Anthony Albanese bills taxpayers $4million to fly around the world in just one year – as the biggest spenders in his cabinet are revealed
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's official travel has cost taxpayers around $4 million (Australian dollars) over the past year, according to figures covering his overseas trips. The disclosure has drawn scrutiny of government spending on international travel, with attention also turning to which other members of his cabinet racked up the largest bills for their own trips abroad.
The reported total covers the cost of flights and related travel for Albanese's foreign visits during the twelve-month period, though the article does not break down the specific destinations or purposes of each trip. It also names other senior ministers among the biggest-spending members of the cabinet on international travel, though detailed figures for individual ministers were not provided in the available text.
- Albanese's overseas travel cost taxpayers about $4million in a year
- Report also names other big-spending cabinet ministers
- Figures likely to fuel debate over government travel costs