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Bishop's wedding trips not yet under Finance department's microscope

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imageThe furore around Speaker Bronwyn Bishop is now a full-blown crisis for Tony Abbott.Mick Tsikas/AAP

Arguably, though they are far less spectacular, Bronwyn Bishop’s claims for trips during which she attended the weddings of Liberal colleagues in 2006 and 2007 are even more red-hot than the notorious helicopter ride.

But, as of Wednesday,...

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