Dear Poirot,

ABBOTT IN 2012 STATED:

"In court documents lodged yesterday there are further serious
allegations regarding potentially criminal misuse of taxpayer
funds and breaches of entitlements."

"For any parliamentarian, let alone the Speaker, these would
be very serious allegations."

"Against the Speaker such allegations go to the integrity of
the highest parliamentary office in the House of Representatives."

"While Mr Slipper is entitled to the presumption of innocence
these allegations unquestionably have the potential to damage
the reputation of the office of Speaker and the standing of
the parliament."

"It is therefore incumbent on the Prime Minister, who used
her numbers to install Mr Slipper as Speaker last year, to
require him to stand aside until these matters are concluded
before the courts."

"The Australian Federal Police must immediately investigate
these new allegations relating to criminal misuse of taxpayer
funded entitlements."

ABBOTT IN 2015 STATES:

"I don't think its appropriate to stand aside simply
because the finance department might be having a look at
something."

It takes tremendous bare-faced gall and hypocrisy for
Abbott to be defending Bishop.

Foxy,

I see you are suffering from selective amnesia!

Slipper got done for submitting forged documents to dept of Finance, not entitlements abuse. That is rank hypocrisy.

SM,

Really?

First:

"Chief Magistrate Lorraine Walker, found Mr Slipper had intentionally filled in the dockets with false information, including using general terms such as "suburbs" to describe his pick-up and drop-off locations, to conceal the fact he was not on parliamentary business.

Ms Walker said the vouchers Mr Slipper filled out did not "realistically reflect" the journeys he took on any of the trips, and his use of the term "suburbs" to refer to the regional wineries was "implausible".

The magistrate sentenced the former member for Fisher to 300 hours community service and ordered him to repay $954."

then:

"A Canberra court has thrown out Peter Slipper's conviction for defrauding the Commonwealth.

Justice John Burns on Thursday found the prosecution had not proven Mr Slipper did not conduct parliamentary business on his visits to Canberra region wineries.

"It follows that it was not open to the magistrate, viewing the evidence as a whole, to convict," the judge found.

Justice Burns ordered the appeal be upheld and the convictions and penalties imposed by the magistrate be set aside."

"Verdicts of not guilty will be substituted with respect to each charge."

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/peter-slipper-conviction-overturned-by-canberra-court-20150226-13p7b1.html#ixzz3gmOnzYFW

Can't see anything about forged documents, SM.

Can you be more specific please on the exact charges pertaining to "forged" documents?

As per your quote:

"Chief Magistrate Lorraine Walker, found Mr Slipper had intentionally filled in the dockets with false information"

Deliberate fraud.

SM,

Submitting forged documents would mean submitting forged documents - in that the documents themselves would be forged.

As opposed to intentionally filling in the dockets with false information.

Something of which Slipper was ultimately found not guilty in respect of each charge.

C'mon, SM,

You burst into the convo with:

"I see you are suffering from selective amnesia!

Slipper got done for submitting forged documents to dept of Finance, not entitlements abuse. That is rank hypocrisy."

When I ask for further and better particulars, you write:

"Chief Magistrate Lorraine Walker, found Mr Slipper had intentionally filled in the dockets with false information"

Deliberate fraud."

As usual, no substance from SM!

......

Would "yous" all like to have a gander at the grandeur of Bronnie's places of repose on her taxpayer-funded European job-seeking jaunt?

Here we go...

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/national/inside-the-lavish-hotels-where-speaker-bronwyn-bishop-stayed-during-her-european-tour/story-fntzoymf-1227453074074?sv=d9f0775153663b2bd18cabb24d9e0de3#.VbHHpTLN-UU.twitter

"Whether renowned for room comfort, personal service or fine cuisine, the Bronwyn Bishop led delegation found the best of each in luxury five star establishments across Europe during their two-week sojourn.

The trip began on October 4 in Rome and the plush 180-year-old Grand Hotel Plaza on the Via Del Corso in central baroque Rome, overlooking the famous Spanish Steps and the Trinita dei Monti church on one side and the 1612 Basilica dei Santi Ambrogio e Carlo on the other.

It is deemed to be one of the most prestigious old hotels in the capital, celebrated through the years by visits including popes, kings and princesses and travelling nobles and noted statesmen including Henry Kissinger and Charles de Gaulle as well as stars of screen from famed Italian filmmaker Federico Fellini to more recently turned into a film set for Brad Pitt and George Clooney in Ocean’s 12."

etc....(there's loads more!)

Check it out, there's pics and all.

But keep banging on about Slipper.....his folly pales in significance to Bronnie's taxpayer-funded odysseys .