For some reason we believed Stuart Robert was no longer a Minister or an MP. Perhaps these reports explain why we thought that?
From 2016:
“Sacked Minister Stuart Robert condemned for distasteful Anzac Day tweet”
“Turnbull MP in new donations scandal as special corruption team investigates”
From 2017:
“Turnbull government MP Stuart Robert defends $30k donations at corruption hearing: ‘A Labor foothold was not appealing’”
AND now there’s more!! We missed this!
“Mr Robert’s trouble with expenses dates back to 2014 when he billed taxpayers $900 to fly to Sydney before going on a private trip to China where he attended the signing of a deal between Nimrod Resources and Chinese officials.”
Assistant treasurer bills taxpayers $2000 a month for data at home
Mr Robert, who has a masters degree in information technology, racked up monthly bills 20 times higher than the average cost of data provided to other politicians’ homes, averaging $1845 during the latest six months of expenses.’
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