Labor · Grayndler (NSW)
Anthony Albanese
Prime Minister
- On the trail
- $3,802,265.24
- Found in breach
- $0
- Rule breaches found
- 0
- Repaid
- $0
Totals only include items with a published figure. Updated 25 October 2026.
The Prime Minister charged taxpayers more than $3.75 million for VIP RAAF flights in his first 14 months, and $52,265 in family travel over two years. All within the rules.
Prime ministers fly. The RAAF's special-purpose jets exist so they can do it securely and on short notice, and nobody suggests Anthony Albanese broke any rule by using them.
But the bill is worth knowing. FOI documents showed he charged taxpayers more than $3.75 million for VIP flights in his first 14 months, more than Scott Morrison's roughly $3 million over the same stretch of his time as PM. Since regular reporting stopped in 2021, the public can't see where those flights went or who was on them.
His family travel came to $52,265 over two years by IPEA's figures, including $12,197 in April to June 2026: the first quarter under the tighter rules he asked for after the Wells controversy.
The money trail
2026
30 June 2026 · Family travel
Family travel, 2025-26 financial year
$22,012.16
Quarterly figures from IPEA: $6,574.05 (Jul-Sep 2025), $1,004.74 (Oct-Dec), $2,235.97 (Jan-Mar 2026), $12,197.40 (Apr-Jun, after the January 2026 rule changes).
2025
30 June 2025 · Family travel
Family travel, 2024-25 financial year
$30,253.08
Quarterly figures from IPEA: $3,126.00 (Jul-Sep 2024), $8,108.42 (Oct-Dec), $9,232.72 (Jan-Mar 2025), $9,785.94 (Apr-Jun). An ABC analysis put his 2024-25 family travel at $28,229, seventh highest; IPEA reports claims in the quarter they were paid, which may explain the difference.
2024
Jan 2024 · Travel
Travel to Melbourne around the 2024 Australian Open
No figure published
One of eight politicians in IPEA's review of travel around the 2024 Australian Open. IPEA found the travel 'not inconsistent' with the rules and took no further action. No cost published.
2022
Apr 2022 · VIP RAAF flights
Special-purpose (VIP) RAAF flights, April 2022 to June 2023
$3,750,000
More than $3.75 million, according to FOI documents requested by Greens senator David Shoebridge. Deputy PM Richard Marles spent more than $2.9 million over the same period. For comparison, Scott Morrison spent about $3 million in his first 14 months as PM. The government said the aircraft also carry other parliamentarians. Dates, destinations and passengers weren't released; regular public reporting of VIP flights stopped in 2021.