Federal parliamentarians have demanded Prime Minister Anthony Albanese take accountability for the widening saga over MPs’ use of parliamentary entitlements.
Independent MP Allegra Spender informed Nine’s Today present this morning that the federal government ought to speed up a evaluate into the parliamentary entitlements system.
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“I feel that neighborhood expectations are principally saying, hey, this isn’t fairly according to what we predict… You guys have to rein this in.
“And I feel that the prime minister ought to convey ahead one of many opinions that they’ve pushed again. I feel it’s cheap have a look at these guidelines once more,” she stated.
Appearing alongside Spender was Liberal senator Andrew Bragg, who criticised Albanese for dodging duty on the problem.
“I feel Australians are beginning to see this man for who he’s. He’s a dodger, and he’s masking up all these things. So, I imply, he might repair this if he wished to, and it’s now turning into an enormous integrity situation… He’s attempting to evade it, however he might really repair it if he wished.”
Bragg additionally stated he would welcome a evaluate into the expense system.
Asked at a press convention in Canberra yesterday a few finance minister’s regulation permitting limitless spousal journey perks for senior MPs, Albanese stated: “I’m not the finance minister. I haven’t modified the rule.”
