FED: Travel allowances should be more transparent: Xenophon

AAP General News (Australia)
08-19-2009
FED: Travel allowances should be more transparent: Xenophon

Federal MPs should have to hang on to receipts if they want to be reimbursed for travel
expenses .. according to independent Senator NICK XENOPHON.

His comments come after the independent Remuneration Tribunal increased the fixed rates
from between 3.8 per cent for travel to Melbourne .. and 10 per cent for trips to Sydney.

Senator XENOPHON says there should be more transparency than this system that gives
politicians a set amount of money depending only on which state they're visiting.

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KEYWORD: TRAVEL MPS (CANBERRA)

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