The ABC has confirmed independent Member for Mount Gambier, Troy Bell, is repaying $42,728 to the SA Parliament for Country Members Accommodation Allowance claimed since 2014.
More than $100,000 in incorrect or questionable claims for Country Members Accommodation Allowance has been identified since the ABC began investigating the use of the allowance last year.
Under questioning in a parliamentary budget estimates hearing a week ago, Premier Steven Marshall revealed Mr Bell was repaying money, but was unable to detail how much. The clerk of the House of Assembly, Rick Crump, told the ABC Mr Bell began making repayments in April for 192 nights claimed under the allowance.
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