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Attorney-General Michelle Rowland to repay family travel expenses after independent review
Michelle Rowland will repay part of a $22,000 family trip after the Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority found some expenses outside official guidelines.
- On Friday, Attorney‑General Michelle Rowland will repay part of a $22,000 family trip to Perth after the Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority found a portion of the claim fell outside travel guidelines.
- Attorney‑General Michelle Rowland self‑referred her 2023 travel expenses for an independent audit, following Communications and Sports Minister Anika Wells, as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese asked IPEA to review entitlements on Friday.
- The trip billed taxpayers more than $21,600 including about $16,000 for business‑class flights, and a spokesperson for Ms Rowland said `During the trip to Perth, the attorney-general had at least 10 official engagements.`
- A spokesman for Michelle Rowland said she will reimburse a portion after IPEA found some expenses breached guidelines, while Jim Chalmers, Treasurer, rejected calls for her resignation and acknowledged community concern.
- Other ministers' spending, including Mark Butler's, has fuelled scrutiny with Sunday Daily Telegraph revelations deepening concerns and pressuring Albanese to overhaul family travel entitlements.
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AG to Repay Taxpayers for Family Holiday
Attorney-General Michelle Rowland will pay taxpayers back after some expenses claimed for a family holiday were found to be a breach of the rules. Rowland used family reunion entitlements to take her children on a trip to Perth in 2023, which cost more than $21,600, including about $16,000 for business class flights. The 15-year MP for Greenway, in Sydney’s northwest, undertook the holiday on the side of a ministerial visit to Western Australia.…
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