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.

Rowland confirmed on Sunday she would repay part of the almost $22,000 cost of the travel, which was first reported by the Australian Financial Review last week. The move makes her the first minister to repay taxpayer funds in the growing expenses scandal .

The treasurer, Jim Chalmers, backed Rowland to keep her job despite the breach and said new advice on politicians’ travel rules would be received from the Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority (IPEA) soon. Albanese take heed: voters don’t want to pay for the family holidays of politicians | Tom McIlroy Read more

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