No explanation: Randall pays back cash for Cairns trip
Mark Kenny, Daniel Hurst and Jonathan Swan Liberal MP Don Randall said he would immediately repay more than $5000 in expense entitlements claimed for a trip to Cairns, as the Australian Federal Police referred cases of alleged misuse of MPs entitlements back to the Finance Department.
Labor MP asks AFP to investigate Abbott
JONATHAN SWAN Labor MP Rob Mitchell has written to the Australian Federal Police to request formal investigations into the alleged misuse of parliamentary entitlements by Tony Abbott and George Brandis.
Monitoring expenses a 'huge bureaucracy'
JONATHAN SWAN Two months before Don Randall took a trip to Cairns that has raised serious questions about politicians' expenses, the Liberal MP pontificated in Parliament on the subject.
Dodging questions over expense claims
Jonathan Swan, Lisa Visentin A Liberal MP has spent more than $10,000 on questionable travel, Fairfax Media can reveal.
Brandis Library is shelved
JONATHAN SWAN When it comes to libraries, George Brandis can claim a place alongside George Washington and other great men .
Wedding woes for Lib MPs
Jonathan Swan, Lisa Visentin A quarter of Tony Abbott's frontbench is now embroiled in the expenses scandal after Scott Morrison and Stuart Robert repaid taxpayer funds used to attend a colleague's wedding.
Calls for reform on MP entitlements
Jonathan Swan, David Wroe Tony Abbott is resisting demands from all sides of politics to rein in entitlements.
Free NRL finals tickets embarrass Albanese
Anthony Albanese has been forced to declare two free tickets to NRL finals after documents showed he took taxpayer-funded transport to watch South Sydney.
PM defends claiming expenses for Ironman
Tony Abbott says he is entitled to bill taxpayers travel and accommodation costs to compete in the Port Macquarie Ironman, as he also attended other community events.
Taxpayers pick up tab for jet set
Daniel Hurst, Jonathan Swan A Coalition MP who lashed out at supermarkets selling halal meat took ''arduous'' taxpayer-funded overseas study tours to broaden his cultural understanding.
Dreyfus red-faced over taxpayer ski trip
Jonathan Swan and Daniel Hurst Hours after demanding an investigation into Coalition travel expenses, Labor frontbencher Mark Dreyfus has admitted to billing taxpayers for a ski trip to Perisher.
PM billed taxpayers to attend Slipper wedding
Jonathan Swan and Michael Bachelard The expenses scandal has taken a new twist, after it emerged Prime Minister Tony Abbott billed taxpayers to attend Peter Slipper's wedding and repaid the cost seven years later.
Expenses scandal spreads
Jonathan Swan, Daniel Hurst Coalition MPs are endangering their reputations as economic managers by charging taxpayers for personal indulgences such as wedding travel, warns former leader John Hewson.
'Overseas study' claim for wedding
James Robertson and Jonathan Swan Three Coalition MPs claim return flights from a wedding in Hyderabad as 'overseas study'.
PM repays expenses from Mirabella's wedding
Prime Minister Tony Abbott has repaid taxpayers the cost of attending a Liberal colleague’s wedding seven years ago, but only after facing questions from the media late last week.
Brandis, Joyce may face probe over claims
JAMES ROBERTSON George Brandis and Barnaby Joyce could face a probe into their use of travel entitlements, as Mr Joyce revealed he had repaid expenses claimed while attending the wedding of a friend and shock jock.
Brandis defends taxpayer-funded library
Jonathan Swan, James Robertson Attorney-General George Brandis has defended as within his rights spending nearly $13,000 of taxpayer funds over the past four years on his personal library.
Minister pays back wedding expenses
JACQUELINE MALEY Senator George Brandis on Sunday repaid $1683.06 in taxpayer-funded entitlements he claimed to attend a wedding.
Ministers claimed costs for wedding trip
JAMES ROBERTSON Two of Tony Abbott's most high-profile ministers claimed thousands of dollars in taxpayer entitlements for attending the wedding of Sydney shock jock Michael Smith.
Help Fairfax Media investigate expenses
Readers are being invited to help aid the search for potentially misused funds.
The MPs with the golden arms
The Prime Minister would do well to trade Lycra for action on MPs' entitlements, writes Tom Allard.
MPs checking expenses
The PM's parliamentary secretary says all federal politicians would be investigating their past claims.
Bibliophile Brandis and his bookshelves
Curious, George. First it was a $13,000 tax-payer-funded book collection, now it's a $7000 tax-payer-funded bookshelf.
The rules on expense claims need rewriting
This is a very disappointing start by the Abbott government on parliamentary principle.
Abbott owns rort problems
Comment: Prevarication, self-indulgence and lack of leadership mean he will cop blame for everyone's dodgy claims.
Flimsy excuse a sad reflection on a wedding
Two things occur from the revelations that the imperious George Brandis has been using public dollars to fund his private political and social interests.
