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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. The program is now six ships; close to $27bn is allocated for the first three, including the Osborne shipyard.",{"path":59,"title":60,"category":9,"date":42,"blowout":61},"\u002Fstories\u002Finland-rail-cost-blowout-45-billion-parkes","Inland Rail was sold as a $10.7 billion project. It now costs $45.6 billion, and stops at Parkes",{"project":62,"originalCost":63,"currentCost":55,"announced":64,"note":65},"Inland Rail",10660000000,"2015","Both P90 estimates for the full Melbourne to Brisbane line. Only Beveridge to Parkes is now being built.",{"path":67,"title":68,"category":9,"date":42,"blowout":69},"\u002Fstories\u002Fnorth-east-link-cost-blowout-26-billion","North East Link was sold as a $10 billion road. It now costs $26 billion",{"project":70,"originalCost":71,"currentCost":72,"announced":73,"note":74},"North East Link",10000000000,26100000000,"2016","Victoria's December 2023 estimate. 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":104,"description":120,"draft":121,"electorate":122,"extension":123,"image":124,"meta":125,"name":85,"navigation":126,"party":127,"path":128,"role":129,"seo":130,"status":131,"stem":132,"trail":133,"updated":42,"__hash__":159},"people\u002Fpeople\u002Flinda-reynolds.md","Linda Reynolds",{"type":87,"value":88,"toc":99},"minimark",[89,93,96],[90,91,92],"p",{},"IPEA found the problem during a routine check of business-class flights: in May and June 2025, Linda Reynolds's partner had flown business class from Perth to Melbourne three times, on her family travel entitlement, without her.",[90,94,95],{},"Reynolds told IPEA he was on his way to join her in Canberra, stopping in Melbourne to see and stay with their son. IPEA's ruling was simple: family travel is for spending time with the politician, not wider family. Her work was in Canberra, not Melbourne, and on two of the trips she hadn't even left yet herself. His flights on to Canberra were fine.",[90,97,98],{},"She was invoiced $8,778.01 including penalties, and has repaid it. The travel happened in her last weeks as a senator: her term ended on 30 June 2025.",{"title":100,"searchDepth":101,"depth":102,"links":103},"",2,3,[],[105,108,111,114,117],{"year":106,"event":107},"2014","Liberal Senator for Western Australia",{"year":109,"event":110},"2019","Minister for Defence (to March 2021)",{"year":112,"event":113},"2021","Minister for Government Services and the NDIS (to May 2022)",{"year":115,"event":116},"Jun 2025","Leaves the Senate; succeeded by One Nation's Tyron Whitten",{"year":118,"event":119},"Oct 2025","IPEA invoices $8,778.01 for her partner's travel","The former defence minister repaid $8,778.01 after the expenses watchdog found her partner flew business class to Melbourne three times, at taxpayers' expense, to see their son, in her final weeks as a senator.",false,"Western Australia (Senate, 2014 to 2025)","md",null,{},true,"Liberal","\u002Fpeople\u002Flinda-reynolds","Former Senator for Western Australia",{"title":85,"description":120},"former","people\u002Flinda-reynolds",[134,145,151],{"date":135,"title":136,"amount":137,"category":138,"outcome":139,"who":140,"note":141,"source":142},"2025-05-09","Partner's business-class flights from Perth to Melbourne on 9 May, 30 May and 21 June 2025, plus two Comcar trips",7022.41,"family-travel","breach","Her partner (nominee)","Reynolds told IPEA he was travelling to join her in Canberra via stopovers in Melbourne to see and stay with their son. IPEA found the Melbourne legs weren't to join her, since her work was in Canberra, and that on the two May trips she hadn't yet begun her own travel. Family travel rules cover time with the politician, not wider family. IPEA found it while checking business-class flights. Amount before the penalty, calculated from IPEA's invoices of $8,778.01.",{"title":143,"url":144},"IPEA assurance review, Hon Linda Reynolds CSC, published May 2026","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ipea.gov.au\u002Fsites\u002Fdefault\u002Ffiles\u002F2026-05\u002FAssurance%20Review%20-%20Hon%20Linda%20Reynolds%20CSC%20-%20family%20travel.pdf",{"date":146,"title":147,"category":138,"outcome":148,"who":140,"note":149,"source":150},"2025-05-11","Partner's flights to Canberra to join her on 11 May, 1 June and 23 June 2025","within-rules","IPEA found these consistent with the rules. No cost published.",{"title":143,"url":144},{"date":152,"title":153,"amount":154,"category":155,"outcome":156,"note":157,"source":158},"2025-10-08","Invoiced $8,598.99 for three airfares and $179.02 for two Comcar trips, including 25% penalties",8778.01,"repayment","repaid","Reynolds wrote to IPEA again after the invoices were issued; IPEA says that didn't change the outcome. The invoices have been repaid in full.",{"title":143,"url":144},"_FvvxYnnISiREQPVD92vJ3T2EsfdpfKDNJQ0iKXbP48",[],1793586230215]