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Labor's Burke repays $8600 for Uluru family flights

Tom McIlroy
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Labor frontbencher Tony Burke quietly repaid taxpayers more than $8600 for a 2012 trip to Uluru, after years of criticism over business class flights bought for his family.

As environment minister, Mr Burke used "family reunion" travel rules to charge taxpayers for business class tickets so his family could join him at Uluru in April 2012.

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Tom McIlroy is the Financial Review's political correspondent, reporting from the federal press gallery at Parliament House. Connect with Tom on Twitter. Email Tom at thomas.mcilroy@afr.com

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