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Madam Speaker, sorry is supposed to be a feeling, not a tactic. The feeling is supposed to flow from an understanding that you have done the wrong thing, not from a dawning realisation that public fury isn’t “blowing over”, that you might not be able to “tough it out” and that many of your own colleagues think your position is untenable. |
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Sorry, your browser is unable to play this video. Please install ™ and try again. Alternatively to a modern browser. upgrade House speaker Bronwyn Bishop has taken to the airwaves to say sorry for claiming expenses for a helicopter ride and wedding trips. ''There's no excuse for what I did with the helicopter," Bishop told broadcaster Alan Jones. |
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HER apology on Thursday came as two independent MPs flagged a no-confidence motion when parliament returns on August 10. "I want to apologise to the Australian people for my error of judgment and to say sorry," a contrite Mrs Bishop told 2GB on Thursday. "I feel I've let them down. |
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Speaker Bronwyn Bishop says she's sorry over the expenses scandal and will pay money back, but won't be quitting. Her apology on Thursday came as two independent MPs flagged a no-confidence motion when parliament returns on August 10. "I want to apologise to the Australian people for my error of.... |
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Demands for Bronwyn Bishop to resign are not abating despite the Speaker finally apologising for splashing taxpayer funds on a $5000 helicopter ride to a Liberal Party fundraiser. Mrs Bishop insists she will not quit over the expenses scandal that has engulfed the veteran MP and the Abbott government. |
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MRS Bishop insists she will not quit over the expenses scandal that has engulfed the veteran MP and the Abbott government. "I want to apologise to the Australian people for my error of judgment and to say sorry," a contrite Mrs Bishop told 2GB on Thursday. "I feel I've let them down. |
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Timeline of Bishop's travel scandals 2006: Claims $600 for return flight to Albury Mrs Bishop flies into Albury and then continues on to Wangaratta for the wedding of former Liberal frontbencher Sophie Mirabella. Her office says the travel was within her entitlements because Mrs Bishop held a.... |
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Independent MP Clive Palmer, who is expected to move a no-confidence motion against the Speaker when parliament resumes in August, accused Mrs Bishop of 'complete bias' in the role. 'She needs to go,' he told the Seven Network. 'We are sick of our politicians with their snout in the trough. |
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Bronwyn Bishop has finally apologised to voters for billing them for a $5000 private helicopter trip and says she will repay all entitlements she claimed to attend colleagues' weddings but is refusing to resign as Speaker. A contrite Mrs Bishop spoke on Sydney radio 2GB to conservative host Alan.... |
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has apologised for misusing taxpayer dollars, but insists she will not relinquish her role, as Labor warns that she has lost the respect of Parliament and the public. On Thursday morning, Bishop told Macquarie Radio that she was sorry for using a helicopter to travel between Melbourne and Geelong for a
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Speaker Bronwyn Bishop has finally apologised for taking a $5000 helicopter ride from Melbourne to Geelong to attend a Liberal Party fundraiser. But she insists she will not resign over the expenses scandal that has engulfed the veteran MP and Abbott government. |
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