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Barnaby Joyce was cleared of his expenses, but he challenged the statement of the investigating authority that he had to keep his promise to tell the truth about his stays in Canberra .
The former deputy prime minister was on Thursday released from abusing his spending to spend time with his advisor become partner Vikki Campion.
million. Joyce is claiming at least $ 16,000 in repayment for 58 days in Canberra in 2017 when Parliament was not sitting.
compared with only 12 nights in 2015 and in 2016.
The Independent Authority on Parliamentary Spending said it was to take the leader of the former Nationals at word.
"Only Mr. Joyce can determine that his night was mainly caused by Mr. Joyce said on Friday that the five-month investigation was based on evidence and not on his" word ".
" I can tell you that if you do not h "If all that was needed was my word then we could have done this survey in five minutes, not five months because I would have just said:" I have done Everything is fine. "
" No, the verifications are based on facts, corroboration of facts, counter-factual inquiries, that's how audits work. On Friday, Mr. Joyce defended his use of travel expenses to stay in Canberra while the parliament was not sitting, saying he was "minister for everything" at the time. 19659003] The New England MLA said that he was still waiting to be laundered and that after hundreds of questions the listeners found "not a dollar spent badly."
"I was pretty much a minister for everything at one time." Mr. Joyce resigned from his position as Deputy Prime Minister in February, after he revealed that he had left his wife to go to work abroad to have a baby with Mrs. Campion, who had worked in her office as a media advisor.
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