Labor · Boothby (SA)
Louise Miller-Frost
Member for Boothby
- On the trail
- $3,346.48
- Found in breach
- $3,346.48
- Rule breaches found
- 1
- Repaid
- $4,183.10
Totals only include items with a published figure. Updated 25 October 2026.
The Labor MP repaid $4,183.10 after the expenses watchdog found she and her husband flew to Perth at taxpayers' expense three days before her committee work began, for personal reasons.
In January 2023, Louise Miller-Frost was due in Western Australia for site visits and hearings of the Workforce Australia Employment Services select committee, starting on the 29th. She and her husband flew to Perth on the 26th.
She told IPEA she went early to get used to the time difference, after ten months of campaigning, an election and a hectic first nine months as an MP. IPEA accepted the committee work was genuine and found that part of the trip within the rules, but said the early flights were for personal reasons. She could reasonably have flown the day before.
She repaid the airfares plus a 25% penalty: $4,183.10.
The money trail
2026
May 2026 · Repayment
Repaid the airfares plus a 25% penalty
−$4,183.10
2023
29 Jan 2023 · Family travel
Workforce Australia select committee site visits and hearings in Perth and Albany, with her husband
No figure published
Who: Miller-Frost and her husband
IPEA found this part of the trip consistent with the rules. No cost published.
26 Jan 2023 · Family travel
Flights from Adelaide to Perth for her and her husband, three days before her committee work began
$3,346.48
Who: Miller-Frost and her husband
She told IPEA she went early to acclimatise to the time difference, after an exhausting year of campaigning and her first months as an MP. IPEA found the trip was for personal reasons and she could reasonably have flown the day before. No travel allowance was claimed for those days. Amount before the penalty, calculated from IPEA's invoice of $4,183.10.