The prime minister also spent the most on international travel, claiming $82,729 in international flight expenses, as well as $500,000 in employee travel costs.ĭefence Minister Richard Marles, backbench MP Darren Chester and Assistant Trade Minister Tim Ayres were the next highest flyers, all with international flight expenses over $25,000, with Mr Burke spending the fifth most at $23,420.Īlongside the expense data, Defence also published corrected records for 'special purpose' RAAF flight expenses, which it admitted had been wrongly recorded after revelations Mr Marles had seemingly charged taxpayers $3 million for himself and associates to fly on RAAF planes since winning government. The largest bill of any individual member of parliament was unsurprisingly the prime minister's, sitting at $684,665 in total, with the second biggest spender being House Leader Tony Burke at $398,410, followed by Opposition Leader Peter Dutton at $363,003.

The government has published expense data for politicians for the first full quarter of the Albanese government, after the reporting process was mired in technical issues and delayed.

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