Barnaby Joyce backs Bronwyn Bishop, politicians' entitlements

By Latika Bourke
Updated August 2 2015 - 4:08pm, first published 3:34pm
'It's not unreasonable that Bronwyn Bishop  will have someone help her drive' ... Barnaby Joyce. Photo: Andrew Meares
'It's not unreasonable that Bronwyn Bishop will have someone help her drive' ... Barnaby Joyce. Photo: Andrew Meares
Speaker Bronwyn Bishop has cancelled a taxpayer-funded trip to the US and Canada. Photo: James Brickwood
Speaker Bronwyn Bishop has cancelled a taxpayer-funded trip to the US and Canada. Photo: James Brickwood

Barnaby Joyce has offered a bizarre defence of Bronwyn Bishop's use of travel entitlements to attend Liberal party events saying politicians would prefer to be in bed than attend fundraisers and that it is the Government's role to support any member going through a "rough patch".

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