Parrot,

You were the one that said that people couldn't assume that Thomson was guilty even with the whore house having his signature and a copy of his drivers license and credit card, yet here you are declaring BB guilty with only a feeble knowledge of the rules.

Remember that Slipper was acquitted of defrauding the state not because he did sub fraudulent documents but because it could not be proved that taking a solo trip to the wine farms was not within guidelines.

The long and short of it Parrot, is that you are the last person I would bet money on.

PS, I see that you have still failed to give one example of the Last governments achievements.

SM,

Notwithstanding that you're pretty much lightweight, here are the guidleines:

"Section 3.8 of the Remuneration Tribunal determination of August 2014 reads as follows:

Travelling allowance shall be payable to a Minister (other than the Prime Minister) or an office holder for each overnight stay in a place other than his or her home base when that stay is occasioned primarily by:

a) sittings of the House of Parliament or direct travel to or from such sittings; or

b) official business as a Minister or as an office holder; or

c) meetings of, or the formal business of, parliamentary committees of which he or she is a member or direct travel to or from such meetings; or

d) meetings in Canberra of his or her parliamentary political party, of its executive or of its committees (see clause 1.6.2) or direct travel to or from such meetings; or

e) meetings of his or her parliamentary political party executive (see clause 1.6.2) outside Canberra or direct travel to or from such meetings; or

f) meetings, other than in Canberra, of a parliamentary political party, or of its executive, or of its committees, and attendance at the national and state conferences of a political party, to which he or she belongs (see clause 1.6.2), and meetings outside the electorate on electorate business up to a maximum of ten overnight stays per annum in total, and direct travel to or from such meetings or conferences.

There is no explicit statement that attendance at party events, party fundraisers and so on is prohibited.

However, it is clear from the way in which the rules are spelled out that the travel entitlements do not cover attendance at party events, other than those specified above. It is especially obvious that attendance at a party fundraising event is not covered."

http://theconversation.com/bishop-case-rests-on-whether-fundraiser-was-speakers-official-business-44919

Shadow, you well and truly lost this one, but what else is new. Your old gal has been found guilty in the court that all politicians fear, the court that matters, the court of public opinion. No more shall we see the old bird soaring above the clouds like a majestic eagle in her gold plated, taxpayer funded whirligig, she is looking more like a plucked duck, been permanently grounded! I was so pleased as I watched Bronnie looking all forlorn, being her useless self, a waste of space on the parliaments backbench.
As I said at the very beginning of this thread "The Final Eviction, Bronnie its Time to Leave The House!

The Coalition in action...

"Christopher Pyne’s family enjoyed a second summer holiday at taxpayers’ expense, with the Education Minister flying two of his children to Sydney for Tony ­Abbott’s lavish barbecue with the Australian cricket team at Kirri­billi House last year.

As the Prime Minister faces new questions over $36,900 he charged for six charter flights ­between capital cities as opposition leader, The Australian can reveal Mr Pyne charged $3100 for the overnight trip to mingle with the sportsmen at the official residence on New Year’s Day. Mr Pyne’s office said he was invited to attend the Ashes reception in his capacity as a minister and “all travel was entirely within the rules”."

"It last night emerged that Mr Abbott charged taxpayers $36,900 for five charter flights between capital cities between June 2010 and May 2011 for business as opposition leader.

They included a $9968 flight from Sydney to Melbourne on June 18, 2010, a $5170 flight from Canberra to Sydney on June 3, 2010, and a $10,300 flight from Brisbane to Sydney on July 8, 2010. Mr Abbott also chartered a flight from Canberra to Melbourne at a cost of $5318 on October 28, 2010, and a $6150 return flight between Canberra and Melbourne on May 25, 2011."

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/expenses-scandal-christopher-pynes-3k-flights-to-cricket-bash/story-fn59niix-1227477896668?utm_content=SocialFlow&utm_campaign=EditorialSF&utm_source=TheAustralian&utm_medium=Twitter

Bernadi...

"However, he also claimed a travel allowance of $406 on 7 November, citing “electorate business” and made use of two trips via a Comcar, totalling $83. Bernardi represents the state of South Australia. That evening, he was the guest speaker at Cherish Life Queensland’s annual fundraiser, where one of his books was available for sale, according to the group’s Facebook event page."

http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/aug/10/cory-bernardi-claimed-expenses-on-day-he-spoke-at-anti-abortion-fundraiser?CMP=share_btn_tw

This is a good one...

"Two prominent Liberal MPs billed taxpayers thousands in expenses on a day they travelled to Sydney to toast the cause of ending wasteful government spending at a function for a new activist group.

Senators Eric Abetz and Cory Bernardi claimed more than $2000 in expenses for travel to Sydney when they attended the 2012 local launch of the Australian Taxpayers' Alliance."

http://www.theage.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/eric-abetz-and-cory-bernardi-rack-up-a-bill-to-attend-antigovernment-waste-do-20150809-giv1me.html

This one's hard to beat...

"SOUTH Australian frontbencher Jamie Briggs paid $25,000 for an overnight trip to Norfolk Island where he told the locals about the need for belt tightening.

Mr Briggs has twice taken the VIP jet to the island, which he is responsible for as Regional Development Minister.

In February 2014 he, his media adviser, chief of staff, and a department official flew to the island from Canberra, then took the VIP back to Adelaide the next day, after which two of the party took the plane back to Canberra.

Air New Zealand has two direct flights a week from Australia to Norfolk Island for around $500 each way and an indirect flight once a week.

Mr Briggs said that was “very limited” and that it was only possible to use the Airforce plane “where it is proven there are no other options”.

The Airforce says they’re used when commercial planes or not suitable “due to the location, timing, or security considerations”.

According to tabled documents, Mr Briggs’ flight from Canberra was $7260, while it cost $13,530 to go from Norfolk Island to Adelaide, then $4290 to get from Adelaide to Canberra.

At an official reception Mr Briggs told the audience at Government House that it was going to “be a difficult year”.

“We will have to rein in the budget,” he said. “We will have to live within our means and to do that we will have to make some very tough choices.”"

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/federal-mp-jamie-briggs-defends-25000-trip-to-norfolk-island/story-fni6uo1m-1227478009843

Nothing like spending $25,000 of taxpayer's money to make a personal appearance to tell other people to tighten their belts....Lol!

Here you go, SM.

Not only did the AFP toss Bronnie's case back to Finance - now headed by the woman who helped cover up up Howard's "Children overboard". Now Finance has decided to keep its findings "secret".

Actually it's exactly what I expected.....

They've chucked in Burke's self-requested investigation just to make it look like they're "fair and balanced".

"The Department of Finance will keep secret the outcome of its investigation into the questionable use of taxpayer-funded entitlements by three prominent federal politicians.

The strategy was not enough to save Mrs Bishop's job, but more could be at stake for the disgraced former speaker: the Department of Finance investigation will determine whether her use of a helicopter to fly from Melbourne to Geelong for a Liberal Party fundraiser at a cost of more than $5000 will be referred to the Australian Federal Police.

However, Fairfax Media has confirmed bureaucrats will not publicly release the outcome of the three probes."

Former speaker Bronwyn Bishop, long-serving Liberal MP Philip Ruddock and Labor frontbencher Tony Burke each asked the department to audit their spending in an attempt to defuse a public backlash over the widening expenses scandal."

http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/mp-expenses-department-of-finance-investigations-to-remain-secret-20150810-givqbk.html#ixzz3iPJKmt0

Btw, Morgan Poll L/NP 43 (-3) Labor 57 (+3)