Economy
God no, I couldn’t possibly drive to Hobart, I have to fly …
A Tasmanian Labor Senator has defended spending about $23,000 on taxpayer-funded flights between Launceston and Hobart.
Helen Polley has confirmed a $12,000 a year bill for charter flights between 2011 and last June.
She says diary pressures mean she needs to take the 35-minute flight every few months, instead of the two and a half hour car trip.
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