Exclusive: Expenses authority found claim was within parliamentary rules because Dutton attended ‘in his official capacity as a minister’
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The expenses watchdog launched an investigation into then-home affairs minister Peter Dutton’s use of a taxpayer-funded flight to attend a “long lunch” on a luxury island on the Noosa River in 2019, internal documents reveal.
Dutton billed taxpayers $465 for a flight from Sydney to Maroochydore on 19 July 2019, the same day he was to appear alongside the then-Queensland opposition leader, Deb Frecklington, as a special guest at a private event on Makepeace Island, a resort island part-owned by Richard Branson.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/mar/23/peter-dutton-noosa-river-long-lunch-investigated-expenses-watchdog-ntwnfb
Author : Christopher Knaus and Henry Belot
Publish date : 2025-03-22 19:00:00
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