Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has spent more than $3.6 million on travel-related expenses in 2025, according to figures from the Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority.
The expenditures, spanning travel allowance, international travel, family travel, and employee travel, reflect Mr Albanese’s international engagements over the year.
The third quarter figures released on Thursday, covering July to September 2025, showed Mr Albanese spent $169,048 on international travel and $584,471 on employee travel.
His travel-related expenses from each quarter were $910,444 from January to March, $1,432,534 from April to June, and $765,793 from July to September.
The bulk of these costs were attributed to employee travel and international travel, with employee travel alone totalling $2.4 million across the first three quarters.
Other components included travel allowance and family travel, which were comparatively modest.
Between July and September, Mr Albanese undertook a series of international trips for diplomatic engagements.
In the three-month period, he visited Singapore, China, New Zealand, PNG, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, United States, United Kingdom, and United Arab Emirates.
Throughout the rest of the year, he has visited Canada, Fiji, Bahrain, Italy, South Korea and Indonesia.
At a recent press conference in South Korea, Mr Albanese was caught in a tense exchange over his travel priorities.
“I’m sometimes amused by the contradictory messages from Australian media saying I should do more international travel, but when I do, say I should do less,” he said.
He was recently criticised for using a taxpayer-funded trip to attend a UK Labour conference to praise left-wing leaders and progressive politics.
Mr Albanese intends to travel to South Africa for the G20 summit in the second half of November, 2025.
The latest expense figures also showed Mr Albanese spent $20,930 on “other car costs”, $45,622 on “office facilities” and $782 on “telecomms”.
Foreign Minister Penny Wong trailed Mr Albanese, spending about $200,000 on international travel, and $900,000 on employee travel in the first three quarters of 2025.
Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles spent $85,000 on international travel and $576,000 on employee travel over the same period.
