Furthermore - she, in my view, is a past master at excessive travel - the last sentence below is the killer question in relation to he "sick" kid
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/nat...i/news-story/38fa1c41893ae7385b051840e27e9b98
Hanson-Young whale trip shows she is out of touch, says Bernardi
Senator Hanson-Young had told
The Australian that the “whole point” of the trip, charged to the public purse as “electorate business”, was to “see the whales”.
But Senator Bernardi, a South Australian who leads the Australian Conservatives, said the trip was “just another example of how out of touch Sarah Hanson-Young is, and why the Australian public is demanding we clean up Canberra”.
Senator Hanson-Young last month was forced to repay more than $20,000 worth of expense claims and taxes after missing the original payment date by 90 days.
And last year she had to negotiate a rare payment plan for $15,186 she owed taxpayers after blowing her staff travel budget by almost a third.
Senator Bernardi said Senator Hanson-Young’s explanation for taking her daughter whale watching at taxpayers’ expense “simply doesn’t pass the commonsense or credibility test”.
Senator Hanson-Young’s office yesterday did not respond to questions, including when almost $1000 of airfares for the senator’s daughter were booked.
