These Quotes Prove "Choppergate" Is All Fairly Hypocritical

It's almost like we've heard it all before.

As prime minister Tony Abbott again stood by speaker Bronwyn Bishop over the "Choppergate" scandal, Fairfax Media reported Labor were planning to "blast her out of the chair".

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Despite this being an extremely unsavory choice of phrase, it means the heat on the independent speaker's expense reports will continue for several more weeks.

Abbott's steadfast support for Bishop and Labor's condemnation got us thinking about the similarities between this current situation and the long, drawn out scandal that plagued former speaker Peter Slipper and the Gillard government.

Under the former Labor government, Julia Gillard defended Peter Slipper as he was plagued by sexual harassment allegations and was eventually found guilty of misusing $900 of cabcharges.

In contrast Bishop has been found to have caught a $5,000 chopper trip between Melbourne and Geelong and has agreed to pay back the money.

So if we gave you a snappy quote, would you be able to tell whether it was about Bronwyn Bishop or Peter Slipper?

Let's find out...