Two MPs have referred themselves for an audit with the IPEA

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At least two members of parliament have referred themselves to the independent parliamentary expenses authority for an audit as scrutiny grows into politician's use of travel expenses. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he has formally requested advice from the authority over travel expense entitlements.

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00:00I've said repeatedly that I'll take advice from the Independent Parliamentary Expenses

00:09Authority. I've said that publicly and I've asked for that advice from IPA. It's important

00:19that as parliamentarians we're not sort of deciding things for ourselves because that

00:26would bring obvious criticism. I've seen some of the commentary that seems to ignore that.

00:36And that's why my government, what we do is we do things in an orderly way. I've asked

00:42IPA for advice. At least two members of parliament have referred themselves for the details of

00:51their audit. But in addition to that, I've said to IPA, please give us some advice and

01:00we'll take that on board. And when that advice is received, we'll make a decision in the usual

01:09way. But it's important to get that advice.

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