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The government now says it costs $19 billion","2026-10-25",{"project":44,"originalCost":45,"currentCost":46,"announced":47,"note":48},"Cross River Rail",5400000000,19041000000,"2017","Queensland Government figure (Oct 2025). It includes 25 years of tunnel maintenance and network works; Labor disputes counting them.",{"path":50,"title":51,"category":9,"date":42,"blowout":52},"\u002Fstories\u002Fhunter-class-frigates-27-billion-three-ships","Hunter-class frigates: sold as nine warships for $35 billion. We're now paying $27 billion for three",{"project":53,"originalCost":54,"currentCost":55,"announced":56,"note":57},"Hunter-class frigates",35000000000,45600000000,"2018","2020 Force Structure Plan estimate for nine ships. 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Up to $25bn with contingency; transmission not included.",{"id":84,"title":85,"body":86,"career":106,"description":112,"draft":113,"electorate":114,"extension":115,"image":116,"meta":117,"name":85,"navigation":118,"party":119,"path":120,"role":121,"seo":122,"status":123,"stem":124,"trail":125,"updated":42,"__hash__":154},"people\u002Fpeople\u002Fandrew-willcox.md","Andrew Willcox",{"type":87,"value":88,"toc":101},"minimark",[89,98],[90,91,92,93,97],"p",{},"Andrew Willcox, the LNP member for the north Queensland seat of Dawson, had the fourth-highest family travel claims of any federal politician in 2024-25, according to an ABC analysis. IPEA's quarterly figures match it to the dollar: ",[94,95,96],"strong",{},"$33,758",".",[90,99,100],{},"His family travel fell to $22,752 in 2025-26, and to $1,302 in the first quarter after the January 2026 rule changes. IPEA has published no review of his family travel, and there is no finding that it broke the rules. 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IPEA has published no review of these claims.",{"title":143,"url":144},"IPEA expenditure reports, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ipea.gov.au\u002Fmr-andrew-willcox-mp-parliamentarian?period=63",{"date":146,"title":147,"category":148,"outcome":149,"note":150,"source":151},"2025-12-05","Trip to Brisbane, 5 to 6 December 2025","travel","within-rules","IPEA reviewed this trip and found his use of work resources consistent with the rules.",{"title":152,"url":153},"IPEA assurance review 2026\u002F001, published Oct 2026","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ipea.gov.au\u002Fassurance-audit\u002Fpublished-assurance-reviews","-d5kP3zggbt5dH3AFdVeyoRF8IbzrkDbKepL1WuvWco",[],1793703844261]