Turnbull minister invokes penalty rates to defend travel allowance

By Adam Gartrell, Political Correspondent
Updated March 24 2017 - 11:13am, first published 11:05am
Minister for Small Business Michael McCormack arrives for the Mid Winter Ball at Parliament House in Canberra on Wednesday 31 August 2016. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen fedpol Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Minister for Small Business Michael McCormack arrives for the Mid Winter Ball at Parliament House in Canberra on Wednesday 31 August 2016. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen fedpol Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

Malcolm Turnbull's Small Business Minister has charged taxpayers nearly $50,000 to stay in his wife's Canberra apartment but has defended the spending by comparing his travel allowance to penalty rates.

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