Fed: Beazley says audit office recommendations should be adopted

AAP General News (Australia)
08-08-2001
Fed: Beazley says audit office recommendations should be adopted

Opposition Leader KIM BEAZLEY says sweeping changes to politicians' allowances recommended
by the audit office should be adopted and even extended.

The damning audit report into parliamentary entitlements calls for tighter administration
of the some $350 million in allowances paid and greater public reporting of the benefits
paid to current and former politicians.

The Department of Finance, which administers entitlements, rejected 25 of the report's
28 recommendations.

Mr BEAZLEY says all 28 recommendations should be adopted and an independent auditor
of MPs' entitlements appointed to regularly review payments.

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KEYWORD: ALLOWANCES BEAZLEY (CANBERRA)

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