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8 much better ways to spend Bronwyn Bishop's travel money.

She may have agreed to pay back the $5000 for the chopper, but what about the rest?

Today, we found out that Bronwyn Bishop spent $300,000 on overseas travel in her first year as Speaker of the House. Three hundred thousand dollars is a lot of money by any measure, especially for someone whose role exclusively involves duties in Australia.

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So we had a quick look at what Bronwyn Bishop’s overseas junkets could have bought if that money was spent more wisely:

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1. Thirty eight women in crisis could receive emergency housing, nutritious meals and professional support.

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2. 58,365 boxes of 20 tampons for homeless women in Australia (that’s over a million tampons).

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3. Five hundred fistula operations for women at the Hamlin Fistula Hospital in Ethiopia.

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4. Three indigenous healthcare workers in remote communities, to reduce the appalling levels of maternal mortality among Aboriginal women in this country.

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5. Ten fully trained guide dogs.

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6. Five full-time staff for a suicide prevention hotline.

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7. 44,247 mosquito nets to help protect some of the 3.2 billion people worldwide who are at risk from malaria.

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8. 1,111,111 doses of the whooping cough vaccine to stop the spread of this deadly disease in Australia.

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Where would you prefer your taxpayer money went?