Crossbench kingmaker Nick Xenophon has called on the Turnbull government to abandon any plans to force dumped senators Bob Day and Rod Culleton to repay their taxpayer-funded salaries and allowances.
Senator Xenophon says it’s “ridiculous” the Department of Finance has sent the pair letters telling them they are required to pay back the salaries, expenses and staff costs they accrued during the time they sat in the upper house invalidly.
Both men are on the hook for hundreds of thousands of dollars, despite being officially declared bankrupt.
“I think it is a bit ridiculous really,” Senator Xenophon told the ABC on Sunday…
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