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17 September 2026
Disgraced MP who fraudulently claimed public money avoids jail
Former South Australian MP Fraser Ellis has avoided jail for deliberately rorting a parliamentary allowance, but maintains his actions showed a "casualness" or "recklessness" and "certainly not criminality".
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