Senior WA minister Kim Hames has resigned his tourism portfolio after admitting an expenses bungle. Source: AAP
SENIOR West Australian minister Kim Hames has resigned his tourism portfolio after he admitted wrongly claiming more than $1000 for accommodation expenses.
After questions from the opposition, Mr Hames admitted he had wrongly claimed for an MP's allowance for staying at his home in Perth several times totalling $1013.
Premier Colin Barnett said he had accepted Mr Hames explanation that the bungle was an innocent mistake but "there must be consequences".
"When you hold public office, the standards are high. They were innocent mistakes, but not excusable mistakes," Mr Barnett said.
Mr Barnett will act as tourism minister until a replacement is found.
Mr Hames, who is also WA's deputy premier and health minister, said on Sunday he had never "milked the system", but had made significant clerical errors.
"I just didn't go through my records enough or missed the fact that I was leaving on that day for those four claims," Mr Hames said.
"If I wanted to milk the system I would have had a lot of opportunities over four-and-a-half years to do it - and here we've found I've made clear mistakes on three or four occasions."
But opposition health spokesman Roger Cook said it was more than just shoddy bookkeeping Mr Hames was guilty of.
"He can't manage his personal finances, we question whether he can manage the senior portfolios of tourism and health at the same time."
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