These political grubs have literally spat in the face of ordinary Australians with their unethical use of their so called 'entitlements' and may I suggest they have alienated most of us along the way.

I for one am discusted with the way these grubs have acted, expecting everyone else to tighten their belts, or get a better job and feel they now have a moral duty to resiegn regardless of which side they are on. They are a disgrace and theres little doubt there are more to be exposed.

Dear Rehctub,

Better have those entitlements lull them to sleep and do not harm. Every day they spend holidaying with their families is a day they do not harass us with new laws and decrees: I prefer the presence of satiated hyenas over that of hungry hyenas.

Rehctub, I hate the way they have used their positions to really take their 'entitlements' right to the edge of reason and beyond.

As far as I am concerned, the children of politicians should not come under any of the official entitlements of the pollies. Perhaps their partners/husbands/wives should be compensated if they go to official party functions, or are expected to go on official overseas business tours etc, but not the kids.

Mind you, the way pollies are treated by the general Australian public, one would want a pretty good deal re employment I would imagine?
Maybe if their salaries were slightly increased, but they had to pay for all their own travel then the routing might stop?

Mind you, these same sort of perks are enjoyed by business people in the private sector, so would we just get second-rate people putting their hands up to be a politician if we didn't have some sort of incentive?

"so would we just get second-rate people putting their hands up to be a politician if we didn't have some sort of incentive"

Susie, even with the huge amount of largesse shown by the taxpayer towards politicians we still managed to get a third rate person in the form of Bronwyn Bishop with a snout the size of Sydney heads for 27 years.

The Greens have put forward a proposal giving transparency and accountability of politicians entitlements based on the Scottish Parliament model. As you know, the Scots have a reputation for being rather canny with the cash.

Interesting, despite all the "I hate Abbott" comment we have seen over
the years, they do not seem to have accused Tony Abbott of rorting
the entitlements.
After all he is a politician !

The only reason entitlement is over is because someone got caught. Money means nothing to these blokes seeing it's not theirs, why worry.

Piggery at it's best. Maybe Abbott is being saved up for a later date, seeing he is the head pig.

We need to bring on an election to pull us out of a confidence recession, we are going nowhere and our growth is predicted to dwindle to 1% by mid next year. Unemployment is going to rise on the back of ongoing cuts and auto makers shutting down. All Abbott has done is raise our debt burden by 100 billion $ in 2 years.

457 visa's are a failure and have to be ceased, that shows you can't trust employers where money is involved.
Abbott's coal mine offered to the Indian's before the election is a fraud. Coal miners can't make money now, so why another hole in the ground.