Hodgson provides more Wong details

Pete Hodgson. Photo / Mark Mitchell.

A parliamentary report into alleged misuse of the MPs' travel perk by former Cabinet minister Pansy Wong and her husband contained inconsistencies, lacked depth and failed to answer key questions, the Auditor-General has been told.

Labour MP Pete Hodgson yesterday wrote to Auditor-General Lyn Provost asking her to reconsider her decision not to investigate the Wongs' alleged use of the travel perk to advance Mr Wong's business interests.

There were inconsistencies in the report by consultant Hugh McPhail and "there is evidence that Mrs and Mr Wong did not provide the investigator ... with key details of their business dealings in China and, perhaps, elsewhere", he said.

Ms Provost said she would reconsider the matter if additional information came to light. Yesterday, Mr Hodgson provided her with material that appears to contradict the earlier finding that the Wongs engaged in "unplanned and inadvertent" private business activity during a December 2008 visit to Lianyungang City in China.

The material included information suggesting the trip was planned well in advance and their business activities went beyond what the Wongs told Mr McPhail about.