Andrew Wilkie calls for fraud inquiry into Bishop's $6,000 plane trip
Independent MP suggests police investigation into claim the Speaker hired a corporate aircraft to travel 160km from Sydney to Nowra for a Liberal fundraiser
Bronwyn Bishop is under further pressure over the use of taxpayer-funded travel allowances. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP
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Saturday 1 August 2015 13.07 AESTLast modified on Saturday 1 August 201517.00 AEST
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Independent MP Andrew Wilkie has suggested that Bronwyn Bishop be investigated for fraud, saying fresh revelations the Speaker claimed a $6,000 luxury aircraft ride are the final straw.
Wilkie, who plans to move a no-confidence motion against the Speaker when parliament resumes, says Bishop should be investigated by federal police.
Bishop is reported to have spent more than $6,000 to hire a luxury corporate aircraft to transport her 160km from Sydney to Nowra late last year.
The trip, to attend a Liberal party fundraiser in Berry, was two weeks after the Speaker’s controversial chopper ride from Melbourne to Geelong, News Corp Australia reports.
Wilkie claimed Bishop was a “serial abuser” of travel entitlements and unfit to be Speaker
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