Minister’s $100k work trip shows age of entitlement far from over
Anika Wells’ conduct is merely a symptom of a broader entitlement culture in Canberra that is allowing indulgence, misconduct and secrecy to fester.
Anika Wells is hardly the first politician to have dipped her fingers a little too deep into the honeypot of publicly funded political entitlements.
A decade ago, then-speaker Bronwyn Bishop was forced to resign over her “choppergate” scandal, having billed taxpayers more than $5000 for a helicopter flight to a Liberal Party fundraiser.
