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MPs' expenses are under the spotlight again with the release of new figures detailing their spending over the past three months.
MPs and ministers spent just over $4 million on accommodation,
domestic and international flights, taxis and other travel costs
from July 1 to September 30.
The MPs top spending on expenses this financial quarter were Te Tai
Tokerau MP Hone Harawira on just over $53,000, Labour leader Phil
Goff not far behind on almost $52,000, Labour's Ross Robertson on
$38,000 and fellow Labour MP Maryan Street on $37,000.
In terms of ministers' spending, as expected Prime Minister John
Key tops the list with bills of $167,000.
Trade Minister Tim Groser is on $162,000, Foreign Minister Murray
McCully on $124,000 and Deputy Prime Minister Bill English on
$110,000.
This is the second disclosure of MPs' spending and it will be
released every three months in future.
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the full list of
MPs' expenses and
Ministers' expenses .
Carter's travel bill lower
Meanwhile, Labour MP Chris Carter's travel expenses were considerably lower in the latest disclosure.
Carter faced criticism over travel expenses of $82,410 for the first six months of the year.
The figures for the July 1 to September 30 period show Carter's travel bill was $13,549, made up of $8583 in air and $4966 in surface travel.
Labour leader Phil Goff's travel expenses remained a healthy $45,870; $29,166 in air and $16,704 in surface travel. Taking in accommodation expenses his overall total was $51,895.
Act leader Rodney Hide spent $25,163 under MP's spending in air travel, while as a minister he spent $26,872.
Prime Minister John Key spent $63,663 in cabinet approved international travel, while Foreign Minister Murray McCully spent $83,836.
He was topped by Trade Minister Tim Groser, who spent $120,235.
