After reading all or most of the comments about people challiging centrelink for whatever not one comment about these polititions ripping of tax payers so I cant see why some of you ard getting upset about it all when these things seem to happen all the time.Some people lie all the time so get over it & let them sort it out its never been any different &while voters keep putting dickhead candidates in paliment what do you expect .

What I find particularly annoying is when a politician claims that they are legally entitled to a claim when it is obviously against the spirit of the original reason that such a claim was established. When laws are made for the general public, they are carefully framed so that there are no discernible loopholes but it seems that rules governing politicians are not as carefully framed.

It seems to me most politicians say what voters want to hear until they are actually elected. There is then a free for all in what they can rort from their position and line their pockets, with not a thought for what they promised to the everyday people that elected them.

The Labour govt know their going to get kicked out at the next state election,so they are all going to rort as much as they can,this is only the start.

But if Victorians are stupid enough to vote them in ,there probably only getting what they deserve.

Could it be that the one who has agreed to pay back the money has found a way to claim it from another scam and the other guy isn't smart enough?

Surely the answer is pretty simple. Use the same rules that apply to commercial companies.

Pay it yourself up front and then claim it back it its legit. 

It seems that most politicians are taking as much as they can.  They should all be made to pay back every single cent and they should be named and shamed.  The Government is trying to run the country but don't seem to be achieving much at all.  But the politicians that are so low as to rip off the taxpayers is not acceptable.  I really don't think many of the politicians could justify their position in Government.  I think we have way too many politicians in office and that needs to be cut back.  We need an independent department to go though all politicians spending, going back years and if it can't be justified, make them pay it back.  I think tax payers are so sick of being ripped off.  

These crooks should be behind bars....it is thieving, plain and simple.

Melbourne is the fastest growing city in Australia ., 

what plans are their to handle this .

it seems from a Sydney perspective that idealogy rules.

These aspiring pollies seem to me to be 'rorting the system' before they even get in IMO ... or maybe I've interpreted the story incorrectly.

In a case like this one in the upcoming WA election ... how would you know who you were really voting for?

WA election: Flux the System micro-party puts up 26 fake independent candidates

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-03-03/wa-election-flux-microparty-running-fake-independent-candidates/8323342

Fake news, fake candidates, what's next on the agenda for 2017?

Cory Bernardi's $1m secret + other dodging shows why the parliamentary rules are broken.

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/federal-politics/political-opinion/cory-bernardis-1m-secret-show-why-the-parliamentary-rules-are-broken-20170308-gut9jo.html

Seems endless!!!!! Bit like this summer really.