Public outrage has been building over revelations Health Minister Sussan Ley bought a Aus$795,000 (US$595,000) apartment on the glitzy Gold Coast during an official work trip -- which she claimed was an impulse buy.
Ley stepped aside earlier this week amid an investigation and resigned Friday. This and further revelations of other ministers claiming expenses to attend sporting events sparked the move by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to set up an independent agency to administer and oversee all claims by parliamentarians.