bishop has charged taxpayers almost $90,000 for a two-week European trip partly aimed at securing her a plum new job.

Mrs Bishop last year ran for the presidency of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, a democracy group based in Geneva, but she lost out to Bangladesh's candidate. It's believed her short-lived but controversial Parliament House burqa ban cruelled her chances.

In the two weeks leading up to the October 17 vote, Mrs Bishop led a small parliamentary delegation to Italy, Belgium, Austria before heading on to Switzerland - and she spent $88,084 in the process, according to Department of Finance documents."

Of course, Tones would be furious.

Yesterday they had the Murdoch press mock up a carbon tax thingy with zombie Shorten coming back from the grave...etc.

And it went nowhere coz Bronnie was the talk of the town.

Lol!...Zombie Shorten Day was a fizzer.

Hi Poirot,

Bishop is nothing but a total disgrace, yes $90 grand spent trying to sniff out a cushy job in Geneva, but she lost out to the Bangladesh's candidate. Gee any candidate including Spot the dog would be a better choice than Bronnie for any job, even fetch the stick! I don't expect much interest in this tread as the forums 'Usual Suspects' will be hard pressed to defend the crazy one.

Yes, Bronwyn Bishop is the same age as I am, and for that reason alone, she should have removed herself from politics. Yes, if there hadn't been a fuss, she wouldn't have been paying back the helicopter money. Yes, I believe she acted inappropriately, but not illegally because politicians just love their perks, and they are not going to change the rules. Senator Xenephon is the only one wanting "transparency", but he has no clout as is a twit to boot.

There is nothing unusual about Bishop's expectation that mug taxpayers should pay for a trip to a party function; it's happened before, and it will happen again. This time it was good for Labor, particularly as they have no policies, no leader, and we now know they would introduce an even more onerous carbon tax if elected anytime in the future. All politicians are on the make, and next time it will be a Labor rort. Why, because most Australians are no different from politicians - always after something for nothing. Perhaps they enjoy their own perks too much to demand honesty from politicians.

She has got to go.

No question.

They went after Slipper for a measly sum.
They went after Thomson.
They went after Gillard and now Shorten.

It all fairness - retire the old girl.
She's had a good run at our expense!

Yes I agree Bronwyn is a disgrace.
I never took much notice of any Speaker before her, but on the few occasions I have watched the Pollies playing together in Parliament, I noted how blatantly biased she was towards Liberal ministers.

What worries me is that, at least publicly, Tones doesn't seem one bit concerned re her latest costly spending sprees, or her nasty glares in Parliament.