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| Bronwyn Bishop resigns as Speaker – politics live | Bronwyn Bishop resigns as Speaker – politics live |
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| 5.48pm AEST08:48 | |
| Looking to twitter, there seems to be a bit of skepticism about the whole, “it’s not Bronwyn, it’s the system” line. | |
| Good to see it's not really anything to do with the speaker that has caused the speaker to resign... | |
| a welcome review of entitlements oh and by the way Bronwyn has resigned. Hounded out of office by ingrates. | |
| 5.39pm AEST08:39 | |
| Tony Abbott said the hammering Bronwyn Bishop received over her expenses claims exposed a problem with the system, rather than a problem with the way people might use the system. | |
| Abbott: | |
| Plainly the system that we have is deficient. | |
| The public deserves to be absolutely confident taxpayers’ money is not being abused. | |
| Abbott told reporters it would “not be a quickie review” but would instead be a “very wide ranging review indeed.” | |
| Here’s AAP with a bit more: | |
| The review will be carried out by former Finance Department head David Tune and head of the Remuneration Tribunal John Conde. | |
| Mr Abbott insisted the review would not be a “quickie” but declined to give a specific time frame. | |
| The prime minister refused to divulge details of his conversation with Mrs Bishop, who he acknowledged as one of his friends. | |
| “This has obviously been a very difficult day for Bronwyn Bishop,” Mr Abbott said. | |
| 5.24pm AEST08:24 | |
| Clive Palmer, who has been campaigning for Bronwyn Bishop’s resignation as speaker for the past four days and even started a petition in the name of #RealDemocracy, is very pleased with this afternoon’s development. | |
| Congratulations #BronwynBishop for finally listening to Australian public & resigning as #Speaker #byebyebronwyn #auspoI | |
| 5.14pm AEST08:14 | 5.14pm AEST08:14 |
| Bronwyn Bishop’s office has released this statement: | |
| I have today written to the governor general and tendered my resignation as Speaker of the House of Representatives effective immediately. I have not taken this decision lightly, however it is because of my love and respect for the institution of the parliament and the Australian people that I have resigned as Speaker. | |
| I look forward to continuing to serve the people of Mackellar as their local member, the job that has always been my first responsibility despite other positions I have held within the parliament. | |
| ABC News 24 | |
| Updated at 5.15pm AEST | |
| 5.08pm AEST08:08 | 5.08pm AEST08:08 |
| Tony Abbott was careful not to criticise his “friend and colleague” in that brief press conference this afternoon, saying: | Tony Abbott was careful not to criticise his “friend and colleague” in that brief press conference this afternoon, saying: |
| What has become apparent is the problem is not any one particular person, the problem is the rules. So the problem is not with the people that make excessive expenses claims; the problem is that expenses claims can be made. | What has become apparent is the problem is not any one particular person, the problem is the rules. So the problem is not with the people that make excessive expenses claims; the problem is that expenses claims can be made. |
| Abbott continued: | Abbott continued: |
| Clearly we have a situation where spending is arguably inside the rules but plainly outside of community expectations. | Clearly we have a situation where spending is arguably inside the rules but plainly outside of community expectations. |
| Updated at 5.11pm AEST | Updated at 5.11pm AEST |
| 5.03pm AEST08:03 | 5.03pm AEST08:03 |
| Bronwyn Bishop’s resignation follows weeks of embarrassing stories about her somewhat grandiose expenses claims, beginning with the revelation that she had spent more than $5,000 on a helicopter from Melbourne to Geelong to attend a Liberal party function. | Bronwyn Bishop’s resignation follows weeks of embarrassing stories about her somewhat grandiose expenses claims, beginning with the revelation that she had spent more than $5,000 on a helicopter from Melbourne to Geelong to attend a Liberal party function. |
| My colleague, Shalailah Medorah, has summarised things here. | My colleague, Shalailah Medorah, has summarised things here. |
| Updated at 5.12pm AEST | Updated at 5.12pm AEST |
| 5.03pm AEST08:03 | 5.03pm AEST08:03 |
| Good afternoon and welcome to this special Sunday edition of Politics Live to mark the resignation of Bronwyn Bishop as Speaker of the House of Representatives. The prime minister, Tony Abbott, announced the member for Mackellar’s resignation a few minutes ago. | Good afternoon and welcome to this special Sunday edition of Politics Live to mark the resignation of Bronwyn Bishop as Speaker of the House of Representatives. The prime minister, Tony Abbott, announced the member for Mackellar’s resignation a few minutes ago. |
| And here we go... | And here we go... |
| Updated at 5.13pm AEST | Updated at 5.13pm AEST |