As a nation, we’ve all endured the excruciating media wrath of #ChopperGate for a solid sixteen days now. It’s testament to the sheer gravity of the scandal, because nothing lasts for sixteen days on the internet anymore. But here we are. Sixteen. Freaking. Days.
Overnight, The Finance Department‘s investigation into Bronwyn Bishop’s expenditure was confirmed to be more thorough than initially planned: the investigation will go far beyond Bishop’s fateful Melbourne to Geelong flight, as expenses dating back sixteen years—to 1999—will be put under the microscope.
“Bronwyn should know that if she resigns from Parliament she’ll still get the same entitlements. She doesn’t need to put us through torture for a year-and-a-half to get her own personal entitlement.“She’s been there a long time, over 20 years, and she’s now 72 years of age. It’s time to roll over and give a younger person a go I think.”
Truth be told, it’s possibly the wisest thing the man has ever said.
Over on Change.org, petitions for Bronwyn Bishop to resign over the scandal are mounting by the day – at the time of writing, at least seven petitions were baying for blood: from “Remove Bronwyn Bishop” to “Investigate Bronwyn Bishop” to “Lend Us Your Helicopter” (from ANU’s theatre group, requesting for their production of Miss Saigon, no less), to a rather lonely “Retain Bronwyn Bishop” (nb: only 7 signatures).
Clear the air, vacate the chair. BYE FELICIA.
Via ABC.
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