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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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Includes the Eastern Freeway and M80 upgrades added since.",{"path":76,"title":77,"category":9,"date":42,"blowout":78},"\u002Fstories\u002Fsnowy-2-0-cost-blowout-25-billion","Snowy 2.0 was sold as a $2 billion project. It could now cost $25 billion",{"project":79,"originalCost":80,"currentCost":81,"announced":47,"note":82},"Snowy 2.0",2000000000,22200000000,"Target cost. Up to $25bn with contingency; transmission not included.",{"id":84,"title":85,"body":86,"career":109,"description":122,"draft":123,"electorate":124,"extension":125,"image":126,"meta":127,"name":85,"navigation":128,"party":129,"path":130,"role":118,"seo":131,"status":132,"stem":133,"trail":134,"updated":42,"__hash__":173},"people\u002Fpeople\u002Fanthony-albanese.md","Anthony Albanese",{"type":87,"value":88,"toc":104},"minimark",[89,93,101],[90,91,92],"p",{},"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.",[90,94,95,96,100],{},"But the bill is worth knowing. FOI documents showed he charged taxpayers more than ",[97,98,99],"strong",{},"$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.",[90,102,103],{},"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.",{"title":105,"searchDepth":106,"depth":107,"links":108},"",2,3,[],[110,113,116,119],{"year":111,"event":112},"1996","Elected Labor Member for Grayndler (NSW)",{"year":114,"event":115},"2019","Labor leader",{"year":117,"event":118},"2022","Prime Minister",{"year":120,"event":121},"Dec 2025","Moves to restrict family travel entitlements after the Wells controversy","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. 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Dates, destinations and passengers weren't released; regular public reporting of VIP flights stopped in 2021.",{"title":144,"url":145},"The Canberra Times, 18 Aug 2023","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.canberratimes.com.au\u002Fstory\u002F8314752\u002Falbanese-has-spent-more-than-375-million-on-vip-raaf-flights\u002F",{"date":147,"title":148,"category":149,"outcome":150,"note":151,"source":152},"2024-01","Travel to Melbourne around the 2024 Australian Open","travel","within-rules","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.",{"title":153,"url":154},"IPEA assurance review 2024\u002F003, Australian Open 2024","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ipea.gov.au\u002Fsites\u002Fdefault\u002Ffiles\u002F2025-10\u002FAssurance%20Review%20Memorandum_Australian%20Open%202024.pdf",{"date":156,"title":157,"amount":158,"category":159,"outcome":140,"pubTest":160,"note":161,"source":162},"2025-06-30","Family travel, 2024-25 financial year",30253.08,"family-travel","Family travel, July 2024 to June 2026","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.",{"title":163,"url":164},"IPEA expenditure reports, Jul 2024 to Jun 2025","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ipea.gov.au\u002Fhon-anthony-albanese-mp-parliamentarian?period=59",{"date":166,"title":167,"amount":168,"category":159,"outcome":140,"pubTest":160,"note":169,"source":170},"2026-06-30","Family travel, 2025-26 financial year",22012.16,"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).",{"title":171,"url":172},"IPEA expenditure reports, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ipea.gov.au\u002Fhon-anthony-albanese-mp-parliamentarian?period=63","zXWQvyeNr0Ip_XiANoshwVd-1yJLPlt8NFYExBweSoA",[],1793586232250]