To the Honourable T he Speaker and Members of the House of Representatives

We, residents of the Sunshine Coast, are concerned about the extraordinary expenditure of taxpayers' money by the Member for Fisher, Peter Slipper. There is particular concern about his level of use of ground transport and air travel outside his electorate and during times when parliament is not sitting.

We request a full audit of Mr Slipper's entitlement claims made during the past decade, requiring that he explain the detail of parliamentary and electoral business that led to them being incurred.

We request that any audit by the Department of Finance be overseen by the National Audit Office to assist with recommendations that may produce expenditure guidelines in line with community expectations.

We further request expenditure provisions be tightened to require all Members to give detail of the parliamentary or electoral business that led to an expense being incurred.

from 2,696 citizens