Some expenses interest the ABC more than others Labor's expense claims don't seem to excite the ABC half as much: A 10-day round trip to London which cost almost $45,000 has been described as "expensive" by the politician who made the journey. Cairns-based Senator Jan McLucas also admitted she could not justify how her airfares to last year's Paralympic Games cost taxpayers more than $28,000. "These things on paper, I don't shy away from the fact it looks very expensive on paper," she said... Ms McLucas said she flew first class, as parliamentarians are entitled to, while her chief of staff Braedan Hogan flew business class. McLucas watched community sport. Tony Abbott participated in it, and raised funds for charity, too. The difference?