Andrew Laming says watchdog has done ‘nothing’ since he refused to repay expenses it found he wrongly claimed

Outgoing LNP politician rejects the finding, saying he will appeal and that he has not been contacted by anyone chasing him for payment

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Outgoing Liberal National party politician Andrew Laming says the expenses watchdog has done nothing" since he publicly refused to pay back more than $8,000 in travel expenses he was found by it to have wrongly claimed.

The Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority (Ipea) audited a single month of Laming's travel in 2020 after a Guardian Australia series on MPs' expense claims.