Andrew Laming being chased for further $8,000 by MP expenses watchdog over taxpayer-funded travel

Former federal MP Andrew Laming has described Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority’s findings as flawed and the result of a ‘witch-hunt’. Photograph: Dean Lewins/AAP

The MP expenses watchdog is chasing former Liberal politician Andrew Laming for a further $8,000 over taxpayer-funded travel to Sydney and Melbourne, prompting him to accuse the agency’s staff of bullying and intimidation.

The Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority is already seeking to force Laming to pay roughly $10,000 for earlier trips to Hobart, Melbourne and Brisbane in 2019, which it says was wrongly billed to taxpayers.