People expecting the teals to be a new class of politician would be “sorely mistaken” amid revelations one MP wasted $28,000 of taxpayer money on air travel, Sky News Digital Editor Jack Houghton says.
Kooyong MP Monique Ryan billed taxpayers for 27 business class flights during her first year in office, according to documents released under freedom of information.
“That’s a disgustingly large bill for just flights and the SMH was right to lodge that FOI request and show us exactly how wasteful these moral crusaders really are,” Mr Houghton said. “It is a lesson for even the most progressive of political operatives – you cannot control the media forever by simply uttering slogans.”
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