The Nationals have been rocked by the sudden resignation of NSW Member Steve Cansdell.
The North Coast MP and Parliamentary Secretary for Police quit, after admitting he faked a statutory declaration relating to a speeding fine in 2005.
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By resigning before any charge is laid, Mr Cansdell ensures he is entitled to a parliamentary pension of more than $80,000 a year. (Daily Telegraph, September 17)
This is a man who manipulated another person to commit a criminal offence and we have to pay his pension.
Who can stop him?