abbott rejects calls for reform of mp expenses, page-3

“We don't want to fixate on this,” Mr Abbott told journalists.
“Politicians are entitled to travel when the travel is reasonably related to their office and that's what all of us do,” he added.
To properly do their jobs, he said, MPs needed to “travel pretty freely around our country” and nobody wanted to see a class of politicians bound to their desks in Canberra.


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Yes we do want to fixate on this.

But most of what we see is NOT reasonably related to you job.

I'd rather see you at your desk than riding a bike or doing an ironman comp. That doesn't help Australia one little bit.