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NewsMail Afternoon Edition Sun 06 Oct, 2013 Top Stories More Top Stories » Abbott repays travel expenses claimed for Mirabella's wedding Prime Minister Tony Abbott has repaid more than $1,000 in taxpayer-funded travel expenses he claimed when he attended the 2006 wedding of former colleague Sophie Mirabella. A spokeswoman for Mr Abbott says the money was reimbursed because the Finance Department is not sure the trip was within his entitlements, and he wanted to avoid any doubt. It comes as Liberal MPs Julie Bishop, Barnaby Joyce and Teresa Gambaro face scrutiny for claiming taxpayer travel to fly back to Australia after a wedding in India in 2011. Frontbencher Malcolm Turnbull has defended his colleagues, but acting Labor leader Chris Bowen says there are still questions to be answered. 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More » Warrnambool says Bega takeover offer 'inadequate' Review Board gets more time to consider GrainCorp takeover Twitter reveals much-anticipated share offering Politics More Politics » Abbott repays travel expenses claimed for Mirabella's wedding Prime Minister Tony Abbott has repaid more than $1,000 in taxpayer-funded travel expenses he claimed when he attended the 2006 wedding of former colleague Sophie Mirabella. A spokeswoman for Mr Abbott says the money was reimbursed because the Finance Department is not sure the trip was within his entitlements, and he wanted to avoid any doubt. It comes as Liberal MPs Julie Bishop, Barnaby Joyce and Teresa Gambaro face scrutiny for claiming taxpayer travel to fly back to Australia after a wedding in India in 2011. Frontbencher Malcolm Turnbull has defended his colleagues, but acting Labor leader Chris Bowen says there are still questions to be answered. 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