spin team finally comes up with an answer

Took them 2 weeks to come up with this very 'plausible' and hilarious explanation.

Tony "I dont tell porkies" Abbott explains WA MP Don Randall flew from Perth to Cairns to have a very important conversation with Warren Entsch MP.

Tony says case closed. Its an eye opener Tony doesnt consider this a waste of $5K given alternatives (phone, email, video conference, catching up at next meeting in Canberra, etc).

A reason cleared and vetted by the Office of the PM