Anika Wells claimed more than $8,500 for family travel to Melbourne during AFL grand final weekends over three years

Exclusive: Labor’s minister for communications and sport has stood by her use of family travel expenses as within the rulesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAnika Wells claimed more than $8500 in family travel expenses to Melbourne during AFL grand final weekends in 2022, 2023 and 2024, when she received free suite tickets to the matches.The minister for communications and sport has stood by her use of family travel expenses as within the rules, but the Coalition opposition is demanding reforms to expense rules and an inquiry into Wells’ spending by the Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority, the parliamentary body which tracks and reports politicians’ spending on travel and office expenses. Continue reading...