Downer under fire over golf game
Alexander Downer has missed a sitting of federal parliament to play a round of golf game, it has been revealed.
The former foreign minister missed a sitting on February 14, instead playing golf game with former deputy prime minister Mark Vaile, News Ltd reports.
The pair headed to the Royal Canberra Golf Club on the third sitting day of the new parliament, with parliamentary documents showing that just after 9am they were absent from three votes in the House of Representatives.
The depleted coalition would have lost the votes as the government has the numbers, but their absence has upset colleagues.
“Nobody who was seeking re-election would be behaving like this,” the source told News Ltd.
It’s the second time Mr Downer has come under fire this week, after revelations he missed question time to lunch with a journalist.