{"id":43182,"date":"2020-07-30T12:36:31","date_gmt":"2020-07-30T03:06:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/?p=43182"},"modified":"2020-07-30T12:38:57","modified_gmt":"2020-07-30T03:08:57","slug":"the-parliamentary-expenses-scandal-has-claimed-another-scalp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/the-parliamentary-expenses-scandal-has-claimed-another-scalp\/","title":{"rendered":"The Parliamentary Expenses Scandal Has Claimed Another Scalp"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">JUST IN &#8211; Adrian Pederick will resign as state government whip.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"623\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/pederick.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-43186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/pederick.png 623w, https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/pederick-249x300.png 249w, https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/pederick-166x200.png 166w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 623px) 100vw, 623px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mr Pederick\u2019s resignation follows questions over his eligibility to claim the Country Members Accommodation Allowance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Premier says his departure is out of an abundance of caution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The scandal has already resulted in three senior ministers &#8211; Stefan Knoll, Tim Whetstone and David Ridgway &#8211; and Upper House President Terry Stephens resigning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Breaking: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marshall_steven?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@marshall_steven<\/a> announces Government Whip Adrian Pederick will stand aside. Premier says it&#39;s out on abundance of caution. Allowance scandal claims another scalp. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/9newscomau?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#9newscomau<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/saparli?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#saparli<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fVLAFFRa2I\">pic.twitter.com\/fVLAFFRa2I<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Rory McClaren (@Rory_McClaren) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Rory_McClaren\/status\/1288664025471913985?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 30, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Adrian Pederick has resigned as SA Govt whip \u201cin an abundance of caution\u201d, Steven Marshall says<\/p>&mdash; Tom Richardson (@TomRichardson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomRichardson\/status\/1288663766112980992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 30, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JUST IN &#8211; Adrian Pederick will resign as state government whip. Mr Pederick\u2019s resignation follows questions over his eligibility to claim the Country Members Accommodation Allowance. The Premier says his departure is out of an abundance of caution. The scandal has already resulted in three senior ministers &#8211; Stefan Knoll, Tim Whetstone and David Ridgway [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":38072,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[144],"tags":[245],"geo_market":[],"class_list":["post-43182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Parliamentary Expenses Scandal Has Claimed Another Scalp - FIVEAA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/the-parliamentary-expenses-scandal-has-claimed-another-scalp\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Parliamentary Expenses Scandal Has Claimed Another Scalp\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"JUST IN &#8211; Adrian Pederick will resign as state government whip. 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