Michelle Rowland to repay part of family trip to WA after watchdog finds spending breached rules

Attorney general’s move to pay back part of $22,000 travel cost makes her the first minister to reimburse taxpayers in growing expenses scandal

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The attorney general, Michelle Rowland, will repay part of the cost of taking her family on a holiday to Western Australia after the independent watchdog found her spending breached the rules for taxpayer-funded travel.

Rowland confirmed on Sunday she would repay part of the almost $22,000 cost of the travel. The move makes her the first minister to repay taxpayer funds in the growing parliamentary expenses scandal.