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Reply #75 - Jul 10^th, 2013 at 12:16pm

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"As the government has made clear, this matter was resolved more than two years ago.

Note the selective targetting, given Climate Change Minister Tony Burke made 15 separate repayments involving family travel, totalling nearly $7000, and Labor Senator Trish Crossin repaid $3022 while her Queensland colleague, Kirstin Livermore, made 10 repayments totalling $3642.

PRIME Minister Julia Gillard is among federal MPs who have been forced to repay almost $100,000 to taxpayers after wrongly claiming family travel perks.

http://www.news.com.au/national-news/mps-including-prime-minister-julia-gillard-...

Now what can we find out about KRUDD?

No tax fiddles, no pole dancing, no drunken nights on the town, no bullying stewardesses, no crying for his hairdryer, etc.........

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Re: EXCLUSIVE: Abbott forced to repay $9,400
Reply #77 - Jul 10^th, 2013 at 12:54pm

Karma is a biatch!

Tony shouldn't have thrown stones - people in glass houses always get found out.

While many politicians may have done it, he (Abbott) was calling for the government to step down "for the good of the parliament."

For the good of the electorate/parliament Abbott should step down (what's good for the goose etc).

If Abbott didn't make a big deal out of Slipper then it wouldn't have mattered - as it is, this shows him to be a hypocrite.

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Socrates Gold Member Offline A Dog With A Bone Posts: 583 Gender:	Re: EXCLUSIVE: Abbott forced to repay $9,400 Reply #78 - Jul 10^th, 2013 at 1:10pm This happened well before Gillard's term and her claims on the public purse, and these claims were made without Tony Abbott's knowledge or approval by a member of his staff. Slipper's case was not only for wrongful claims but also involved matters involving harassment of one of his staffers.
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greggerypeccary Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 137078 Gender:	Re: EXCLUSIVE: Abbott forced to repay $9,400 Reply #79 - Jul 10^th, 2013 at 3:07pm Socrates wrote on Jul 10^th, 2013 at 12:47pm: And on it goes........ http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/andrewbolt/index.php/heraldsun/comments/our_m... An Andrew Bolt blog. Hmmm.
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Re: EXCLUSIVE: Abbott forced to repay $9,400
Reply #80 - Jul 10^th, 2013 at 3:17pm

Socrates wrote on Jul 10^th, 2013 at 1:10pm:

This happened well before Gillard's term and her claims on the public purse, and these claims were made without Tony Abbott's knowledge or approval by a member of his staff.

Slipper's case was not only for wrongful claims but also involved matters involving harassment of one of his staffers.

and these claims were made without Tony Abbott's knowledge or approval by a member of his staff.

He really didn't know it was a Comcar then?

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Dnarever Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 58368 Here Gender:	Re: EXCLUSIVE: Abbott forced to repay $9,400 Reply #81 - Jul 10^th, 2013 at 3:20pm Socrates wrote on Jul 10^th, 2013 at 12:47pm: And on it goes........ http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/andrewbolt/index.php/heraldsun/comments/our_m... Bolty didn't seem to have a problem with the Howard Family world farewell tour in 2007.
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Re: EXCLUSIVE: Abbott forced to repay $9,400
Reply #82 - Jul 10^th, 2013 at 4:12pm

Socrates wrote on Jul 10^th, 2013 at 1:10pm:

...these claims were made without Tony Abbott's knowledge or approval by a member of his staff...

By whom, and why haven't they been charged? We need a police investigation to get to the bottom of who really defrauded the taxpayer.

Socrates wrote on Jul 10^th, 2013 at 1:10pm:

Slippers case was not only for wrongful claims but also involved matters involving harassment of one of his staffers.

The harassment case was politically motivated and described by the judge as an abuse of process. The judge even ordered Ashby to pay Slippers legal costs.

There is no need to confuse the two issues. Slipper has been exonerated over the harassment claims, but still faces trial over the travel expenses.

If a trial is good for Slipper's $1000, then why not for Abbott's $9000?

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Re: EXCLUSIVE: Abbott forced to repay $9,400
Reply #83 - Jul 10^th, 2013 at 4:20pm

Socrates wrote on Jul 10^th, 2013 at 12:47pm:

And on it goes........

http***blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/andrewbolt/index.php/heraldsun/comments/our_m...

Bolt is overtly partisan. Why does Bolt make no mention of the Abbott rort? If I only read Murdoch News, I would probably come to the conclusion that all the travel rorts are done by Labor politicians only. This pseudo-journalism harms our democracy.

If Bolt was genuine he would criticise all MPs abusing the system and call for all these travel rorts to be abolished. Free travel for official business only!

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Re: EXCLUSIVE: Abbott forced to repay $9,400
Reply #84 - Jul 10^th, 2013 at 4:41pm

True Colours wrote on Jul 10^th, 2013 at 4:12pm:

Socrates wrote on Jul 10^th, 2013 at 1:10pm:

...these claims were made without Tony Abbott's knowledge or approval by a member of his staff...

By whom, and why haven't they been charged? We need a police investigation to get to the bottom of who really defrauded the taxpayer.

Exactly. Not only is this a clear case of fraud, but this man was a victim of the most heinous kind of sexual harassment.

This sort of behaviour needs to be eradicated from the highest levels of government. It's thoroughly appalling.

Typical.

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buzzanddidj Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 14178 Eganstown, via Daylesford, VIC Gender:	Re: EXCLUSIVE: Abbott forced to repay $9,400 Reply #85 - Jul 10^th, 2013 at 6:04pm greggerypeccary wrote on Jul 10^th, 2013 at 3:07pm: Socrates wrote on Jul 10^th, 2013 at 12:47pm: And on it goes........ http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/andrewbolt/index.php/heraldsun/comments/our_m... An Andrew Bolt blog. Hmmm. An Andrew Bolt LOG Spot the DIFFERENCE
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