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Parliamentary perks: entitlement versus inconvenience

12 January 2017

2:09 PM

12 January 2017

2:09 PM

Qantas planes sit grounded at Sydney IntThey say that if you want friends in politics you should get a dog, but if pollies want to find out who considers them a friend, they might be better off checking their colleagues’ expense claims.

The most recent expense claims scandal has once again called into question the classification of the many “glittering”, “luxury” and “gala[h]” functions politicians attend.

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