Attorney-General to repay family travel expenses

By Kye Halford • December 15, 2025

Attorney-General Michelle Rowland will repay a portion of the expenses she claimed for a taxpayer-funded trip taken with her family to Perth, after the travel watchdog found some of the spending was outside parliamentary guidelines.

What we know:

  • Rowland referred the expenses to the Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority (IPEA) for a $21,000 trip in 2023, including $16,050 in flights for her family (ABC).

  • On Sunday, Treasurer Jim Chalmers rejected calls for Rowland to step down, saying “Michelle has done the right thing in asking the IPEA to take another look” (SBS).

  • Rowland’s decision makes her the first minister to reimburse taxpayers in the growing parliamentary expenses scandal (The Guardian).

Read more: Explaining Labor’s travel scandal (The Saturday Paper).

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