MPs drop $30m on expenses in three months
Michael ReadEconomics correspondent
Australia’s federal politicians spent $30.7 million in the first full quarter of the new parliamentary term, as newly minted Labor frontbenchers travelled abroad to meet their international counterparts.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese led the pack, spending $684,665 between July and September 2022, newly released data from the Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority (IPEA) show.
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