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May 18th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda Taxpayers are shelling out $7 million a year for federal MPs’ travel expenses.
Slightly more than half the bill goes on chauffeured limousines – $3.6 million, The Daily Telegraph reports.
Taxpayer-provided cars cost about $2 million to lease and $760,000 to fuel, hire cars cost $410,000 and taxis $138,000.
Prime Minister Julie Gillard topped the list of commonwealth car users, clocking up a $344,524.49 bill, with Opposition Leader Tony Abbott second on $217,866.39.
Country MPs spent the most on petrol, with Warren Snowdon, whose electorate encompasses the Northern Territory, racking up a $17,526 fuel bill. He also spent $18,591.71 on com cars.
Liberal MP Bronwyn Bishop did not spend a cent on fuel, but claimed $92 per day for hire car expense, a yearly total of $33,665.
More than 200 MPs used fuel cards supplied by taxpayers. More than half lodged fuel bills for more than $3000 each in the 2010-11 year.
Independent Nick Xenophon said the free fuel could put MPs out of touch with petrol prices.
“Fuel cards anaesthetise pollies’ hip pocket nerves from the reality of what you pay at the bowser,” Senator Xenophon said. He did not claim any free petrol but among the top 10 users of taxis, which he said was cheaper.
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