Mathias takes $37,000 flight to the political danger zone so watch along



The ABC tells the story:
A spokesperson for Senator Cormann said "use of the special purpose aircraft was approved in the appropriate way to facilitate official business in Adelaide in transit from Canberra back to Perth in between two parliamentary sitting weeks".
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The ABC has confirmed Senator Cormann met with Centre Alliance senators Stirling Griff and Rex Patrick in Adelaide, but he did not meet with South Australian independent senator Tim Storer. All were opposed to the corporate tax plan.
Senator Griff said there was benefit in having a face-to-face meeting, but there was no urgency in this case given they would see each other in Parliament three days later.
"It wasn't a meeting we instigated, it was a meeting that the Minister wanted to have with us to just discuss upcoming legislation," he said.
"Look, it could have happened that day, it could have happened the next day, it could have happened three or four days later.
"I don't believe at the time there was a critical need for a meeting on that day."
Senator Cormann's office would not reveal details of any meetings or functions he attended in Adelaide.

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