MP attended events on taxpayer: paper

    AAP
    June 10, 2013


NSW Finance Minister Greg Pearce has allegedly used thousands of taxpayer dollars to fly to major sporting events on weekends and public holidays.    

Mr Pearce booked flights to Melbourne on the same dates as the Melbourne Cup, Australian Open and AFL grand final, The Daily Telegraph reports.

He also visited Brisbane on the weekend of the V8 Supercars.

In 2012, he took nine weekend or public holiday trips on the taxpayer, totalling almost $9000.    

Mr Pearce told the paper he works most weekends and "often travels out of Sydney".         

NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell is already under pressure to sack Mr Pearce after he was accused last week of being drunk in parliament, rorting travel entitlements and failing to disclose his property interests.

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