{"id":14139,"date":"2017-08-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-22T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/state-mp-accused-of-stealing-more-than-2-million\/"},"modified":"2017-08-22T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-08-22T00:00:00","slug":"state-mp-accused-of-stealing-more-than-2-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/state-mp-accused-of-stealing-more-than-2-million\/","title":{"rendered":"State MP Accused Of Stealing More Than $2 Million"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>State MP Troy Bell faces 26 charges and is accused of stealing more than $2 million from two regional training associations between 2008 and 2013.<\/h3>\n<p>Mr Bell appeared in a Mt Gambier court on Tuesday where he was placed on bail and told he would have to seek permission before travelling interstate.<\/p>\n<p>As he left court he: \u201cI have done nothing wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But Treasurer Tom Koutsantonis said Mr Bell needed to resign.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cHe can\u2019t do his job. He needs to resign and do the right thing,\u201d Mr Koutsantonis said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is untenable now. The right thing to do for our institutions, for the state, is for Mr Bell to defend these accusations as a private citizen, not as a member of Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo one believes that Mr Bell is going to do anything other than spend the next seven months defending himself. I mean, he needs to seek the permission of the police to travel.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Treasurer Tom Koutsantonis demands ex-Lib MP Troy Bell quit Parliament over theft charges <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4BF2ff8qPd\">https:\/\/t.co\/4BF2ff8qPd<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/saparli?src=hash\">#saparli<\/a><\/p>&mdash; The Advertiser (@theTiser) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theTiser\/status\/899847739827245057\">August 22, 2017<\/a><\/blockquote>&#13;\n<script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>&#13;\n&#13;\n<h3>MOST POPULAR<\/h3>&#13;\n&#13;\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/Jake-Lever-Tells-Victorian-Club-He-s-Not-Interested-Report\"><strong>LEVER TELLS VICTORIAN CLUB HE\u2019S NOT INTERESTED: REPORT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>&#13;\n&#13;\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/david-and-will\/Nick-Xenophon-Has-Made-An-Explosive-Accusation\"><strong>NICK XENOPHON HAS MADE AN EXPLOSIVE ACCUSATION<\/strong><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>State MP Troy Bell faces 26 charges and is accused of stealing more than $2 million from two regional training associations between 2008 and 2013. Mr Bell appeared in a Mt Gambier court on Tuesday where he was placed on bail and told he would have to seek permission before travelling interstate. 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