Minister under fire for $4,000 birthday party trip

Communications Minister Annika Wells claimed almost $4,000 in taxpayer funds for a business trip to Adelaide in June last year, where a scheduled meeting with a South Australian minister did not proceed as planned. The pair instead met informally during a function that evening at the minister's wife's 40th birthday party. This follows an earlier incident where Wells was required to repay $10,000 to taxpayers after an audit, prompting renewed calls for her resignation and debate about overhauling the parliamentary travel entitlements system.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.