Former Liberal politician says travel is ‘clearly parliamentary’ and suggests he wants to take rulings to court for judicial review
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The MP expenses watchdog is chasing former Liberal politician Andrew Laming for a further $8,000 over taxpayer-funded travel to Sydney and Melbourne, prompting him to accuse the agency’s staff of bullying and intimidation.
The Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority is already seeking to force Laming to pay roughly $10,000 for earlier trips to Hobart, Melbourne and Brisbane in 2019, which it says was wrongly billed to taxpayers.
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