Abbott working overtime on the phone

Tony Abbott

Tony Abbott has been racking up the talk time. Picture:
Source: The Courier-Mail




A NEW report has revealed that Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has really been working the phones.


Mr Abbott often tells Prime Minister Julia Gillard to “pick up the phone” – to the Nauruan government and Qantas boss Alan Joyce, for example.

But it looks like he has been making plenty of calls himself.

Mr Abbott spent more than any other parliamentarian on phone calls between January 1 and June 30 this year, according to a new report on MPs’ entitlements tabled in the lower house.

Mr Abbott racked up close to $28,000 in telecommunications costs – about $10,000 more than the second-ranked Barry Haase, a West Australian Liberal.

Overall, MPs and senators spent more than $1.5 million of taxpayers’ money on calls during the six-month period scrutinised in the report.

Independent Bob Katter, new Speaker Peter Slipper, embattled Labor MP Craig Thomson and Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd also featured in the top 10 of telephone call costs.
 

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