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02-24-2010, 11:39 PM
This is how we do it in New Zealand:
Mr John Key is our Prime Minister, Mr Heatly was a member of his Cabinet a few days ago.
Mr Heatley resigned from his housing and fisheries portfolios this morning over an error in his expense accounts.
Click here to read the full statement.
Mr Heatley's $70 expenses claim said the spending was listed as 'Minister and Spouse: dinner'.
But the credit card instead showed it was used for two bottles of wine for his and his wife's table at the National Party Conference.
It was the second time Mr Heatley had been found to have mis-used his ministerial credit card this week.
Mr Key says he's asked the Auditor-General to conduct an audit into Mr Heatley's ministerial expenses.
"It came to my attention yesterday that the documentation used to support Mr Heatley's expenses claim for $70 in Christchurch last year was incorrect,' Mr Key said.
"Everyone is human and makes mistakes from time to time," Mr Key said.
"This is an example of a minister who takes his responsibilities seriously. It was his decision to offer his resignation."
Mr John Key is our Prime Minister, Mr Heatly was a member of his Cabinet a few days ago.
Mr Heatley resigned from his housing and fisheries portfolios this morning over an error in his expense accounts.
Click here to read the full statement.
Mr Heatley's $70 expenses claim said the spending was listed as 'Minister and Spouse: dinner'.
But the credit card instead showed it was used for two bottles of wine for his and his wife's table at the National Party Conference.
It was the second time Mr Heatley had been found to have mis-used his ministerial credit card this week.
Mr Key says he's asked the Auditor-General to conduct an audit into Mr Heatley's ministerial expenses.
"It came to my attention yesterday that the documentation used to support Mr Heatley's expenses claim for $70 in Christchurch last year was incorrect,' Mr Key said.
"Everyone is human and makes mistakes from time to time," Mr Key said.
"This is an example of a minister who takes his responsibilities seriously. It was his decision to offer his resignation."