Australia Decides 2013: Labor MP and Head of the Ethics Committee Uses Tax Payer Money To Fund His Affair, Sends Dick-In-Wine-Glass Pics Online

ETHICS Committee chair Peter Dowling has stepped aside over a sexting scandal.

Overnight it was reported that a state MP had been exposed as a serial sexter, sending images to his secret mistress including a picture of his penis plonked in a glass of red wine.

In addition, Ethics Committee chairman and Redlands LNP MP Peter Dowling has confirmed he accepted more than $20,000 in free upgraded flights although he was not required by parliamentary rules to declare them.

He is also accused of taking advantage of parliamentary travel trips to meet his mistress in locations including Perth and New Zealand.