Joe Hockey flew out of Sydney on April 17, 2011, landed in Dubai on April 18, but was also recorded as taking a $190 hire car ride from his Hunters Hill home to Channel Seven and back again.
Tony Abbott’s ironman, ocean swims and fun run: all on taxpayers’ dime
Tony Abbott used an RAAF jet to attend the birthday party of a Liberal Party donor Paul Marks. His office said the PM had work-related engagements the following day but would not say what they were.
Julie Bishop stayed an extra day in Perth after completing her official public commitments so an empty jet flew from Canberra to Perth to pick up her and her partner David Panton to return them to the nation's capital at a cost to taxpayers of $30,000.
Comparing apples and fridges: Greg Hunt’s climate con
Barnaby Joyce charged taxpayers more than $5300 for attending three NRL games but said the trips were a legitimate part of the job. He also charged taxpayers $741 for a family member to join him at the NRL grand final.
Michael Danby: charged public for trips to Queensland with wife
In 2017, Labor MP Michael Danby repaid travel claims for family trips dating back to 2010. He used public money to pay for an ad to attack an ABC reporter and he took a week's sick leave from Parliament to spend the time travelling in Israel.
Hours after demanding an investigation into Coalition travel expenses, the Labor frontbencher Mark Dreyfus admitted to billing taxpayers for a ski trip to Perisher.
Deputy PM’s $21,000 flight to give speech on belt-tightening
Taxpayers paid $21,500 for a chartered flight for the deputy PM Warren Truss to fly to Brisbane just after the controversial 2014 federal budget to give a speech explaining the virtues of reducing expenditure.
Weddings, operas, anything goes for Bronwyn Bishop’s expenses
Three Coalition MPs claimed more than $12,000 in “overseas study” allowances to pay for flights home after attending the wedding in Hyderabad of the granddaughter of Gina Rinehart's business partner.
$1,352 for Christopher Pyne’s day use of London hotel room
Family members of Coalition MPs flew to the idyllic Cocos islands for a weekend jaunt on the taxpayers' dime. Despite claiming travel on 'family reunion' grounds, it appears both MPs were in their electorate the previous week.
MPs charge taxpayers to attend Tony Abbott’s farewell bash
Peter Dutton, Eric Abetz and Kevin Andrews billed taxpayers more than $6000 on flights, cars and hotels for their overnight stay. Neither Dutton nor Abetz responded to multiple requests for comment about the purpose of their trips.
No paper trail for Coalition’s $30m handout to Foxtel
Foxtel given $30m in taxpayers' money over four years to boost “under represented sports” on pay TV, yet the Seven Network did not receive any government support to broadcast the inaugural season of the AFL Women’s League.
Mathias Cormann had ‘no idea’ travel agent paid for family holiday flights
Mathias Cormann had 'no idea' his family holiday flights to Singapore were paid for by Hello World, a travel company controlled by Liberal Party Treasurer Andrew Burnes.
Tim Wilson solicited preselection endorsements while at Human Rights Commission
“The Witness K and Bernard Collaery cases will send a chill through anyone who might contemplate exposing the immoral and illegal actions of their government.”