Cash for crash: Taxpayers cover pollies’ bingles

Analysis of Queensland’s high-spending federal politicians has revealed taxpayers were billed the excess to cover two crashes involving Commonwealth leased cars. Queensland Labor MP Jim Chalmers and LNP senator Amanda Stoker were involved in separate crashes last year, with each charging taxpayers $500 in excess.In September 2019 Senator Stoker’s private-plated car, a vehicle leased by the Commonwealth, was involved in a low-speed crash in a car park.There was minor damage to another vehicle,…



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