Nationals deputy charged taxpayers to attend shooting awards

By Adam Gartrell, Political Correspondent
Updated December 16 2017 - 11:53pm, first published 5:51pm
Nationals Senator Bridget McKenzie from the Parliamentary friends of shooting group, at the Canberra International Clay Target Club on Friday 23 October 2015. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Nationals Senator Bridget McKenzie from the Parliamentary friends of shooting group, at the Canberra International Clay Target Club on Friday 23 October 2015. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Nationals Senator Bridget McKenzie from the Parliamentary friends of shooting group, at the Canberra International Clay Target Club on Friday 23 October 2015. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Nationals Senator Bridget McKenzie from the Parliamentary friends of shooting group, at the Canberra International Clay Target Club on Friday 23 October 2015. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Dep PM Barnaby Joyce congratulates the new dep National Party leader Bridget McKenzie Fedpol Pic Nick Moir 7 dec 2017
Dep PM Barnaby Joyce congratulates the new dep National Party leader Bridget McKenzie Fedpol Pic Nick Moir 7 dec 2017

Deputy Nationals leader Bridget McKenzie charged taxpayers thousands of dollars to attend an awards night for shooting in Sydney, claiming the trip as "electorate business" even though she was a Victorian backbencher.

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