The prominent South Australian's costs included $85,000 to attend environmental summits and to visit Syrian refugee camps,
News Crap
reported on Friday morning. a
From the time of her appointment in 2008 until December 2014, the senator reportedly claimed a total of around $970,000 in travel expenses.
The report said the sum included her
travel allowance,
family costs,
car costs,
domestic fares and
charter and
overseas claims.
At first glance - you could be forgiven foot thinking that's a HELL of a lot of plane tickets in a year - as I did
And this is EXACTLY what
News Crap
want you to think
Of course, it's SIX years - not ONE - despite what
News Crap
try to tacitly imply
HOWEVER, on close examination it seems the quoted dollar figure was not an annual figure - but spread over SIX years - and it did not include helicopters or military aircraft
And was NOT a million bucks in airline tickets
Travel allowances for politicians are far more complex that
I'd challenge News Crap
to publish the collective travel dollar figure - covering the last six years - for every other politician in the country
Of course. the right-wing media and right-wing of politics HATE her
- and will jump on any opportunity to discredit her
She's a strong campaigner for the environment - and renewable energy
An advocate for displaced persons
And she's a strongly opinionated woman
Everything the
"right"
detests