Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke and a staffer spent $57,000 in taxpayer funds on a four-day trip to the United States, which cost twice as much as Defence Minister Richard Marles' expenses for the same visit. The trip included $44,000 on flights and $8,000 on cars. Former Victorian Liberal Party President Michael Kroger called on Burke to 'pay the money back.' Bronwyn Bishop criticized Burke for the expenses, contrasting it with her own past scrutiny over spending.
Bronwyn Bishop has blasted Tony Burke who splashed more than $57,000 of taxpayer cash on a US trip, after the Labor Minister years earlier led calls for the former federal speaker to resign when she spent $5,200 on a helicopter to attend a fundraiser. https://t.co/M47pxG9rJn
https://t.co/nhgbPAqj8D Who is the staffer Burke took on this luxury trip? She didn’t even have a passport! She must be pretty young not to have one. And so they charged us, taxpayers, $1000 for her passport If she’s not senior, why was she taken on this trip? Strange. Why…
Former Victorian Liberal Party President Michael Kroger calls on Tony Burke to “pay the money back” from his US trip. https://t.co/rHbcW6hUMx
$44k on flights, $8k on cars: Employment Relations minister Tony Burke and a staffer travelled to America for a trip which cost Richard Marles half what Burke billed taxpayers. > https://t.co/Okd00FxDNB https://t.co/UkldjjdY1X
The Daily Telegraph has revealed Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke spent $57,000 in taxpayer funds during a four-day trip to the United States. https://t.co/PJ1qHfmGUK
The four-day trip cost twice as much as Defence Minister Richard Marles’ expenses for the same visit 🤔 DETAILS: https://t.co/tH1gyvOal2 https://t.co/ehorfcItJc