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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":113,"description":125,"draft":126,"electorate":127,"extension":128,"image":129,"meta":130,"name":85,"navigation":131,"party":132,"path":133,"role":134,"seo":135,"status":136,"stem":137,"trail":138,"updated":42,"__hash__":217},"people\u002Fpeople\u002Fdon-farrell.md","Don Farrell",{"type":87,"value":88,"toc":108},"minimark",[89,98,105],[90,91,92,93,97],"p",{},"When the ABC added up 2024-25 family travel claims, Trade Minister Don Farrell came out on top at ",[94,95,96],"strong",{},"$48,178",", ahead of Senator Fatima Payman ($41,438), former opposition leader Peter Dutton ($36,542) and Nationals MP Andrew Willcox ($33,758). Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was seventh, at $28,229.",[90,99,100,101,104],{},"IPEA's own quarterly reports, which record each claim when it was paid, show Farrell's family travel at $45,926.84 in 2024-25 and $40,474.54 in 2025-26: ",[94,102,103],{},"$86,401"," over two years.",[90,106,107],{},"Farrell says all his claims complied with the rules. IPEA has not published any review of them, and there is no finding that they broke the rules as they stood. 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An ABC analysis put his 2024-25 family travel at $48,178, the highest of any federal politician; IPEA reports each claim in the quarter it was paid, which may explain the difference.",{"title":169,"url":170},"IPEA expenditure report, Apr-Jun 2025","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ipea.gov.au\u002Fsenator-hon-don-farrell-parliamentarian?period=59",{"date":172,"title":173,"amount":174,"pubTest":143,"category":144,"outcome":145,"source":175},"2025-09-30","Family travel, July to September 2025",14828.67,{"title":176,"url":177},"IPEA expenditure report, Jul-Sep 2025","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ipea.gov.au\u002Fsenator-hon-don-farrell-parliamentarian?period=60",{"date":179,"title":180,"amount":181,"pubTest":143,"category":144,"outcome":145,"source":182},"2025-12-31","Family travel, October to December 2025",10566.07,{"title":183,"url":184},"IPEA expenditure report, Oct-Dec 2025","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ipea.gov.au\u002Fsenator-hon-don-farrell-parliamentarian?period=61",{"date":186,"title":187,"category":144,"outcome":145,"who":188,"note":189,"source":190},"2026-02","Reported: his wife accompanied him to a function at Uluru","Farrell and his wife","Date and cost of the trip not published. Farrell said he complied with all the rules, called the reports a misrepresentation, and said that as tourism minister he must travel to promote Australian tourism; he also met 20 Red Centre tourism operators.",{"title":191,"url":192},"The Nightly (from news.com.au), 15 Feb 2026","https:\u002F\u002Fthenightly.com.au\u002Fpolitics\u002Ftrade-and-tourism-minister-don-farrell-defends-taxpayer-funded-uluru-trip-with-wife-c-21644255",{"date":194,"title":195,"amount":196,"pubTest":143,"category":144,"outcome":145,"source":197},"2026-03-31","Family travel, January to March 2026",7653.31,{"title":198,"url":199},"IPEA expenditure report, Jan-Mar 2026","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ipea.gov.au\u002Fsenator-hon-don-farrell-parliamentarian?period=62",{"date":201,"title":202,"amount":203,"pubTest":143,"category":144,"outcome":145,"note":204,"source":205},"2026-06-30","Family or nominee travel, April to June 2026",7426.49,"2025-26 total by IPEA's figures: $40,474.54. 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